The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-01
WONDERFUL DOGS
,emARKARLE ANIhfALs IN COLORADO
NOTED FOR INTELLIGENCE.

NOTED FOR INTELLIGENCE.
shonherd Dogs, Descendants Of
Pair Imported From New Zealand
Their Owner Could Fill a Vol
ume With Reasoning Powers, Etc.
"The most celebrated breed Of shep-
herd dogs ever known in the West"
sold Jud Bristol, the old-time Sheep
non of Fort Collins, Col, were those
Sred from a pair OF New-Zealand dogs
broueht to Colorado in 1875. had
saypral of their pups on my ranges,
and could fill a volume with instances
NJ their rare intelligence and faithful
ness
q remember one pup in particular.
ue was only six months old when he
,ros sent out one DAY to work on the
vsnge. At night, when the herd was
bToneht up TO the Corrals, we saw at
once that a part of the herd was miss
Inc There were 1,600 head in the
lunch, when they went out in the
morning, but when we put them
through the chute we found that two
hundred were missing. The pup was
also missing. We'll, all hands turned
mt for the search. We hunted all the
night and all of tie next day, and did
NOT find 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 thoss
days. and the dog had 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 a hero, but was so
badly affected by hunger, exposure
and thirst and subsequent overlooking
and petting that he died not long after
ward.
This same pups mother was an es-
pecially fine animal One night the
herder brought in his flocks and hur-
ried to his cabin to 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 focks. The herder in his
haste the night before 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.
"On 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
she could go. The herder put the
sheep 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 it, and also knew that they
ought to be corralled, and she did it,
Another good story ur TINS Same
dog: One day she was sent out with
8 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 al
the ranch. Well, we mounted ouI
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
"One 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 to the house, all Out
Of breath, declaring that he had seen
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
II was bear that time, sure. Well
we took our guns and a foxhound and
went out and, sure enough, over on a
hill we saw a large black animal. 1t
wasn't bear, but we could not make
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
leisurely back and took her place with
the herd again. Over in a gulch we
found the hound standing over a dead
animal, which, upon examination, we
found to be a big black Mexican sheep.
Now, that shepherd dog, as soon as she
Il found 1t was nothing but sheep, had
given up the chase and returned to the
lock. She knew it was not game, and
Of no account, while the hound had fol.
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