Smile for Today ~

"My golden retriever has been trained, when ranging, to drop instantly in response to my whistle of three short notes.  On more than one occasion when walking near trees he has suddenly dropped without any prompting from me.

I was at a loss to understand why he did this until, on two recent occasions, I saw him drop at the same time as I heard the triple notes of the nuthatch.   I wonder if other dogs have been known to respond to the call of a bird?"
~ Jean Summers


~ The Second FIELD bedside book, Edited by Wilson Stephens.  The Harmsworth Press Ltd., 1969.