Identifier: dogspuppies00mont (find matches)
Title: Dogs and puppies
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Montgomery, Frances Trego Hofsten, Hugo von, ill
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Publisher: New York : Barse & Hopkins
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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at the strings. When she picked him 21 Dogs and Puppies up, he lay perfectly still over her shoulder withhis nose buried in her neck. If a dogs life ever fell in a pleasant place, thislittle puppys surely did. He was fed as regu-larly as if he were a baby, and not on dog biscuitsalone, as most dogs are, until they are so sick ofthem that they could die of starvation ratherthan eat them, but on oat meal gruel, chickenand turkey broth with dry bread broken into it,a little apple now and then, or a puppy biscuitsoaked in warm water. Then too, he had a dog basket with an eider-down pillow in it, and a shawl, all his own, tobe thrown over him when the weather was cold,and such fun as he had three times a day whenhis little mistress would play and romp with him.She would lie on the floor, let him run over herand lick her face and hands, and chew her hair. But life was not all play, even for Punch.His little mistress had an older brother, who wasdetermined that Punch should be educated as 22
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HE WAS SOLD TO A BREEDER WHO TOOK HIM TO A STABLE WHERETHERE WERE A GREAT MANY OTHER DOGS. Dogs and Puppies a gentleman should be, as he said. So part ofeach day he spent teaching Punch tricks. First he taught him to jump over a cane whenhe held it out straight. It took a long time forplayful little Punch to learn that he must obey.He usually wanted to frisk about. But after agreat many lessons he learned that he must dowhat he was told. And besides, he found thatwhen he had done his best, he was always givensome little dainty to reward him. And so, in time, he became quite a trick dog,and could do a great many things that most dogsnever will be able to do. He could play pos-sum, which is to pretend to be dead, and hecould say his prayers. And his reputation for intelligence spread sofar over the country that some very learned mencame to see him. They could not believe that thestories told of him were true, and wanted to seefor themselves. So with his mistress and the pro-fessors look

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