The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-09-07
Dog-Hints.

They call me Mike I'm a thorough
bred. from nose-tip to tail-tip, and
master SAYS | know so much about
days and men that | ought to tell
thing or two. So | am going to.
For instance, if you were taking
care of someone's property and a bad
looking man came along you'd ask
what he wanted, wouldn't you? And
If he stopped and acted like he was
scared at you, you'd pretty well find
out what he wanted, wouldn't you?
Well. if dog does Just that same
thing in the best and only way he
knows how, everybody says he is saw
age and dangerous Now, if a strang-
er who smells evil 1--WE dogs tell good
from evil by our noses not by our
eyes,, | growl to see if it scares him.
If it does, just let him see that am
on to him, and he'd better keep out of
the yard. If he keeps right on and
speaks to me and goes to the door
like an honest man, l bark and wag
my tail to let him know it is all right.
Some fool men think that if a dog
harks loud at them that they are dan
gerous. They don't know enough to
look to see if he is wagging his tail.
No dog ever bites person at whom he
wags his tail, but if l stick my nose
and tail out on a line with my back it
is about time to get over the fence.
When dog does that he means BUSH
ness.
neighbor's dog was telling me how
a friend of his masters could under
stand just what dogs mean by their
bark, growl Or actions HE came into
my yard said the other dog, land in
to the barn l was taking care of to
get something. l jumped at him, but
all he did was to say: What's the
matter with you? Go back in your
box, quick, or I'll pull all your teeth
out Now if he had stopped or looked
scared, I'd had piece of his leg be-
fore he could wink"
Lots of people make a mistake by
patting strange dog on the top Of
the head. The way to make up to a
strange dog is to stoop down, stick
out your hand. palm up, and pat him
on the chest between the front legs, Or
on the throat. A dog loves that. But
before you touch him at all let him
small your hand for a moment. If the
dog grOwls when he smells your hand
let him alone; if he ticks it he is
your friend. You see it is this way;
when man wants to cuff a dog he
does it on the top of the head or on the
ears, with the back of his hand up
II your palm is up and under his jaw
he knows you do not mean to cuff
him. While the dog may not make
friends he will not bite you. No dog
will ever bite a person who is stoop-
ing over or sitting on the heels. No
matter how savage he is, he won't
bite
There are lots of fool persons in
this world. Just because | am bull
terrier they think l am dangerous. My
master has a small boss about five
years old. l guess she's what they
call his daughter, but he calls her
sweetheart" When she was a baby
| was a puppy. We're true friends.
Well, there is nothing she likes better
than when l am gnawing bone to put
one of her fat arms around my neck
and take the bone away from me with
the other hand. l have heard some
women who live near say, when they
saw it, How dare you let that child
touch that horrd bulldog when he's
eating?" Now would that make you
bark? Why, when she puts her arms
about my neck and kisses my ear and
says. me loves 90 Nifty" l tremble
all over, and feel just like l do when
l smell beefsteak cooking. You hui
mans don't know how dog longs to
make you understand what he feels
and means, and when dog finds
some one like my master and my mas
ter's boss, who understands him to
the least cock Of the ear, he is just
simply happy.-Ouf Dumb Animals.