The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13
SOME DOG STORIES.
One Reads Newspapers and Another
Is Chummy with a Parrot.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
.sSpeaking of the intelligence {

New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Speaking of the intelligence of dogs reminds
me of a rather smart canine member belonging
to a well-known citizen uptown, said a man
/ want to say right at the start that think this
particular dog is about the smartest thing on
dogs are always smart. They are like babies
in this, that from the standpoint of the persons
who own them they are the cutest and cleverest
things under the L am not the owner of
the dog in question, and. therefore, may speak
of the animal without bias in his behalf. and
OVERRIDING the thing. Put differently. 1 may take
''He is as smart as a dog can be and is
abreast of the times. He is newspaper dog.
world. He is always on the lookout for the
morning paper. As rule he Is at the front
there at that time he hears the Paper fail when hem
the carrier throws II in and Is on the scene in
short order.
under the weather. Before he got sick the dog
would simply take the morning paper to his
masters bed. rear up on the side of the bed,
recently~and this is the more important point of
this little yarn-the dogs master has been con-
fined to his bed. and has not been able to move
.'As usual the dog brings the paper every
morning. But instead OF just putting it on the
bed he 1nf tS IT. holds It up in his paws
as If trying to aid him in finding the i'm
portant things that happened the day before.
Do you not regard this as extraordinary intelli-
THAT dog is 6. wonder and no mistake He IS
a humanitarian. There is an element OF devotion
in his conduct toward his master that you would
ment OF thoughtfulness that you would fan to
find In great many persons who are closer
than friends.
which has been entered into between a dog and
a parrot out in my neighborhood," said man
who had listened to the story about the news
paper dog, and doubt if you could find more
forcible evidence of the dogs and the parrots
intelligence than the compact have in mind
They seem TO have established perfect un-
Outstanding of each other, and they seem to
of fho
tractuai relation, as We say in the law. How
they went about the matter L do not know
satisfactorily as II the dog and parrot in question
were human beings and capable or all the pro-
cesses of reasoning.
THE parrots cage is in the backward III ,s
close TO the ground where the dog reach
the sliding door by rearing up on his hind legs
gate with latch the side toward the front
part OF the house. AS rule. the dog and parrot
are kept in the backyard. and the little gate
which crosses the alley way and opens into the
| frontyard is generally kept latched. A little
while ago the dog and the parrot were found
out in the frontyard together.
The man OF the house not a little per-
picked TO know how they had managed 10 get
out into the frontyard. lie made up his mind to
watch them for the purpose of seeing how they
traeted his attention was the call of the narrot
Promptly the dog, who understood the Ian
guase, responded He walked over TO the par
rots cage. USED his nose to the slide door
up and let tie bird out. The dog then let the
door ny back to its place. The parrot flew over
yard I'm the same direction. w
In few seconds the parrot was busy with
and the dog pushed the side gate open with his
nose. Shortly they were both out In the 'front.'
Now. what do you think or that? If that
isn't intelligence, what is il? Ii seems TO me ia
willing to put this dog and ms nsrr anu an,
| against anything you can scrape up for any
thing less complex than combination lock OF
the most improved KIND wouldn't count with