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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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CHAPTER
VIII
THE
COLLIE
The
townsman
who
knows
the
shepherd's
dog
only
as
he
is
to
be
seen,
out
of
his
true
element,
threading
his
confined
way
through
crowded
streets
where
sheep
are
not,
can
have
small
appreciation
of
his
wisdom
and
his
sterling
worth.
To
know
him
properly,
one
needs
to
see
him
at
work
in
a
country
where
sheep
abound,
to
watch
him
adroitly
rounding
up
his
scattered
charges
on
a
wide-stretching
moorland,
gathering
the
wandering
wethers
into
close
order
and
driving
them
before
him
in
unbroken
company
to
the
fold;
handling
the
stubborn
pack
in
a
narrow
lane,
or
holding
them
in
a
corner
of
a
field,
immobile
under
the
spell
of
his
vigilant
eye.
He
is
at
his
best
as
a
worker,
conscious
of
the
responsibility
reposed
in
him;
a
marvel
of
generalship,
gentle,
judicious,
slow
to
anger,
quick
to
action;
the
priceless
helpmeet
of
his
master--the
most
useful
member
of
all
the
tribe
of
dogs.
Few
dogs
possess
the
fertile,
resourceful
brain
of
the
Collie.
He
can
be
trained
to
perform
the
duties
of
other
breeds.
He
makes
an
excellent
sporting
dog,
and
can
be
taught
to
do
the
work
of
the
Pointer
and
the
Setter,
as
well
as
that
of
the
Water
Spaniel
and
the
Retriever.
He
is
clever
at
hunting,
having
an
excellent
nose,
is
a
good
vermin-killer,
and
a
most
faithful
watch,
guard,
and
companion.
Major
Richardson,
who
for
some
years
has
been
successful
in
training
dogs
to
ambulance
work
on
the
field
of
battle,
has
carefully
tested
the
abilities
of
various
breeds
in
discovering
wounded
soldiers,
and
he
gives
to
the
Collie
the
decided
preference.
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