A sheep dog that was a good sailor ppd had served his apprenticeship before the mast was mentioned at Tarata when the wind-up of the Sheep Dog Trial Chih’s annual competitive meeting was being celebrated on Friday night. The description hv the owner who had also served bis younger life at sea before he took up lerd i n New Zealand, was one that highly amused the gathering (states the Taranaki FeraVll. The dog was sent out by an English S' shepherd, and on the way learned , <* to get away'to starboard.” “get away to port.” “ full ahead.” “ hard astern,” or “ steadv your helm ” in place of the orthodox shepherd’s terms. That dog, the gathering was mb assured, could work, but the d;fH- ~ culties were that not only was the sailor-owner the onlv man for whom the dog would work efficiently, but -11 the other shepherds gave up their twhile tasks to watch the fun.
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Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 285, 24 April 1929, Page 1
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