d taken charge of the sack. All through the afternoon of
that day and through the long, cold night that followed, the
faithful animal remained at his post. When the owner of the
sack came next morning to get it, the dog, although numb
with cold and famished with hunger, would not permit him to
take the flour. Nor could the stout-hearted creature be
persuaded either by threats or by coaxing, until his master
was brought, when, at his first word of command, the dog
bounded joyfully toward him.

Conclude the lesson by a short discussion of the proper care and
treatment that should be given to dogs. The dog requires a fairly warm
but dry kennel, with a soft bed of straw or rugs. The food should
consist chiefly of porridge, milk, bread, biscuit, and a little meat.
Only dogs that are running a great deal out of doors should be given
much meat. The dog should be given bones to pick; picking bones is as
good for a dog's teeth as a tooth-brush is for a boy's.

OBSERVATION EXERCISES

By making observations upon your dog at home, find answers to these
problems:

1. How does a dog hold a bone while he is picking it, and how does he
get the meat off the bone?

2. Examine the dog's feet and find out:

(1) Why he does not slip while running.

(2) What protects the soles of his feet from injury as he bounds over
rough ground.

3. Which is the sharper, a dog's eye or his nose? Watch how he finds his
master in a crowd or finds an object that you have hidden.

CORRELATIONS

Language:

1. Require oral or written reproduction of the stories used in
illustration in the lesson on The Dog.

2. Require the pupils to relate incidents from dog life that have come
within their own experiences.

Art and Modelling:

1. A sleeping dog.

2. A dog waiting for his master.

LESSONS INVOLVING COMPARISON

It will be found helpful, both for increasing interest in the
observations and for fixing the facts in memory, to study an animal by
comparing its habits, qualities, and physical peculiarities with those
of another animal which is somewhat similar. Where differences are
discovered, explanations of the differences should be developed in such
a way that a tendency may be cultivated for interpreting the adaptation
of structure to use and of life habits to surrounding conditions.

CAT AND DOG

Compare the movement of a cat when approaching its prey with the
movement of the dog when chasing