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he is as claivnisli as liis master^ and will not jnake 

 friends with the stranger who sto2:)s witli tlio master 

 over night. 



''In sagacity he excels all others of the dog family. 

 His is not the superficial intelligence of the mere trick 

 dog; one look into his hright, wise eyes will tell you 

 that antics and pranks are not for him; a dog's life is 

 to him quite too serious a matter to be wasted in friv- 

 olities; his mission is hard work; he has duties to per- 

 form, as had generations of his ancestors before him. 



Indeed, cert^iin parts of Scotland and England owe 

 all their value for sheep raising purposes to the Collie/' 



We learn from the ^'^Shepherd's Calendar"' that 

 "a single shepherd and his dog will accomplish more 

 in gathering a flock of sheep from a Highland farm than 

 twenty shepherds could do withont dogs. * ^ * * * 

 He is the only dog on the farm that earns his bread/' 

 In fact the valne of a well trained Collie on a large 

 sheep ranch cannot be estimated in dollars and cents. 



Since the bench show has come into vogue there 

 has been too much attention paid to mere type. The 

 working instinct is of prime importance^ whereas we 

 often see the favorites of the exhibition of no nse in 

 the flock. 



Breeding alone for show is lowering the standard 

 of usefulness for the Collie, and it is high time the pub- 

 lic should be reminded of the recognized standard of 

 a true working Collie, so we will consider a few of his 

 points. The nnder coat should be thick and the outer 

 coat well developed, though excessive length or weight 

 would only be an impediment to his action. 



