102 BREAKING A BIRD DOG 
had been written before I had ever even 
heard of Mr. Trimble, and hence it is natu¬ 
rally with particular pleasure that I have 
read his utterances which so ably express my 
own ideas and beliefs. 
Pursuing further the subject of psy¬ 
chology as applied to dogs, it has occurred 
to me that nothing would more fittingly 
complete this chapter than the following 
quotations from an article by my good 
friend G. H. Macdougall, published in the 
January, 1923, issue of a magazine of whose 
Dog Department I was at that time editor. 
One often reads comments on the mysterious way 
animals convey information to each other. Of 
course, they have cries, the significance of some of 
which we readily understand. Who can mistake the 
meaning when an old hen shouts “Hawk!” But 
when a bunch of animals stampede, and another 
bunch at a distance follows suit, how do they make 
it unanimous? They do; every one knows that. 
The answer is pantomime. Actions speak louder 
than words. Pricked ears and intent posture in one 
make the rest look for the reason. Isn’t there 
thought here that some way explains the action of 
pointing and backing in bird dogs ? 
