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PASTOEAL DOGS, ETC. 



work, such as is required for tlie slieplierd's purposes, be is untir« 

 ing, and will go on until utterly exhausted. 



No otlier dog in this country is so constantly with his master en- 

 gaged in his proper calling — taking the breed as a whole. Occa- 

 sionally, it is true, pet dogs are as much so, but by no means uni- 

 versally, nor are they even then so frequently employed in carry« 

 ing oat their master's orders. This naturally increases the intelli- 

 gence of each individual and reacts on the whole breed ; so that, 

 independently of the constantly weeding ooit of puppies rendered 





Fig. 23.— SCOTCH COLLET DOG, TOM BIDLEY. 



useless from a want of intelligence, the superiority of the whole 

 variety in mental attributes is easily accounted for. For the same 

 reason, when the pet colley gels old and is submitted to the rebuffs 

 of children or strangers, he is apt to become crusty in temper, and 

 sometimes even savage; but he is always most affectionate to his 

 master, and no dog seems to be more sincerely repentant when he 

 has done wrong. 



Within the last ten years the colley has become very fashionable 

 as a pet, and his market price has risen from $15 to $150, or even 



