New Britain herald., 1929-01-19
|zAAzAA RESPONDS
TO CALL IN FRENCH

III UnLL In InLlvUIl
Dogs Real Name Is "Prince
Scatter Them Away
Zaazaa! Zaazaa! These two words
who make it a habit of spending
their evenings in the reading room OF
the Y. NJ. C. A.
ZaaZaa is the name of handsome
police dog owned by Saleem Thomas
Of Springfield, Mass. who is a con-
slant visitor in this city. The dogs
full name is Amer ZaaZaa, and
translated in Arabian means prince
Scatter Them Away. He is possess
ed Of more than his share OF canine
brains but the most amazing thing
about the animal is the fact that he
will answer his owner when address
ed in French.
"Venez lei. ZaaZaa", commands
Mr.. Thomas. and the dog immedi-
ately runs up to his master and bur-
les his nose in his owners hand. Mr..
Thomas takes great pride in display
ing the abilities Of his dog before
the boys gathered in the "Y". Upon
his order, the dog will spring in the
air for an amazing distance. Ac-
cordiug to Mr.. Thomas. the animal
is capable of leaping ten feet in the
air. Orders to lie down, play dead,
crawl, etc, bring an immediate re-
Spouse from the dog. He will con-
tinue to perform the order given
him by his master until ordered to
stop.
Defends His Owner
Mr.. Thomas will send the dog into
corner and order hin to stay there.
He will then hide from sight and
repeated attempts by other persons
to get him to come from the corner
prove fruitless. The dog is very
jealous of it's owner and any attempt
to lay a hand on him meets with an
immediate response by the beast. Mr..
Thomas will whisper to person next
to him and say Let me alone" The
dog from a distance of 20 feet leaps
into the air and comes bounding
across the room uttering a growl. At
the word Of his owner he retreats
to his original position. Practically
all Of the questions and orders which
Mr.. Thomas hurls at his dog are in
French and the animals shows al
most human knowledge by doing as
he Is told.
Mr.. Thomas philosophy on dogs
seems to be successful. ZaaZaa has
grown strong and wise on discipline.
He measures Is inches from the tip
of his nose to his tail and is &c inches
high. Among his answering ideals
ere: that none shall touch his mas
ter or his masters property nor pun
ish a child. good or bad, in his pres
ence. Mr.. Thomas doesn't adhere to
science when he says that a dog acts
only from instinct. Possibly for other
dogs, but for ZaaZaa he claims:
THAT dog doesn't link sounds with
e~NAItIob 1lo really uIutI eldnuS Hat
you mean. He has brains"
French Protection Against Thieves
As a bit Of revelation. Mr.. Thomas
advises his listeners, II don't talk to
ZaaZaa in French just as fad. I
do 1t SO that thieves won't be able
to walk away with him. II anyone
says to him. Come here he won't
move. To him Come here" is ex-
pressed only by 'Eenez-ici.' But II
anyone seeing the dog strolling about
wishes to say an admiring hello he
will return the courtesy with a
friendly bark"
Speaking Of the dogs outside abili-
ties. Mr.. Thomas stated that he
places a piece Of paper ten feet up
in the bark Of a tree. Then he COM
mands ZaaZaa to run up the tree
and recover the paper. He is always
successful on his first attempt. Mr..
Thomas demonstrated the dogs re-
markable ability to jump by throw
ing paper balls high in the air in all
directions. The dog would spring
from the floor from any position and
would snatch the PAPER before it had
started - descend to the floor.
Named After Arabian Chief
The dog is named after an Arabian
chief named ZaaZaa who performed
great service for Mr.. Thomas
family in Syria. The Springfield man
pointed out the fact that ZaaZaa
lives up to the fearless man for
whom he was named. In a low bred
dog the tail Is turned up in a physi-
cal indication OF cowardice. ZaaZaa' s
tail is turned straight down, attest
ing courage. he says.
When asked how much he would
accept for the animal. Mr.. Thorn
as told Of an incident that occurred
1 New Haven. He was walking
along a street when Yale boy came
up to him and asked him how much
he would take for the dog. Mr..
Thomas told him Young man, your
father may have lot of money but
he hasn't enough to buy this dog"
Aside to a reporter. Mr.. Thomas
spoke forcefully and said that he
wouldn't take $4,000 for ZaaZaa.
Strangely ZaaZaa has no enmity
for cats. He will lick milk out of
the same sauce pan with them. He
also likes to swim and during the
summer it is almost impossible to
keep him from the water.