The actions of this smart little dog show that dogs often display a
degree of reason.
A young man was searching for a position. He was unsuccessful in
finding the one suited to his qualifications. He returned home, tired
and discouraged, and threw himself on a couch to rest. His small dog
Prince saw with an understanding eye that something was worrying his
master. He went off to his own corner in the lower part of the house,
where the telephone was located, but he did not go to sleep as did his
master. He had to think things over as to the cause of his master’s
troubles.
Presently the telephone rang. Prince bounded upstairs, two steps at a
time, barking lustily all the way. He pulled at the young man’s coat
to awaken him, and told him as best he could to answer the phone. His
master did so, with the result that he learned that a good position
was open to him--a place of trust with a good firm--which he readily
accepted.