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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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It
is,
however,
as
an
assistant
to
the
flock-master
the
farmer,
the
butcher,
and
the
drover
that
the
Collie
takes
his
most
appropriate
place
in
every-day
life.
The
shepherd
on
his
daily
rounds,
travelling
over
miles
of
moorland,
could
not
well
accomplish
his
task
without
his
Collie's
skilful
aid.
One
such
dog,
knowing
what
is
expected
of
him,
can
do
work
which
would
otherwise
require
the
combined
efforts
of
a
score
of
men.
Little
is
known
with
certainty
of
the
origin
of
the
Collie,
but
his
cunning
and
his
outward
appearance
would
seem
to
indicate
a
relationship
with
the
wild
dog.
Buffon
was
of
opinion
that
he
was
the
true
dog
of
nature,
the
stock
and
model
of
the
whole
canine
species.
He
considered
the
Sheepdog
superior
in
instinct
and
intelligence
to
all
other
breeds,
and
that,
with
a
character
in
which
education
has
comparatively
little
share,
he
is
the
only
animal
born
perfectly
trained
for
the
service
of
man.
One
of
the
most
perfect
working
Collies
in
Scotland
to-day
is
the
old-fashioned
black
and
white
type,
which
is
the
most
popular
among
the
shepherds
of
Scotland.
At
the
shows
this
type
of
dog
is
invariably
at
the
top
of
the
class.
He
is
considered
the
most
tractable,
and
is
certainly
the
most
agile.
Second
to
this
type
in
favour
is
the
smooth-coated
variety,
a
very
hard,
useful
dog,
well
adapted
for
hill
work
and
usually
very
fleet
of
foot.
He
is
not
so
sweet
in
temper
as
the
black
and
white,
and
is
slow
to
make
friends.
In
the
Ettrick
and
Yarrow
district
the
smooth
is
a
popular
sheepdog.
The
shepherds
maintain
that
he
climbs
the
hills
more
swiftly
than
the
rough,
and
in
the
heavy
snowstorms
his
clean,
unfeathered
legs
do
not
collect
and
carry
the
snow.
He
has
a
fuller
coat
than
the
show
specimens
usually
carry,
but
he
has
the
same
type
of
head,
eye,
and
ears,
only
not
so
well
developed.
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