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OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



Geriiax Police Don 



told. There is now a club for the de- 

 velopment of these hounds and their 

 congeners. 



The law could profitably use these 

 animals in certain cases, and they 

 might be gix'en to the police as 

 watchers and companions. In remote 

 quarters, where onl\' two ])olice agents 

 can be employed, a dog would answer 

 well as a reenforcement, and would be 

 cheaper than a man. In fact, in Ham- 

 burg, Stuttgart, Leipzig, l^runswick, 

 Oldenburg, and Strasburu' the iiolice 

 ha\'e dogs. In Paris the police ha\'e 

 a brigade of life-sa\'ing Newfound- 

 lands, who ai"e particularly fitted and 

 used ff)r rescuing persons from the 

 Seine. In Austria the attention of the 

 authorities has been drawn to such 

 use of these animals, while at Zurich, 

 Ghent, and Rotterdam they now form 

 pai't of tlie jiolice force. 



It is difficult to decide which race 

 or breed is best fitted foi' such 



purposes. Lovers of the shepherd dog favor that race ; 

 breedei-s of terriers (which have already done good 

 ser\'ice with the armies) recommend them highly. In 

 any case the dog must be dark in color, not too small, 

 courageous, hardened, not pampered, and possessed of 

 a keen scent. There are places on certain frontiers 

 where the customhouse officers employ dogs with great 

 success in tracking smugglers. On the other hand, it 

 often happens that the dog helps the smuggler by car- 

 rying jjrohibited merchandise across the frontier with 

 caution and great rapidity. 



War dogs, introduced of late into armies, never miss 

 the roll call. The Scotch shepherd dog and the Aires- 

 dale terrier ha\-e been found most suitable for both cam- 

 paign and ambulance use. They do incalculable service 

 in seeking for the wounded among bushes and under- 

 growth, where the poor fellows escape the eye of the 



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