Dog Worked In Gaelic.
The various types of command to which a class trial'collie answers is indeed bewildering, but to each inflection of the voice, to each word, to each phrase, and to each whistle each day answers almost unfalteringly. This uncaripy understanding was demonstrated 'a hundred times at the annual Canterbury collie dog championships held at Tai Tapu the but never; so ’qukihtily or forcibly its on one occasion when d spectator 1 had reason to try to move a dog that had lodged in. the bach of a motor-car, Every sort of command was tried in an endeavour to make the dog move, but he would not. At last the owner arrived and in rough-sounding Gaelic addressed a short command. The dog obediently stepped from the car. The dog came to New Zealand three years ago with its owner from Scotland. It understands Gaelic perfectly, but has a limited knowledge of English I
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Franklin Times, Volume XXV, Issue 58, 22 May 1935, Page 5
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