UNUSUAL FRIENDSHIP

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LI, Issue 8097, 23 September 1922, Page 3

UNUSUAL FRIENDSHIP

Sll FEB AND DOG

An uumual easCHcf friendship between animal* war, recently heard eg on a back cuunlrv run near ilanmcr Springs (write* a correspondent). In this case the friendship is between a .sheet)., a. half-bred ewe hogget, and a dog, and it is surmised that it dates from the days when the animals were lamb and pup respectively. lliey have been running nn (lie lulls together, and the dog will net permit other sheep tojoin up with its mate. Should the sheep become. frightened ami join up with a mob, it, would ultimately disentangle itself and join up with its canine friend a gain. 11 a working dog was put out to attempt to round up the sheep, the other would lie. in wait, and as the dog under command approached to turn the sheep tho waiting dog would seize the othe T by the neck and toss him over. 1 he dog under notice has shown no disposition to worry or to kill for food. bm. lias Leon seen hunting rabbits, presumably for food, attended by its woolly friend, which continues in the chase ttyti! it is ■'winded," and can gu mi further, t ! innately the- siietp was got into the yards and a fixture placed round its neck to prevent it getting t.hiv-ugk Mm 1 dices. 1 lie. dog remaiio in the vicinity, and. m far has evaded all the' wiles »t shepherd craft L: catch, it. The manager is loth to destroy the deg. and •■ml I such a unique, friendship particularly when it is doing no Linn.