In selecting your puppy, pick out a sound, husky youngster with an intelligent look. Make him a part of the household, but carefully avoid pampering. A spoiled puppy 
does not develop into a desirable pal 
The German Police—The Dog of the Hour 
PAL AND PLAYMATE IN THE HOME, SENTRY AND RED CROSS ASSISTANT ON THE BATTLEFIELD—HIS 
VULPINE ANCESTRY—THE TRAINING THAT HAS MADE HIM ALMOST HUMAN—HOW TO JUDGE HIS POINTS 
Williams Haynes 
Author of "Practical Dog Keeping,” Etc. 
will be extremely popular in your United States some day.” 
At that time the day of the Collie was at high noon and 
the Airedale’s dawn was just breaking. The first impression of 
a sheepdog is of a terrier-like Collie, and, not at the time appre¬ 
ciating that he has his own niche that he alone can fill, I laughed 
at the prophecy. Five years ago — there were then but a handful 
of sheepdogs in the whole United States — I met this same man 
at the New York show and twitted him about his prophecy. 
He again maintained that he was sure it would some day come 
true. To-day it is being fulfilled. 
To-day the classes provided for sheepdogs at bench shows all 
over the country seldom fail to arouse keen competition. The 
army of sheepdog fanciers receives scores of recruits each sea¬ 
son. A most energetic club busies itself with fostering the inter¬ 
ests of the breed. A monthly magazine is published about Ger¬ 
man shepherd dogs exclusively. Moreover, the dog has made 
a host of very desirable friends among people who are not dyed- 
in-the-wool dog fanciers at all. One is sure to meet him strolling 
on Fifth Avenue, Michigan Boulevard, Chestnut Street, and other 
thoroughfares of fashion. He is very apt to spend his summers 
at Bar Harbor or Newport, and his winters at Aiken or Palm 
Beach. 
What manner of dog is this who in five short years can spring 
from nowhere to everywhere? 
In the first place, he looks like a glorified wolf. In his spark¬ 
ling, dark eyes the expression of cunning and hatred has been 
replaced by one of good faith and intelligence. His erect alert¬ 
ness is very different from the wolf’s slinking slyness: he steps 
proudly along, while his wild cousin slouches by. He gives 
the immediate impression of being a thoroughly capable dog. 
He is big and strong. His movements are free and sure. He 
has the alert air of ability. He seems to be the very archtype 
of the primitive dog, and this is one of his chief charms. There 
44 VERY dog has his day,” and this is the day of the 
German Shepherd. At the front, with both the German 
and Belgian armies, he is serving as sentry and ambulance 
assistant in locating wounded men at night. Here, in America, 
though he is not yet the most popular, he is certainly the most 
fashionable dog, and the other is sure to follow. In all varieties 
this does not hold true, for fickle 
Mistress Fashion has been known 
to pamper breeds that did not 
possess the stuff of which a 
thoroughly popular dog is made. 
The sheepdog, however, has 
characteristics, both mental and 
physical, that will surely carry 
him far with dog-loving Ameri¬ 
cans. 
Just ten years ago to the very 
month, the present American 
vogue of the German shepherd 
dog was foretold to me. At 
The Hague Internationale Hon- 
deiitentoonstelling (which is the 
Dutch for international dog 
show), as a Belgian friend and 
I watched a famous German 
authority judge this breed, a 
wiry little Englishman, known 
as a shrewd dog broker and an 
honest professional judge by 
fanciers from San Francisco to 
Capetown, joined us. 
“There, sir,” he said, pointing 
to the sheepdogs, "is a dog that 
No fence can be too High for Him 
to scale — this is part of his training 
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