WORKING WITH OTHER PERSONS 95 



them, although he had to do with them for only a 

 short time. But the matter seems rather more diffi- 

 cult with dogs ; for one thing, they do not stand in 

 front of a board independently, so to speak as do 

 the horses ; nor are they, from the beginning of their 

 career as habitually accustomed to a variety of persons 

 about them, at least, not to the extent that horses are. 

 And yet they are sometimes quite ready to work with 

 others, this being the case with Lola when I took her 

 to Stuttgart, on a visit to a lady she already knew 

 Fraulein M. D., and who had put a few questions to 

 her when here at the farm, questions which she had 

 answered quite correctly. At Stuttgart there was a 

 larger circle of listeners, and Lola sat in their midst 

 upon a table. Fraulein M. D. stood beside me, and I 

 asked her to put the question. I do not now remember 

 what the question was, but I had extended my hand 

 for the reply. Lola, however, turned to the speaker, 

 and tapped the correct answer on that lady's arm, 

 giving the second and equally good one on Fraulein 

 M. D.'s proffered hand. Lola is also in the habit of 

 answering my people with either " yes " or " no " as 

 the case may be, and on one occasion when I was 

 away from home, having gone to Munich for three 

 weeks she remained with Frau Kindermann at 

 Hohenheim, and during that time, gave replies to all 

 kind of questions put to her by that lady, as the follow- 

 ing report will show : 



"REPORT OF FRAU PROFESSOR 

 KINDERMANN IN HOHENHEIM 



" On my asking Lola : ' Where is your mistress ? ' 

 she answered' minchen ! ' (Miinchen). When I 



