JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
Okay, so I really don’t have any idea of what might be the earliest use of a telephone with a dog–I mean, who does? However I do have some long experience in looking at very early reports on the development of the telephone and the first time I ever came across a reference mentioning dogs and the phone was today (oh sweet joy!) in the Journal of the Franklin Institute (volume 116, June 1884, p 460). This is nothing really but personal bias and judged on my own experience, but I have to say that I may be right in my guess…though I’m not going to set out and research what a better answer might be in pulling the timeline to make it taught. In any event, it is an enjoyable report, and at this point the dogs probably reacted like most humans did hearing the telephone for the first time.
