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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 2 (June 1, 1929.)

Going to the Dogs

Going to the Dogs.

As a reaction to aesthetic speculation, let us take the bit in our teeth and go to the dogs.

Undoubtedly the dog is a wonderful skinful of warring emotions and canine dogmatism. He is an animal of parts—not spare parts, as some road-hogs appear to imagine, but rather bare parts. For instance, he can register friendly relations in the region of the hind quarters, and, simultaneously, issue a note of warning from head quarters. In other words, he is a bit of a “wag” and something of a “bite” at the same time. He perspires through his tongue, which is a blessing that has not been vouchsafed to man, whose vocal efforts appear never to exhaust him to this—or any other—extent. This fact constitutes one of the many mistakes made by Nature when drawing up the plans and specifications for the modelling of man. Although the dog has not yet been handicapped by a “psychology” he has other troubles, the chief of which is an unappeasable vacuum in the vicinity of his meat-works. Have you ever watched him making burning love to the butcher? The affection in his eye is more than human; it is a love beyond understanding. It comes straight from his soul—via his epiglottis.