Don't Give Up the Sheep

Don't Give Up the Sheep is a 1953 Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Chuck Jones.
==Summary==
Sam Sheepdog punches in for work (relieving the night dog, Fred), counts the sheep, and sets about his job of watching them. Ralph Wolf does all that he can do to catch a sheep, and Sam seems to do nothing, yet he prevents every theft. Ralph's first attempt at getting at the flock consists of speeding the time clock so that Ralph has lunch and goes home at 9 a.m.! Next, Ralph carries a lamb off to a bush, but he gets followed and clobbered by Sam.
==Plot==
In this matchup of wolf and sheepdog, the sheepdog is identified as Ralph, and the wolf isn't named and doesn't punch the clock. The sheepdog is also not as good at anticipating the wolf's moves. But the wolf is, ultimately, no more successful; his Acme wildcat turns on him; his Tarzan-like vine swinging gets him only the sheepdog, no sheep, and the subsequent war of cutting down tree limbs, the tree, and ultimately the cliff where the tree grows, is done in by cartoon physics. Ultimately, he tries posing as Fred, the night shift dog, with no success.
==Trivia==
The first appearance of Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog. Note that in this cartoon, Sam is called "Ralph" by Fred, as Fred goes off duty.
The major difference between Ralph Wolf and Wile E. Coyote is that Ralph sports a red nose, while Wile E.'s is black.
Category:Cartoons
Category:Looney Tunes Cartoons
Category:Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog Cartoons
Category:1953 cartoons