Evening star., 1925-06-14
This and That
By Charles E. TrdcetceU.

Give a dog a bad name" so
goes the old saying.
Why not give a dog good name?
The latter procedure rebounds
more to the credit Of the canine, GER
tainly. and at the same time gives
one that pleasurable feeling INSOFAR
able from good deed.
Recently, in this column, l gave
details of the adventures Of cer-
tain airedale, among them being the
exploit of knocking two quart bot
ties of milk off a back porch.
He slid his tan and black body
up the porch steps. snuf1ing as he
went" the account declared. Turn
ing, he knocked two quart bottles
of milk off the porch. Wham!
Neighbors who looked out saw an
amazed dog looking down at two cas-
cades Of milk flowing over the con-
crete steps"
The recital went on to say that the
dog seemed quite conscious that all
was not according to Hoyle, and
eased himself off the porch quicker
than he had ascended.
Now comes c. L. G., with a letter
which puts a different light upon the
matter. He says:
"Aw. say, now: say that airedale
opCIdlc chC dHu Ilt d
system that satisfies his stomach as
| well as his playful disposition.
Il saw him deliberately knock a
quart bottle of milk down the steps,
look sad when the bottle broke
| and then lap up the one cascade
of milk with. mind you. a wagging
tail.
He's deep, that fellow Is"
! So my old friend. the airedale in
question, is given a bad name, where
l tried to give him a good one.
| Personally, I haven't the slightest
doubt in the world that the roguish
fellow does manage to get himself
good drink of milk. now and then. in
the manner described.
| That he did not drink the better
part Of two quarts the morning I
saw him was perhaps due to the fact
that I was leaning out the window.
watching the performance and he
| saw me up there.
| At least he had enough shame, or
fear OF consequences, to walk away
when he saw some one watching him.
| Dogs are like that. They know ex-
actly when they have violated the
man-made laws which hedge them
| round.
A dog faces, as does man, not only
the laws of Nature, especially Its own
nature, imposed upon him from both
within and without, but also the laws
made by his friend, protector and ally
| 1t is not lawful for a dog to do
tmany things that its nature tells him
to do. Just why prohibitions exist at
one place and do not at another must
be a source of constant wonder TO
dog.
| Yet they do prevail, and the faithful
| dog does his best to observe them. In
the case under discussion, the dog
undoubtedly recognizes. in his doggy
way. that knocking milk bottles off
the porch is unlawful.
| Yet he does IT.
The dog wanted some milk, saw the
bottle. and had enough sense TO know
how to get 1t. Maybe he reasoned 1t
out something like this:
IT will knock that bottle over. and
IL nobody looks, l will drink the milk.
If anybody looks, 1 will appear very
lmuch surprised"
A dog is so human!
Rogue dogs are always up to tricks
Some years ago sheep breeders were
given much trouble throughout the
country by half-wild dogs that broke
| in at night and killed the sheep.
These dogs could jump the highest
fences and do an amazing amount of
damage before the morning, when the
shepherd would appear to find many
of his woolly charges torn to bits.
Lesser rogues eat eggs, upset gar
| bage cans, steal milk and perhaps
succulent chop or two when given the
opportunity. Dogs indulge in these
| little escapades more out Of a spirit
of fun than anything else.
They are so brimful of life they
must show it. They run, jump, bark,
chase all strange men with ladders
or other implements that come up
the alley, and generally enjoy life.
| Every puppy must chew up a. slip
per or leather belt before its edu-
| cation is at all complete.
| 1 remember a bulldog that got
| interested in a pillow and tore it to
| bits, looking very sheepish, indeed,
when he was discovered in the midst
] of an widening circle of feathers.
This same dog appeared immensely
| bored when found with feathers
| hanging from his mouth, while
| flock of chickens sauawked nearby.
I The evidence was entirely circum-
stantial, but. like much of such evil
tdenoe. seemed sound.