. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. The Psychics of Dogs 19: and rarely missed the chance of slipping out when the door was left ajar. In order to be warned of his stealthy movements the lady attached a small bell to his neck, and when the dog moved the bell betrayed him. For a time "Trip" submitted to the restraint and, like a true philosopher as he proved to be, made no ado about it. But in his shaggy little pate there was something- going on which in man is called reason, but in dogs is nameless, and by its aid the cunning little rogue several tim
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. The Psychics of Dogs 19: and rarely missed the chance of slipping out when the door was left ajar. In order to be warned of his stealthy movements the lady attached a small bell to his neck, and when the dog moved the bell betrayed him. For a time "Trip" submitted to the restraint and, like a true philosopher as he proved to be, made no ado about it. But in his shaggy little pate there was something- going on which in man is called reason, but in dogs is nameless, and by its aid the cunning little rogue several times made his escape without being observed. At length his scheme was found out, as most schemes are; but its cleverness was more to his credit than the crime of it was to his disgrace. Eealising the means by which his movements were discovered, he simply lay down upon his side, which caused the bell to drop to the side of his neck instead of hanging below it; then carefully bending his head to that side, pressing the gonion point of. his jaw close to his shoulder, he clutched the bell in the curve of his neck, and thus silenced the tattling trinket. His long fluffy hair greatly aided in the feat, and having secured it in place, he silently glided down the stairs and around the corner until safely out of hearing. Besides doing all the usual feats of trained dogs and resorting to all manner of clever devices in order to gain his end, "Trip" made a record which, so far as I am aware,* has not been equalled by any of his race, and that was in selecting and arranging in proper order the letters of his name. From a pile of alphabet blocks he picked out at command, and without the aid of anyone, the letters T BIP and arranged them right side up. When the task * See p. 174, Vol. I., Asimal Life.— 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
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