New-York tribune., 1899-06-11
WONDERFUL SHEEP DOGS.
REMARKABLE ANIMALS IN COLORADO
NOTED FOR THEIR INTELLIGENCE.

REMARKABLE ANIMALS IN COLORADO
NOTED FOR THEIR INTELLIGENCE
From The Denver Post
ever known in the West. said Jud Bristol. the old,
bred t, rom pair OF Zealand dogs brought to
Colorado in 1915. 1 had several Of their pups on
OF or their dI rare Intelligence and faithfuness
Il remember one pup in particular. He was only
work on the range At night when the herd was
brought up to the eorrals. We saw at once that a
head in the bunch when they went out in the morn
ing but when we put them through the chute nut % %e
also missing. Well. all hands turned out for
the search We hunted all the night and all of the
next day and did not find the lost sheep until along
toward night But there they were all herded In
the faithful dog standing guard The wolves
were very plentiful in those days and the dog had
draw. The poor fellow was nearly famished he
had been for thirty-stX hours without food or
so badly affected by hunger. exposure and thirst
and subsequent overfeeding and petting that he
This same pups mother especially fine
animal one night the herder brought In his hocks
per for ne more than usually hungry But he
misted the dog which usually Followed him to the
er thought II rather strange, but made no search
for the dog that night But when ne went down
open and the faithful dog standing guard over the
hocks. The herder in his haste the night @ before
faithful than her master, had remained at her
post ali night, though suffering from hunger and
"on another occasion this same dog was left 10
watch a flock OF sheep near the herders CABIN
whIle the herder got his supper After ne had
eaten hts supper ne went out to where the sheep
were and told the dog TO put the sheep IN the
had had no supper. she started Of over the prairie
in the corral and went 10 bed. About midnight he
was awakened by the loud barking Of dog down
by the corrals He got up. dressed himself and
vent down TO the corrals and there found the dog
with a band OF about nifty sheep which had
strayed on during the previous day without the
herders knowledge, but the poor uos IN" 4S ~ III
also knew that they ought 10 be corrailed ana she
did It. -. A..
she was sent out with new herder 20 an outlying
ranch some fifteen miles distant. Tnat night she
came home and by her actions tod US tnat there
mounted our broncos and went over 10 the ranch.
and very soon found ouI "hat tne MAJ Itat'er va, VA
s ne had got q good feed. had III out and left the
sheen uncared for. save by his more faithful com
panon t,na We had tenderfoot come TO work for
~ and the boys had ned him so full OF hair
nen without expecting 10 be either eaten by bears
nr scalped by Indians. One day ne came running
so1 se seen bear We laughed at him and sent him
oSsa "H few days afterward he came in again, more
o.rsd than ever and said IL was a bear that time
suTe Well took our guns and foxhound ana
wen, weh,ee oe' 'hlack animal II wasn't a bear. but We
Gould not make out exactly what u was. We sent
nv nv ned out on It's trail while we followed on foot
The dogs chased the animal over the mn gu, 1a %,
the sSeehfd hep bs Sse. aSs Csms wIs he her
again over in a grlch we found the hound stana- a
ing dead animal hIS b wH,a Mxesn Spon sheep Now
that shepherd dog as she found II was
nohns But hss So. s1 qp ws sss ns a
ana OF no account while the hound had foho"eo
the trail and killed the sheep.