. Domesticated animals : their relation to man and to his advancement in civilization. Domestic animals. THE DOG show toward perfect strangers. If we observe a clog going alono- a much-frequented street, we may note that his rela- tions to the people are substantially those which the folk have to each other. He shows as they do a certain consid- eration for the individuals he encounters, gives them their due place, and yet holds to his own. It is particularly notice- able that he avoids all contact with the other passers—in fact a dog has to be much beside him- self with rage or fear, or insan
. Domesticated animals : their relation to man and to his advancement in civilization. Domestic animals. THE DOG show toward perfect strangers. If we observe a clog going alono- a much-frequented street, we may note that his rela- tions to the people are substantially those which the folk have to each other. He shows as they do a certain consid- eration for the individuals he encounters, gives them their due place, and yet holds to his own. It is particularly notice- able that he avoids all contact with the other passers—in fact a dog has to be much beside him- self with rage or fear, or insane from disease, be- fore he will break those bounds of personality which civilization has set up to guide the conduct of life. The social culture of dogs appears to have gone to the point where they recognize the meaning of an introduction—at least as far as the sympathetic relations of that understanding are concerned. Almost any well-bred dog will submit to be presented by his master, or even by persons whom he knows but is not accustomed to obey, to a stranger to whom he has already exhibited some dislike. Inuring the introduction he will submit to those formal exchanges of courtesy which he is accustomed to recognize as the indices of friendship. The impression of this understanding seems to be so permanent that on subsequent meetings the King Charles Spaniel. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate, 1841-1906. New York : C. Scribner's Sons
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