Dogs Prepare for Sleep ^ -<s> <^> 



(From The Expression of the Emotions in Man and 

 Animals) 



~^\OGS, when they wish to go to sleep on a 

 carpet or other hard surface, generally turn 

 round and round and scratch the ground with 

 their fore-paws in a senseless manner, as if they 

 intended to trample clown the grass and scoop out 

 a hollow, as no doubt their wild parents did, when 

 they lived on open grassy plains or in the woods. 



Charles Darwin. 



Shepherd Dogs *o -^ <c^- -<o 



(From The Voyage of the Beagle) 



\\ 7"HILE staying at this estancia [Banda 

 Oriental], I was amused with what I saw 

 and heard of the shepherd dogs of the country. 

 When riding, it is a common thing to meet a 

 large flock of sheep guarded by one or two dogs, 

 at the distance of some miles from any house or 

 man. I have often wondered how so firm a 

 friendship had been established. The method of 

 education consists in separating the puppy, while 

 very young, from the bitch, and in accustoming it 

 to its future companions. An ewe is held three 



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