A DOG’S SAGACITY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16339, 13 May 1927, Page 12

A DOG’S SAGACITY

INSTANCE FROM DUNEDIN

A remarkable story of the sagacity that is sometimes shown by animals is related by the owner of a Pomeranian dog, the circumstances being associated with the disappearance of a woman from her home in the Roslyn district towards the end of last month. From the time that the woman was reported missing the dog made many visits between the house iuhl the pieco of bush on the south side of Roslyn, Dunedin, where the woman’s body was ultimately found by the owner of the animal. The dog appeared to bo always uneasy when any member of the household went into the garden. The animal would run to the base of the hill close to the bush; it would squat there for a time and wag its tail, but it did not make anj r sound. The dog’s actions were thought to be strange, but no particular attention was paid to them. On the day the woman’s body was found the head of the household required a piece of timber, and, accompanied by the dog lie set out for the bush. The animal raced towards the bush and back again repeatedly. The owner watched the dog closely, and following it into the bush discovered the body of the unfortunate woman. In its actions previously the dog had apparently had the object of trying to attract somcono to follow it and see what it had found.