HOW DOGS LOOK.
1. Well, John, we shall be glad to hear something more about your dog to-day.
2. Here is a picture of Rover with a bird in his mouth. He has been trained to find the game that has been shot, and bring it to his master. When he takes the bird he is careful not to bite it.
3. Rover has a thick coat of long hair. It is not so fine as that of a cat, but it is enough to keep him warm in cold weather.
4. The cat has a round head, but Rover’s head is long and his nose is blunter than that of the cat. Rover’s ears are a great deal larger than those of a cat, and they hang down by the side of his head. Some dogs have ears that stand up and point forward.
5. My sister has a little white terrier, Gyp, whose hair is silky and much longer than Rover’s, and it hangs down over his eyes in a very funny way. He can see very well for all that.
6. Dogs do not hunt for rats and mice; but if a rat comes in sight when Gyp is about, he gives one bound and a snap, and there is a dead rat. When Gyp is asleep, if we call out “rats,” he springs up and rushes about as if he were crazy.
7. When the cat is angry she lashes her tail from side to side, but when the dog is angry he holds his tail out straight and stiff.
8. When the dog is glad he wags his tail as though he would wag it off. When the little black-and-tan dogs are very glad, you can’t tell whether the dog or the tail wags most.
9. The cat does not like to go into the water, but Rover likes nothing better than to swim out after a stick which I have thrown in. In summer he goes into the water every day to keep himself cool and clean.