.. kindness and
beneficence should be extended to creatures of every species.... A good
man will take care of his horses and dogs, not only while they are
young, but when old and past service. Thus the people of Athens, when
they had finished the temple called Hecatompedon, set at liberty the
beasts of burden that had been chiefly employed in the work, suffering
them to pasture at large, free from any other service. It is said that
one of these afterwards came of its own accord to work, and, putting
itself at the head of the laboring cattle, marched before them to the
citadel. This pleased the people, and they made a decree that it should
be kept at the public charge so long as it lived. Many have shown
particular regard in burying the dogs which they had cherished and
loved, and among them Xantippus of old, whose dog swam by the side of
his galley to Salamis, when the Athenians were forced to abandon their
city, and was afterwards buried by him upon a promontory which is still
called the Dog's Grave.
PLUTARCH.
CATS AND DOGS.
Cats and dogs seem to be natural enemies, but it is quite possible to
make them very good friends. The easiest way to do this is to bring a
kitten in your arms to your dog and explain to him that he must never
chase her, or bark at her.
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