The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-21
The CANINE COPPER.
Bull Dogs Put 10 a Practical Use in
Germany.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Hows that for a. new idea2 But that
is an idea they are developing in Ger
many. and believe IL IS going to do great
things. The object is not 10 have the
dog jump on man and tear him 20
pieces. any uneducated dog can DO that.
But he is trained 10 knock the criminal
down and keep him motionless until the
dogs assistant can come up with the
handouts. says an exchange. IN speak
ing Of dogs as policemen
The breed they use are bulldogs almost
exclusively. both on account of their
tremendous Jaws, and because a bulldog
loves fight as naturally as an Irishman
does. They are very intelligent, and when
they have once seized the idea they hold
on to IL as they do evcrything else. a
bulldog never forgets anything. whether it
be Kindness OF an insult. "A college edu-
cation, and it is ia this respect quite unlike
the celebrated Thomas +. Macauley, who
boosted DE had forgotten more things
than most people knew.
The training of the dogs requires GER
tain knack, with great kindness patience
and nrmness. For. although they are
spariug of the whip, when a dog deserves
a whipping he gets it. after being made to
understand why he is punished.
The first step in training is the placing
Of a mannilKin behind the door and max
ing the dog understand that this is q
criminal he is to seize. This lesson is
not hard for him 10 learn. for bulldog
would much rather jump on a man than
not. Then the trainer catches the manni-
kin by the shoulders and lowers il slowly
TO the ground, with the dog still hanging
to the rags around the neck. When the
dog begins to tear the figure the trainer
strikes him with the whip to intimate 10
him that that is not what he is expected
TO do. Finally he learns that he is not
to let 90, bur to hang on without tearing
the victim. If any one moves the manu-
kin he has gripped a ferocious growl
warns all bystanders that all such nom
sense had better stop at once. When he
carries out his role well he is peter and
caressed, for kindness plays quite as
important a part as the whip in the
school
AS soon as it is certain that Master
Doggie has learned his lessons they let
him lose on a living model This ex-
pertinent is never quite free from dam
ger, so the man who feeds him is usually
chosen for the first experiment as the
dog will not be so likely TO tear him
although in all cases the model puts
on a leather collar around his neck 10
guard against accident Then these ex-
periments are renewed on strangers, who
naturally demand pretty good pay for
their services and who constitute sort
of board Of regents. If the dog passes
this examination he takes his degree
and is ready for work. The German
government hopes to make use of these
dogs in the service of the customs TO
catch smugglers on the frontier
Apropos of these dogs, I am reminded
Of a story of a policeman in this coun-
/ try i'm a country town, who was always
accompanied on his beat by his devoted
/ bulldog. one day the policeman dis
covered two men in a case of assault
and robbery. When they saw him coming
they took TO their heels OF course he
could not 90 two ways at once, SO he
called Nick attention to one man while
he made off after the other. He secured
his man, and, coming back. found Ae
second man PROSTATE, with Nick standing
/ Guard.