THE SHEPHERD DOG 7 



your shepherd dog smell well? What about the 

 nose would make you think that he can smell well ? 

 (Yes, it is long, and pointed, and has large holes.) 

 We call these holes nostrils. 



Now, tell how a shepherd dog might find the 

 sheep when he could neither see nor hear them. 



Prince had to go for the sheep in rainy as well as 

 in pleasant weather. He had no rubber coat or 

 umbrella. How did he keep off the rain? (He had 

 a good hair coat.) Why do you call it a good coat ? 

 (Shepherd dogs have thick hair all over the body.) 

 What did he do with his coat in pleasant weather ? 

 Of what use was it to him then? (Kept him warm.) 

 Did he wear such a coat in summer? Why? (To 

 help keep bugs, flies, etc., from biting him.) Is not 

 the winter coat too thick for summer? What is done 

 about it? How do you know? (We do not like to 

 handle the dog or have him in the house in the 

 spring and summer when he is shedding his coat.) 

 Is the hair next the body like that on the outside ? 

 Do you think this is well for the dog ? Is a shepherd 

 dog's hair the same length all over his body ? Why 

 shorter on the legs ? Why on the face ? Are there 

 any bare places on his face? Do the flies ever 

 bother him here? How does he get them off? 



