This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... to listen for the sounds of danger. The Eskimo does not fondle his dogs. One often wonders why our working animals are so willing to labor day after day. A disposition to work is born in all animals, though some seem to be idle. In the wild state they must be busy to get their food; but after they are tamed, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... to listen for the sounds of danger. The Eskimo does not fondle his dogs. One often wonders why our working animals are so willing to labor day after day. A disposition to work is born in all animals, though some seem to be idle. In the wild state they must be busy to get their food; but after they are tamed, and their food is provided for them, they enjoy reasonable work for their' masters. The Eskimo dogs have a rough MONT. ANIMALS 9 life as we see it. They sleep in the snow during the bitterly cold nights. They sometimes draw loaded sleds two thousand miles within two months. While making a long journey they seldom get more than one meal a day, a dinner of dried fish or fat meat, and when not at work they are usually not fed at all. Yet they like to work, and they are shrewd in doing it. The leader in a team, by his intelligence, often finds the right road when his driver is wholly unable to do so. ii "Talk about dogs," said an old Alaska miner, "why, the curs of high and low degree in the East are not to be compared with the Eskimo dog. Put him in the harness, and a broad smile spreads over his face, his tail curls grandly over his back, and with head and ears erect every step he takes is a poem in the arctic snows. "From puppyhood up he takes to work like a duck to water. He goes at it with the vim and vigor of his wild ancestors. Rig the pup in any old harness, and it's amusing to see how good-naturedly he buckles down to work, never tiring, never feeling discouraged. One becomes very much attached to these useful and obliging animals, and they always improve on acquaintance. "I am led to these remarks," said the old miner, "because men and boys in this mining country try to train all kinds of dogs to work...
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