A good dog is worth often as much as the flock of sheep he drives. The following, the " Scientific American " says, is said to be a Texan practice for training sheep dogs : — A pup is taken from its mother before its eyes are opened, and put to a ewe to suckle. After a few times the ewe becomes reconciled to the pup which follows her like a lamb, grows up and remains with the flock, and no wolf, man, or strange dog can come near the sheep, and the dog will bring the flock to the fold regularly at halfpast seven o'clock if ho is habitunlly fed at that hour.
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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 36, 21 February 1877, Page 3
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