The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-12-01
WONDERFUL DOGS
REMARKABLE ANlFaALs IN Col oRAno
NOTED FOR INTELLIGENCE

shepherd Dogs, Descendants oP
Fair imported From New Zealand
Their Owner Could Fill A Vol.
ume With Reasoning Powers, Etc
The most celebrated breed Of sben.
nerd dogs ever known in the West
said Jud Bristol, The old-time sheen.
Lna1 OIL Fort Collils, Col, were those
preO from pair ii New-Zealand dogs
Drought TO Colorado in 1875. had
several OF their cups on my ranges,
and could fill volume with instap,as
OF their rare intei .gence and faithful.
ness -
remember one pup in particular.
lie was only SIX Tonths old when he
Was sent out one DAY to work on the
range. At night, when the herd was
ofo1S9t NJ to the c1rr2ls. We saw "A
once that part OF the herd was miss
ING. Ihclo were $40 head in the
bunch, when they went out in the
morning, but when we put them
through the chute we found that two
hundred were missing. The pun was
also missing. We'll, all hands turned
out for the search We hunted all the
night and all OF tie next day, and did
not tlnu the lost sheep until along TO-
ward night. But there they were all
herded in little draw, about five
miles from home, and there was The
faithful dog standing guard. The
wolves were very plentiful in those
days, and the dog mad actually hidden
the sheep from the animals in the
draw The poor fellow was nearly
famished, as he had been for thirty
six hours without food or water From
that day he became hero. but was SO
badly affected by hunger, exposure
and thirst and subsequent overlooking
and patting that he died not long after
ward
This same pups mother was an es-
pecially fine animal. One night the
herder brought in his fiocks and hur-
ried to his cabin 10 cook himself some
supper, for he was more than usually
hungry. But he missed the dog, which
usually followed him to the cabin of an
evening to have her supper. The herd
er thought it rather strange, but made
no search for the dog that night But
when he went down to the corrals the
next morning he found the gate open
and the faithful dog standing guard
over the fiocks. The herder in his
haste the night bafore had forgotten
to close the gate, and the dog, more
faithful than her master, had remain
ed at her post all night, though suf-
fering from hunger and thirst.
4On another occasion this same dog
was left to watch a flock of sheep near
the herder's cabin while the herder got
his supper After he had eaten his sup
per he went out to where the sheep
were and told the dog to put the sheep
in the corral. This she refused to do,
and, although she had no supper, she
started off over the prairie as fast as
rhe could go. The herder put the
.neep in the corral and went to bed.
About midnight he was awakened by
the loud barking Of dog down by
the corrals. He got up, dressed him.
self and went down to the cOrrals, and
there found the dog with band OF
about fifty sheep, which had strayed
off during the previous day without
the herder's knowledge; but the poor
dog knew 1t, and also knew that they
ought to be corralled, and she did it.
Another good story Of this same
dog: One day she was sent out with
o new herder to an outlying ranch,
some fifteen miles distant. That night
she came home and by her actions told
us that there was something wrong at
the ranch Well, we mounted our
broncos and went over to the ranch,
and very soon found out what the
matter was. The new herder was
simply a tramp, who, as soon as he
had got a good feed. had lit out and
left the sheep uncared for, save by
his more faithful companion, the dog.
Zone time we had a tenderfoot come
to work for us. and the boys had filled
him so full of hair-raising stories that
he never went out on the range with
out expecting to be either eaten by
bears or scalped by Indians. One DAY
he came running 10 the house, all out
of breath, declaring that he had seen
a bear. We laughed at him and sent
him back to the range.
"a few days afterward he came in
again. more scared than ever, and said
It was a bear that time. sure. Well,
we took our guns and a foXhound aPF
went out, and, sure enough, over Oh :
hill we saw large black animal. J.
wasn't a bear, but we could not maka
out exactly what it was. We sent the
hound and the shepherd dog that was
tending the herd out on its trail, while
we followed on foot. The dogs chased
the animal over the hill out Of sight.
Soon the shepherd dog came trotting
lefsurely back and took her place with
the herd again. Over in q gulch we
found the hound standing over a dead
animal, which. uron examination. we
found to be big black Mexican sheep
Now. that shepherd dog. as soon as she
found 1t was nothing but sheep, had
given up the chase and returned to the
flock. She knew it was not game, and
of no account, while the hound had fol.
lowed the trail and killed the sheep"