 He then draws a parallel with the behaviour of those charged with administering public funds.One French commentator has found a similar story in the Latin fable from Jacques Regnier’s "Apologi Phaedrii ex Ludicris" (Beaune, 1643), "Coqui canis et alii canes" (The cook’s dog and the other dogs), in which fidelity is overcome by bad example.However, La Fontaine’s immediate source seems to have been Louis de Puget (1629-1709), whom he got to know during a visit to Lyon.