WhenCanadawasunderBritishrule,asoldierinthebarracksatNewLondon,UpperCanada,hadadognamedToss,whichwasaverygoodfriendtothesoldiersintheregiment,andsavedmanyasoldierfromthehorrorsofthelash.
Atstatedtimesthesergeantwentroundtoeachsentry-boxtoseeifthesoldierwasdoinghisduty.Tossnoticedthis,and,strangetosay:commencedgoingroundregularlyashorttimebeforethesergeant,andgavewarningofhiscoming.Sometimesonacolddayapoorsoldierwouldthroughfatiguebedrowsing;butthemomentTossapproachedthesentry,andsawhisperilousposition,hewouldpulltheman'scoatortrousersuntilheawokehim.YoumaybesurethesoldierswereverythankfultoToss,andspokeofhimlovinglylongafterhisdeath.
英國統治加拿大期間,上加拿大新倫敦市軍營一個士兵養了一隻狗,名為托斯,是軍團士兵的好朋友,使不少士兵免卻捱鞭子之苦。
軍團中士會在既定的時候,巡視各哨亭,看哨兵有沒有盡責。托斯留意到這一點,而奇怪的是,以後每逢中士將到,托斯會四處走一遍,向哨兵示警,有時天氣嚴寒,可憐的哨兵由於太過困倦,昏昏欲睡,托斯一到,見他有受罰危險,就會拉拉他的外衣或褲子,直到他清醒過來,士兵對托斯當然十分感激,在托斯去世多時之後,還是語帶憐愛的提到他。