housebred

Updated: August 3, 2026

Then, huddling close beside her, he reverted all at once to a trait of his ancestors, a thousand generations back. Sitting on his haunches and lifting his pointed nose to the summer sky, he gave vent to a series of long-drawn wolf howls; horrible to hear. There was no hint of a housebred twentieth century dog in his lament.

Albert Payson Terhune - Further Adventures of Lad