Translations:Benutzer:Arian/Klett-Mini-Test/568/en

The soul disposition of dog and cat lies very far apart. Even more than the horse, the dog has subordinated its soul-instinctive nature — the sum of its capacities — to the guidance of the human being; not so the cat. Well trained, the dog obeys every call or whistle. With its impulse to movement it reaches out expansively into the wide — so the hunting dog, following the trail with its keen sense of smell, marking the kill or retrieving it; as a herding dog driving the sheep or cattle or holding the herd together. Always, after each task accomplished, it returns, settles onto its hindquarters, wags its tail, lifts its head stretched upward, gazes at its master with faithful devotion, in expectation of the next command. Equally attentive and devoted it is as a guard dog of house and farm, as a companion and guide dog — a dog for the blind, for instance — as a sniffer dog unerringly tracking down the faintest traces of scent, or as a