Meaning of "an objective dog"

[sasibhaskar]

What is it mean by 'AN OBJECTIVE DOG'

 

[emsr2d2]

What is [STRIKE]it[/STRIKE] meant by 'AN OBJECTIVE DOG'?

Note my corrections above.

1. Why did you write "an objective dog" in capital letters?
2. Where did you see those words? Please provide a full sentence, along with the source and author.
3. It's more natural to use the construction "What does XXXX mean?"
4. I have changed your thread title so that it is unique and relevant to the thread.

 

[sasibhaskar]

What a strange face that dog had. When, with a shock, he had discovered the dead dog on a street corner, the idea of burying it had made his heart so heavy and surprised that he had not even had eyes for that hard snout and congealed saliva. It was a strange, objective dog.

The above is the complete sentence from the short story 'The crime of the Mathematics Professor', by Clarice Lispector.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

What a strange face that dog had. When, with a shock, he had discovered the dead dog on a street corner, the idea of burying it had made his heart so heavy and surprised that he had not even had eyes for that hard snout and congealed saliva. It was a strange, objective dog.

The above is the complete sentence from the short story 'The crime of the Mathematics Professor', by Clarice Lispector.

It's an interesting word choice. I take it to mean expressionless.

Let's see what others think.

(Cross-post.)

 

[Tdol]

Could it be a translation issue?