DOG 



1829 



DOGE 



Outlines for Essays on the 

 Dog 



The Dogs I Pass on My Way to School 



(1) The distance I walk 



( 2 ) The number of dogs I pass 



(3) The "next-door" dog 



(a) His appearance 



(b) How he shows his pleasure at 



sight of me 



( 4 ) The biggest dog I see 



(a) Where he lives 



(b) His appearance and name 



(c) How he greets me 



(5) The smallest dog I see 



(a) How he watches for me at 



the window 



(b) His shrill bark 



(c) His courage 



(6) The dog that follows me to school 



(a) How he shows his liking for 



me 



(b) Why I like him best 



A Conversation Between a Poodle 

 and a Saint Bernard 



(1) The poodle speaks 



(a) Pride in my appearance 



(b) The many things I cannot do 



(c) My contempt for "rough" dogs 



(d) What I like best 



1. My warm corner 



2. My soft cushion 



3. My dainty food 



4. The ride with my mistress 



(2) The Saint Bernard speaks 



(a) My birthplace in the Alps 



(b) My home in the hospice of 



Sain Bernard 



(c) The great snowstorms 



(d) How I was fitted out for my 



rescue work 



(e) The hunt through the blind- 



ing snow 



(f) The joy at finding a traveler 



(g) My pride in my strength 



Dog Laws. In nearly all large cities there 

 are laws specifying the terms on which dogs 

 may be kept and allowed to run at large, and 

 most of them impose a license, or tax, on dogs. 

 A dog may be killed in self-defense, or after 

 notice to the owner that he is a menace to 

 the community. Societies for the prevention 

 of cruelty to animals have been organized in 

 most countries, and in many places they have 

 erected homes for stray dogs. V.L.K. 



Dog Books. In addition to Jack London's 

 Call of the Wild, Oliphant's Bob, Son of Battle 

 must be mentioned as one of the best dog stories 



in print. Brown's Rab and His Friends, Richard 

 Harding Davis' The Bar Sinister and Ouida's A 

 Dog of Flanders are classics among short stories. 

 There are many dog fables and poems. Among 

 the latter two well-known ones are Goldsmith's 

 Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog and Trow- 

 bridge's The Vagabond. In Oliver Twist is the 

 story of Bill Sikes and his dog. See, also, 

 Hodge's Nature Study and Life, The Dog in His- 

 tory and Folklore in Sketches and Studies by 

 R. J. King, and Watson's Dog-Book. 



Related Subject*. The following breeds of 

 dogs are given separate treatment in these vol- 

 umes : 



Bloodhound 



Bulldog 



Collie 



Dachshund 



Dingo 



Eskimo Dog 



Foxhound 



Fox Terrier 



Great Dane 



Greyhound 



Hound 



Mastiff 



Newfoundland 



Pointer 



Poodle 



Pug 



Retriever 



Saint Bernard 



Scotch Terrier 



Setter 



Shepherd Dog 



Skye Terrier 



Spaniel 



Spitz 



Staghound 



Terrier 



DOG 'BANE, a milky-juiced American shrub 

 growing near meadow borders from Canada 

 to Carolina. The spreading dogbane, or honey- 

 bloom, has light green leaves and clusters of 

 pale pink bell-shaped flowers. Its root is very 

 bitter and is used in place of ipecac to cause 

 vomiting. The other species, known as Canada 

 or Indian hemp, has paler flowers, crowded 

 together, and its bark yields a long and strong 

 white fiber, which is used for making nets. 

 Dogbane was at one time believed to be poi- 

 sonous, but it may be eaten without harm by 

 cattle in pastures or prairies. 



DOG DAYS, a period in summer usually 

 characterized by being the hottest days of the 

 year. The name was first applied by the an- 

 cients to the time of the rising of the dog star 

 Sirius; it covered a period of about forty days 

 in the hottest season of the year. That star 

 now rises at a different time, but the hot, 

 sultry summer days are still called the dog 

 days. As dogs usually suffer in hot weather 

 and sometimes go mad and cause injury by 

 the bites they inflict, in large cities laws re- 

 quire that they be muzziled. So, from that 

 fact it has often been incorrectly believed the 

 term originated. It is interesting to note that 

 dogs contract the disease which makes them 

 "mad" more frequently in cold than in hot 

 weather. 



DOGE, doje. As in the United States the 

 President rules the nation as the Chief Execu- 

 tive, so in the republics of Venice, Amalfi and 



