ALSATIAN DOGS.

Evening Star, Issue 21823, 12 September 1934, Page 11

ALSATIAN DOGS.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —“ Mustarer’a ” letter in tonight's 1 Star ’ is very amusing, s o much so that J cannot honestly believe that he ever did any mustering, let alone break in young dogs of any description. “ Mnsterer ” would be very lucky it lie found one farmer oi runholder in every hundred working dogs at trials. Sheep trials, to my mind, are a profession, and rightly so, because they tend to introduce new blood into sheep dogs, but very few trial dogs will stand ujj to solid work. A rather arousing incident happened with a trial collie dog recently when the owner was giving a demonstration of the dog at work—“ one he had just purchased.” Sending the dog out on the blind side and into a gully, the owner patiently waited on the dog to pull the sheep, but as time wore on and no sign of sheep or dog appeared, an investigation was made, and the dog was found with two sheep badly worried. “ Musterer ” was unable to find anything about Alsations in ‘ Cassell’s Book on the Dog,’ but there are other books on dogs, and for lus benefit I will tell him that the names German shepherd dog and Alsatian are misnomers, given this breed by_ the Germans and the English respectively. The correct name is berger d’Alsacie. “ Mnsterer ” should not be like the man who finds fault with his tools; lie is usually a poor tradesman, ami the success of “ Fair Go's ” experience proves my contention.—l am, etc., September JI. Toss.