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FOREST AND STREAM 
December, 1917 
“MEAT FIBRINE” FOR DOGS 
Its Value During Cold Weather 
Colder weather means keener appetite! Therefore more food at this 
season is necessary and your interest in your dog s welfare will lead you 
to give him a sustaining and strengthening diet. 
SPRATT S DOG 
CAKES AND 
PUPPY BISCUITS 
Contain Meat Fibrine 
and you are acting in your own and your dog’s best interests by insisting 
on SPRATT’S. 
Write for samples and send stamp for Catalogue. 
SPRATT’S PATENT LIMITED 
NEWARK, N. J.; San Francisco; St. Louis; Cleveland; Montreal. 
“USE PERFECTION DOG 
FOOD AT OUR EXPENSE” 
Since we began making this offer our busi¬ 
ness shows an increase of over 10,000 pounds 
a month—a 10,000 pounds a month increase 
in about four months; in other words, out of 
the hundreds of new customers there was 
but one that owned dogs that would not eat 
our food, which you know as a breeder, is 
“going some." Dogs, like people, do not all 
like the same food and when you can buy a 
food with an average equal to the above, you 
better stock up. Our offer is: first order— 
use 25%, and if not absolutely satisfied, 
send it back—we will refund your money in 
full and pay the return freight. We have 
hundreds of satisfied customers in all parts 
of America. 
PRODUCTS AND PRICES 
Perfection Ready-to-use Dog- Food, $5.00 per 
100 lbs. $4,75 in 500 lb. lots, 
This product is made principally of wheat 
and com cereals, from the big cereal mills 
here the best meat we can buy, nothing but 
what is pure and wholesome, all prepared, 
cooked and ready to feed, moistened or dry. 
A perfectly balanced ration, good for all 
breeds, young or old. They will like it and 
thrive on it. 
(“Looks and smells good enough to eat," 
our customers say.) 
Perfection “All Meat’’ Dog Food, $8,00 per 
100 lbs. $7.75 in 500 lb. lots. 
Cooked clean, and over 75% protein, a 
bone and muscle builder, good to have as a 
change. 
Perfection Ready-to-use Puppy Food, $6.00 
per 100 lbs. Order Today or Write for 
Catalog. 
PERFECTION FOODS CO., Inc. 
Successors to Perfection Dog Food Co. 
31 Perfection Bldg., Detroit, Mich. 
Factory, Battle Creek, Mich. 
Pointers 
and 
Setters 
GEO. W. LOVELL 
MIDDLEBORO, MASS 
Telephone, 29-M 
The Blue Grass Farm Kennels 
OF BERRY, KENTUCKY 
offer for sale Setters and Pointers, Fox and Cat 
Hounds, Wolf and Deer Hounds, Coon and Opos¬ 
sum Hounds, Varmint and Rabbit Hounds, Bear 
and Lion Hounds also Airedale Terriers. _ All 
dogs shipped on trial, purchaser alone to judge 
the quality. Satisfaction guaranteed or money 
refunded. 60-page, highly illustrated, interesting 
and instructive catalogue for 10c. in stamps or 
coin. 
REFUGIO, A MEXICAN 
GOAT DOG 
By CHARLES E. LEWIS 
URING a recent trip to 
what is known as “The 
Big Bend Country,” a 
mountainous section 
along the Rio Grande 
river in southwestern 
Texas, I met and be¬ 
came sljghtly acquaint¬ 
ed with “Refugio,” a 
venerable and highly 
respected goat-dog. I 
had stopped for lunch 
at a water hole in the 
mountains, and while my guide was prepar¬ 
ing coffee, several hundred goats, accom¬ 
panied by “Refugio,” came down a mountain 
trail to quench their thirst. Their snow- 
white coats, made brilliant by the rays of 
an October sun, and the grave dignity dis¬ 
played by Refugio as he approached 
my camp, made a pleasing picture. I 
am a lover of dogs, and it pleased me 
to extend an invitation to Refugio to 
lunch with me. A gentle wag of his tail 
signified his pleasure, and seated at a re¬ 
spectful distance, he joined in the repast. 
He was a large, lank, grizzled old fellow, 
exhibiting many scars of honor gained in 
defence of those he loved. My lunch was 
soon over, and while the kit was being 
packed, Refugio gathered together his 
trusting flock, and for miles I watched 
them wend their way over the distant trail. 
Quite near my camp was a Mexican hut, 
and with the hope of securing a few 
needed supplies I called and found the 
Mexican owner of the goats and the ven¬ 
erable goat-dog; and believing that many 
of your readers, wbo are lovers of dogs, 
will be interested in the true meaning of 
a “Goat-Dog,” I will briefly relate the 
story told me by the owner of Refugio. 
Refugio was born in the mountains ioo 
miles south of Marfa, Texas. When but 
a few days old, and before his eyes had 
opened, he, with his two brothers, were 
turned over to a goat mother to be cared 
for and nourished. For the past six years 
he has not missed a day in going forth 
with the flock, with a love and veneration 
for his companions that means death rather 
than to surrender to an enemy. 
Before leaving the mountains, I made 
careful inquiry of goat owners concern¬ 
ing goat-dogs, and found it to be a fact 
that such animals are invariably taken 
from their mothers before their eyes are 
open, and are reared by a goat, and as 
stated by a Mexican, “the dog thinks that 
he’s a goat,” and “woe be unto the coyote 
that dares to dispute his claim as guardian 
of the flock.” 
The goat-dog has no pedigree. His qual¬ 
ifications are based on size and courage, 
and to the goat owners these dogs are 
invaluable. It would be impossible for 
them to protect their flocks in this wild 
country without them. 
[Mr. Lewis, the contributor of the above 
interesting article and an old-time reader 
and correspondent of Forest and Stream, 
is at present Special Agent-in-Charge of 
the United States Customs Service at El 
Paso, Texas. It gives the Editors great 
pleasure to publish his unusual story of a 
little-known breed of dogs.] 
