Dog Stories from the "Spectator" / Being anecdotes of the intelligence, reasoning power, affection and sympathy of dogs, selected from the correspondence columns of "The Spectator"

by Unknown

THE SENSE OF BOUNDARY IN DOGS.

[March 14, 1885.]

I have been much interested in the communications which have appeared from time to time in the Spectator in reference to "animal intelligence." Recently my attention has been called to a somewhat striking illustration of it, in the case of my own dog and his canine neighbour next door. Wallace is an Irish staghound, and is about a year old. My neighbour's dog is a pointer, and is considerably advanced in life. There is no hedge nor fence separating the two estates. The dividing line runs between two stone posts about a foot in height, and more than two hundred feet from each other. The dogs have never been friendly, the pointer having repeatedly driven Wallace back over the boundary when he has caught him trespassing. Both dogs, even when going at full speed, stop the moment my dog has crossed the line. How does the pointer know where the line runs, and how does Wallace know when he is safely across it?

F. Tuckerman.

THE END.

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INDEX.

• Affection, [106]
• Affection, A Dog's, [105]
• Alpine Dog, An, [63]
• Animal Intelligence, [68]
• Animals and Language, [72]
• Animals, Communication with, [77]
• Animals, Friendships of Dogs with other, [135]
• Animals, How our Meaning is Conveyed to, [65]
• Animals, The Courage of, [217]
• Are Dogs Colour-blind? [213]
• Arts, Dogs and the, [119]
• Australian Dog Story, [203]
• Automata, Conscious, [136]

• Biography of Sprig, [237]
• Boundary, Sense of, in Dogs, [260]
• Bully's Short Cut, [30]

• Canary, Dog and, [150]
• Canine Friendship, An Act of, [153]
• Canine Intelligence, [32]
• Canine Jealousy, [113]
• Canine Member of the S.P.C.A., [110]
• Canine Nurse, A, [147]
• Canine Sightseer, A, [44]
• Cat-and-Dog Friendship, [256]
• Cat-and-Dog Love, [151]
• Cat's Paw, A Story of a, [233]
• Cautious Dogs, [61]
• Character of a Dog, Features in the, [26]
• Collies at Work, [191], [192]
• Colour-blind? Are Dogs, [213]
• Commercial Treaty between Dog and Hen, [19]
• Communication, Teaching Dogs a Method of, [74]
• Communication with Animals, [77]
• Conscience-stricken Dog, A, [103]
• Conscious Automata, [136]
• Courage of Animals, The, [217]
• Courtesy, A Dog's, [112]
• Cow's, A, Jealousy of a Dog, [200]
• Cunning Dogs, [170]
• Curious Friendship, A, [148]
• Curious Habits of Dogs, [155]
• Cut, Bully's Short, [30]

• Deceivers, Dog, [173]
• Dinner, A Dog and his, [163]
• Dog, A, and a Rabbit, [141]
• Dog, A, and a Whip, [170]
• Dog, A, and his Dinner, [163]
• Dog, A Conscience-stricken, [103]
• Dog, A Jealous, [115]
• Dog, A, Obeying a Summons, [210]
• Dog, A, on Long Sermons, [17]
• Dog, A Parcel-carrying, [47]
• Dog, A Rusé, [171]
• Dog, A Sunday, [197]
• Dog, A, that Scorned to be Jealous, [116]
• Dog, An Alpine, [63]
• Dog and Canary, [150]
• Dog and Hen, Commercial Treaty between, [19]
• Dog and Kittens, [145]
• Dog and Pigeon, [139]
• Dog and the Ferry, [33]
• Dog Consciousness, [228]
• Dog, Cow's Jealousy of a, [200]
• Dog Deceivers, [173]
• Dog, Features in the Character of a, [26]
• Dog Friends, [133]
• Dog Friendships, [131]
• Dog, Intelligent Suspicion in a, [61]
• Dog Nurse, A, [20]
• Dog Story, A, [230]
• Dog Story, A, [254]
• Dog Story, An Australian, [203]
• Dog, Sympathy in a, [107]
• Dog, The, that Buried the Frogs, [157]
• Dog's Affection, A, [105]
• Dog's Courtesy, A, [112]
• Dog's Humanity, A, [108]
• Dog's Remorse, A, [101]
• Dogs and Language, [64]
• Dogs and Looking-glasses, [164]
• Dogs and the Arts, [119]
• Dogs, Cautious, [61]
• Dogs, Cunning, [170]
• Dogs, Curious Habits of, [155]
• Dogs, Emotion and Sentiment in, [99]
• Dogs, Guardian, [179]
• Dogs, Hospital, [22]
• Dogs, Humour and Cunning in, [165]
• Dogs, Instinct of Locality in, [83]
• Dogs, Music and, [121]
• Dogs, Power of Imitation in, [167]
• Dogs, Purchasing, [51]
• Dogs, Railway, [94]
• Dogs, Reason of, [37]
• Dogs, Reasoning Powers of, [49]
• Dogs, Recognition of Likenesses by, [124]
• Dogs, Sense of Boundary in, [260]
• Dogs, Sense of Humour in, [168], [169]
• Dogs, Sentiment and Emotion in, [99]
• Dogs, Syllogistic, [14]
• Dogs, Teaching a Method of Communication to, [74]
• Dogs, Two Anecdotes of, [206]
• Dogs, Useful, [177]

