Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-06-19
Farm and Home
Scotch Collie Dogs.

OF al the canine race none are so COM
panionaOle 10 man a. the Scotch shepherd
dog So much 80 IL this that the dog will
shadow the man and par,ake Of his di.Po>l
ton. for il can be said Of him that he learns
a. a child does becomes educated. lie Is
not trained a. We use the term in relation
TO other races Of dogs. A good thrashing
will break his u-ag. for ne has a very
sensitive nature IT, learns b, seeing YOU
ID things. he understands vha, YOU say.
and quickly knows things BY their aamr. II
told 10 drive up the cows he does not dis
turb the nog. If in the same field. \ dog
eight months old. # a constant companion
Of herder for Ell. weeks. will learn 10 do
Al the herder has .one while he has been his
master, i while doing he has told the dog
TO do It, also using the same language he
would 10 a boy II asked 10 do the same.
Thus can one be taught to 20 10 the store
:oT YOUR paper OF 10 take a note to the store
and 10 return home with What j. given him.
p! sent nome VIII note 70 return VIII
Whist he vas sen; for. all ;his can he accom-
piished withou; cruelty. The German or Eng
len shepherd NAV be an, color .fs~n. brown.
Lack and white white and tan. But Stone
henge. in describing the collie strain Of shep-
herd dogs. SAYS They are nearly almost
alwa,s black and ,aa with fitle ~ no white"
Black with an orange fs~n or. ss he ea-
presses il, tan pulled out" i. the perfect or
standard color. and a. they fail in this they
are defective in degree.
In the exhibition room We have to &C
knowledge Stonehenge a. authority. The
collie coat. so-cai.ed. a thick under Goa, OF
sott hair. through which and over tapping
comes the ~iry black surface har giving all
nice touch has u points of value. and
where there IS an absence Of this. one can
readily how poor a chance such .peci-
men must have to win, vet for genileman's
dog an open Goa entirely free from the
far more comfort able Il seems to be an
extra protection. for those dogs, which are
never housed. haye this coat the heaviest.
and 10 penetrate which no storm Of snow.
or hsil can do il. Yet the collie who !. III.
companion Of gentleman housing with
him. and no mere than his master exposed.
will nave this collie Goa; much lighter. and
n many cases ih,Te IS an entire absence Of
ii. Bat long IS there is hut the one
class in our exhibition the latter will have
70 take the back seat,
Their popularity has grown 50 rapidly
that the prices Of - TO Sl2 each asked
twenty wears ago have increased 10 even
$3.50 for the best specimens. and the class.
one Of the import mt ones in our bench
show. We have been 10 exhibitions where
they numbered 20 per cent Of the entire ex
hibltion, and have seen them number ~ In
local exhibition. Good thoroughbred
stock is the watch word even TO the farmers
dog. and on no place is he so needed a. the
farm, where he has learned to take the stock
10 pasture and TO get them at night. he does
the work Of farm hand.
Southboro Ned, noted dog Of New
England. takes his drove of cattle from
Brighton TO Westboro every week stopping at
each town forthe butcher Of the place TO take
his quota. when he joys on with the balance.
leaving bis master At home in Southboro
he goes on and delivers the balance and
then returns home. He takes the cars at
SouthborO, but at the call Of Brighton gets
out; if his master be asleep he wakes him
that be may not get carried by. His owner
said TO me that he would not sell him at
any price, for be does for him each year
what would cos, him $500 0 pa, men to DO
as he eonsiders him as valuable as three
men on the road
Ned, one Of this dogs sons, was trained
at four months old TO carry the paper from
the store going into the store and asking for
the same at one year old would 20 from
the factory to house or house TO factory
With note, waiting an answer and return
He would 20 to the store for the paper and
if told III Is not here" will 20 to the owners
father for il before returning to the house,
for the reason that the folks sometimes 20
over and get it to read in the meantime.
He shuts the door when told to do so. brings
your cane, hat, slippers. gloves or paper by
sending him for them BY name, oil of which
he learned without once being punished
Such is the tractability Of them.
or the many stories told Of the shepherd
dogs, my reader is more or less familiar that
the loss of the glineas, where the poor
fellow was bewailing his misfortune, the
only remaining one was shown to shepherd
dog after seeming it he returned in the
mud and snow and found the nine missing
ones. This shows a keen scent. Why no,
train them to hunt ty taking them into the
field with staunch setter would they not
learn to scent the game, and charge a, the
fash or shot; are they not some sportsmen
who would try the experiment for the sake
of science and breeding
That they are more useful and wstehful
than mo.t other dogs is true that they pick
up on their own hook. so to speak, much
more than other races of dogs is also true of
them. II is amusing to see q FIVE months
old shepherd pup sit on his launches and
see another dog do thing, then march of