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or the faculty for sensing the feelings of other 

 creatures : not on the sympathy nor yet on the calm 

 of individual persons, but rather on a particular 

 person being suited to a particular dog. 



No matter how great the ability of both the 

 individual and the dog may be, should their tempera- 

 ments not be in accord every attempt will be fruit- 

 less. For instance, I feel very sure that I could not 

 have taught Rolf ; also that I shall never be able to 

 get a sheep-dog (I still possess) to do more than answer 

 " yes " and " no " ; also that it would be the easiest 

 thing for me to instruct Lola's daughter Ula and 

 so forth. There are, in short, " winners " and 

 " blanks " and betwixt the two, every grade of 

 differentiation. Yet, is this not equally true in the 

 case of teaching children ? The best of teachers 

 need not prove equally suitable to all his pupils, while 

 some other will turn out to be exactly the right person. 

 And this only shows us the difficulties which so fre- 

 quently obstruct the path of the best-intentioned 

 people where investigations are concerned ; obstruc- 

 tions which they themselves oft-times do not notice, 

 and to which no thought is given by prejudiced 

 persons. For with animals we come up against a 

 more acute degree of sensitiveness than we do in a 

 child, which, owing to certain rudiments of common 

 sense, is able to adapt itself more easily to either 

 teacher or investigator. 



Lola had remained with the Moekels for some time 

 after the decease of that estimable lady; it was, 

 however, ultimately found desirable to find other 

 homes for some of the dogs. It was about that time 

 that my inquiry as to the possibility of procuring a 

 descendant of Rolf reached Professor Ziegler, and he 

 at once seconded my application. Thus Lola was 