• Emotion and Sentiment in Dogs, [99]
• Explanation, An, [159]

• Features in the Character of a Dog, [26]
• Ferry, Dog and the, [33]
• Foreknowledge of Death? Have Animals a, [221]
• Four-footed Friends, Our, [224]
• Friends, Dog, [133]
• Friendship, A Cat-and-Dog, [256]
• Friendship, A Curious, [148]
• Friendship, An Act of Canine, [153]
• Friendships, Dog, [131]
• Friendships of Dogs with other Animals, [135]
• Frogs, The Dog that Buried the, [157]

• Guardian Dogs, [179]

• Habits of Dogs, Curious, [155]
• Have Animals a Foreknowledge of Death? [221]
• Hen and Puppies, [137]
• Hen, Commercial Treaty between Dog and a, [19]
• Hospital Dogs, [22]
• Humanity, A Dog's, [108]
• Humour and Cunning in Dogs, [165]

• Instinct, Maternal, in Animals, [219]
• Instinct of Locality in Dogs, [83]
• Instinct, or Reason? [21]
• Intelligence, A Pug's, [211]
• Intelligence, Animal, [68]
• Intelligence, Canine, [32]
• Intelligent Suspicion in a Dog, [61]

• Jealous Dog, A, [115]
• Jealous, Dog that Scorned to be, [116]
• Jealousy, Canine, [113]

• Kittens, Dog and, [145]

• Language, Animals and, [72]
• Language, Dogs and, [64]
• Likenesses, Recognition of, by Dogs, [124]
• Locality in Dogs, Instinct of, [83]
• Looking-glasses, Dogs and, [164]
• Love, Cat and Dog, [151]
• Lucky and Unlucky, [214]

• Maternal Instinct in Animals, [219]
• Meaning, How Conveyed to Animals, [65]
• Method of Communication, Teaching Dogs a, [74]
• Music and Dogs, [121]

• Nurse, A Canine, [147]
• Nurse, A Dog, [20]

• Our Four-footed Friends, [224]

• Parcel-Carrying Dog, A, [47]
• Pictures, Recognition by Animals of, [129]
• Pigeon, Dog and, [139]
• Pigeon Story, [144]
• Plan, Thinking out a, [45]
• Power of Imitation in Dogs, [167]
• Powers, Reasoning, of Dogs, [49]
• Pug's Intelligence, A, [211]
• Puppies, Hen and, [137]
• Purchasing Dogs, [51]

• Rabbit, A Dog and a, [141]
• Railway Dogs, [94]
• Reason, Instinct or, [21]
• Reason of Dogs, [37]
• Reasoning Powers of Dogs, [49]
• Recognition by Animals of Pictures, [129]
• Recognition of Likenesses by Dogs, [124]
• Remorse, A Dog's, [101]

• Sense of Humour in Dogs, [168], [169]
• Short Cut, Bully's, [30]
• Sight-seer, A Canine, [44]
• S.P.C.A., A Canine Member of the, [110]
• Sprig, Biography of, [237]
• Summons, A Dog Obeying a, [210]
• Sunday Dog, A, [197]
• Suspicion, Intelligent, in a Dog, [61]
• Syllogistic Dogs, [14]
• Sympathy in a Dog, [107]

• Teaching Dogs a Method of Communication, [74]
• Thinking out a Plan, [45]
• Treaty, Commercial, between Dog and Hen, [19]
• True, A, Watch-dog, [188]

• Unlucky, Lucky and, [214]
• Useful Dogs, [177]

• Watch-Dog, A True, [188]

• Whip, A Dog and a, [170]