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game, or running in to shot, it is a good plan 

 to slip one of its fore-feet through its loosened 

 collar. 



There was a sheep-dog, between whom and one 

 of my terriers there had sprung up a fierce enmity, 

 without any further cause than that the terrier had 

 caught the sheep-dog prowling round' my cottage. 

 At any rate, the terrier never afterwards lost a 

 chance of going for that sheep-dog, except when 

 there was common cause against a rat. So soon 

 as the rat was settled the truce ended. Hound 

 puppies also were the special prey of this terrier ; 

 and a full-grown puppy that she nipped by the 

 leg as it fled through some iron railings that 

 surrounded the premises had good reason to 

 remember her. In fact, none of my terriers had 

 much affection for hound puppies ; nor had I. 



It is natural that dogs that work together should 

 become friends. Yet the most marked friendship 

 among the many dogs that passed through my 

 hands was between a rough-haired terrier and a 

 Labrador retriever, which never did a stroke of work 

 together. They seemed to take to each other from 

 the first time they met ; because, I think, each 

 possessed an extraordinary love of play. These 

 two would play together in the most entertaining 

 manner, it mattered not how many other dogs 

 were present. In case of need, the retriever very 

 soon would come to the rescue of her little pal. 



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