Show FAMOUS FANOUS SHE SHEEP EP DOGS THESE CANINE WONDERS CAME FROM NEW ZEALAND A natch of r stories St illustrating be the nare rare aind r of the Aul AnIn malf inix told by nn old time colorundo sheep ann the most celebrated breed of shepherd dog ever known in the west said jud bristol the old time sheep man of fort collins colo were those bred from a pair of new zealand dogs brought to colorado in 1875 1 I had bad several of their pups on my ranges and could fill a volume with instanced instances of their rare intelligence and faithfulness 1 I remember one pup in particular lie ile was only six months old when he be was sent out one day to work on the range at night when the herd wan brought up to the corrals we saw sav at once that a part of the herd was missing there were 1600 head bead in the bunch when they went out in the morning but when we put them through the shoot we found that were missing the pup was also missing 46 well all hands turned out for the search we hunted all the night and all of the next day and did not find the lost sheep until along toward night but there they were all herded in a little draw about five miles from home and there was the faithful dog standing guard the wolves were very plentiful 1 in those days and the dog had actually hidden bidden the sheep from the animals in the draw the poor fellow was nearly famis famished bed as he be had been for 30 hours without food or water from that day he be became a hero but was so badly affected by hunger exposure and thirst and subsequent overfeeding over feeding and petting that he died not long afterward this same pups mother was an especially ally fine animal one night the herder brought in iia his flocks and hurried to his cabin to cook himself some supper for he be waa was more than usually hungry but he be missed the dog which usually followed him to the cabin of an evening to have her supper the herder thought rather strange of it but made no search for the dog that night but when he went down to the corrals the next morning he found the gate open and the faithful dog standing guard over the flocks the herder in his haste the night before had forgotten to close the gate and the dog more faithful than her master had remained at b her er post all night might though suffering from hunger and thirst on another occasion this same dog was left to watch a flock of sheep near the herders gerders her ders cabin while the herder got his supper after the herder had eaten his supper he went out to where the sheep were and told the dog to put the sheep in the corral this she gibe refused to do and although she had bad had no supper she started off over the prairie as fast as she could go the herder put the sheep in the corral and went to bed about midnight be he waa was awakened by the loud load barking of a dog down by the corrals he got up dressed himself and went down to the corrals and there found the dog with a band of about BO 50 sheep which had strayed off during the previous day without the herders gerders her ders knowledge but the poor dog knew it and also knew that they ought to be corralled and she did it another good story of this same dog one day she was sent out with a 4 new herder to an outlying ranch some 15 miles distant that night eho phe came can ae home and by her actions told us that there was something wrong wrone g at the ranch well we mounted our bronchus bron bronc chos bos and went over to the ranch and very soon found out what the matter was the new herder was simply a tramp who as soon as he be had got a good feed fei bad lit out and left the for save by his more faithful companion the doz dog one time tim e we had a tenderfoot come to work for us and the boys had filled him so full till of hair bair raising stories that he be never went out on the range without expecting to be either eaten by bears or i by indians one day he came running to the house hou ae all out of breath declaring that he had seen a bear we laughed at him and sent him back to the range A few days afterward be lie came cam ein in again more scared seared than ever and slid said it was a bear that time sure well we took our guns and a foxhound and went out and sure enough over on a hill we saw a large black animal it a bear but we make out exactly what it was we sent the hound bound and the shepherd shep lierd dog that was tending the herd out on its trail while we followed on foot the dogs chased the animal over lie hill out of sight eight soon the shepherd dog came trotting leisurely back and took her place with the herd again over in a agn gulch ich we found the hound standing over a dead a animal which upon examination we found to bo be a big black mexican sheep now that shepherd dog log as 9 soon oon as she found it was nothing but a sheep had given up the chase and returned to her flock she knew it was not game and of no account while the hound had bad followed the tile trail and killed the sheep denver post |