SHEEP AND SHEEP DOGS.
Although tho collie has been much spoilt by .the lines of breeding dictated by the fancy, it is still tho breed generally used for sheep. A good judge of a sheep dog can pick out tho most intelligent of a litter of puppies at a very early age, and secure it lor about a sovereign. But a trained sheep dog is rarely sold for less than £10. In driving a largo flock of sheep through a narrow gateway a careful shepherd will see that, the dogs are silent and the drovers lying down so as not to unduly hasten the sheep. Moro than this, he will see that a mail stands at each gatepost to prevent the sheep from being pressed against the posts and injured. Many sheep_ which are found to have lungs and ribs injured, says an experienced shepherd, owe their deformity tc tho gateposts.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 19, 17 October 1907, Page 2
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151SHEEP AND SHEEP DOGS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 19, 17 October 1907, Page 2
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