Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1911 — RARKS IN WHISPERS [ARTICLE]

RARKS IN WHISPERS

'Dog of Pedigreed Stock Does Everything but Talk. •> Scotland Yard Chief Has Clever Canine Which Does Work'of Servant and Protects Master From AiJ Annoying Intruders. . London.—Superintendent Frank Forest, chief of the criminal department of Scctland Yard, believes he (possesses one of the cleverest dogs in 'England. He la a sheep dog, named Teddy, who is 8 years old, weighs 65 pounds and comes from fine pedigreed Somersetshire stock. Teddy has been with Mr.' Forest since puppyhood. Every morning Teddy meets the letter carrier and takes the mail for the entire household and carries it to Mr. Forest’s bed. Next he goes to the library, stands on a chair, gets the superintendent’s gold spectacles and takes them to the bed. When the superintendent finished reading his mail he has but to say, “Teddy, I •link I will fcet up,” and the, dog immediately brings his slippers. The dog is so intelligent that it only required a few minutes of Instruction to teach him to bark in whimpers when he wanted anything inside the house. But it is as a police dog that Teddy especially excels. Every night before the superintendent retire#%e saysA

“Teddy, is everything all right in the house?" The dog goes in and out of every room and returns to his master, reporting conditions to be all right by wagging his taiL If anything doesn’t exactly suit him he pulls his master’s coat and leads him to the place that has not satisfied him. Teddy is very strict on conventional introductions. He seems to instinctively realize that his master leads a danger-beset life, and Teddy is constantly on guard against attack. No matter to whom- the superintendent is talking, the dog lies between his legs, alert and ready. He takes nothing on trust until he is told by his masted that everything is all right Anyone who tries to pat the dog is repulsed with bared fangs and growls until the superintendent says: “Teddy, this is a friend of mine.” Then the dog permits himself to be handled. At Scotland Yard Teddy knows every room in the building and manifests his wishes to enter any particular one by standing on his rear legs and shaking the door handle with his front paws until he is admitted. It is more difficult for a stranger to approach the superintendent’s home in Hempstead that to gain access to Buckingham palace. The superintendent says Tedy can da everything but talk.