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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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