FIDELITY OF A DOG

Shannon News, 20 May 1927, Page 1

FIDELITY OF A DOG

WAITING FOR ITS MASTER. At the beginning' of the 1921 harvest two men arrived at Mildura, Victoria, for ihe grape picking, taking with them a yellow and white dog, evidently half collie, which was devoted to them. At the end of the harvest the pickers departed, leaving the dog at the camp. Day after day the dog remained at its post, watching for the return of its owners. As time went on, people living in the vicinity approached the dog with the, idea of giving it food, but the animal invariably ran away. Every night it has visited the municipal rubbish depot, where it has obtained enough food to sustain it. Not once has the dog been absent during the day time: it has watched and waited for its masters’ return.

The dog i 3 aged 15 or” 16 years, and has .become completely deaf. “I always see it when T am near the brick kilns.” said a resident lately, “but it runs away at my approach; In fact, during all these yeafs it has never made friends with either man dr dog, It keeps exclusively to Itself, and still appears to bo waiting for its masters’ return. It is a wonderful caso of a dog’s fidelity.”