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and fast enough to head the wildest Welsh sheep that 

 ever led revolt upon his native mountains. But call him 

 up to heel, and note his action as he shuffles along beside 

 you. It is exactly that of a bear. 



He moves like a trained American pacer, the fore and 

 hind leg on either side of him working simultaneously, 

 with a quaintly indescribable waddle a long stride which 

 waggles the whole hindquarter from loin to toe at every 

 step. 



Such is my mental picture of the ideal Old English 

 Sheep Dog. 



Let us pass now to the scale of points, noting carefully 

 their relative values, and especially their proportion one 

 to another. Incidentally, it is worthy of remark that 

 a perfect sense of proportion is one of the rarest and 

 most valuable of human assets. In other matters than 

 the judging of dogs it is all worthy of cultivation. 



Head, ears, eyes, nose, and teeth, counting for five 

 points each, make up exactly a quarter of the possible 

 hundred, and the jaw counts for ten. Therefore, assuming 

 each to be perfect, an ideal bob-tail head is worth thirty- 

 five per cent, of the total possible points. This should 

 be specially borne in mind, for the head is so striking a 

 feature of the animal's personality as to impress itself 

 most forcibly upon his judges. 



Neck and shoulders count for ten, and legs for ten 

 more, which brings us up to fifty-five points. 



The allowance for coat is fifteen points, and it is 



