This Dog Could Think.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 7894, 10 April 1897, Page 4

This Dog Could Think.

The latest dog story comes from North Wales. Every year there is a competition at Carnarvon, in which a prize is offered for the most intelligent sheep dog. A sheepfold is erected with a very narrow entrance, and eaoh dog is given three sheep which he must get into the fold, the prize going to the dog who does his task in the shortest time. There is one dog who has won the prize year after year, but at a recent competition he was so severely handicapped by the refractory nature of his three sheep that he lost the prize. He managed to get two of the three sheep into the pen, but the third completely set him at defiance, and even turned upon him and tried to butt him. Then the intelligence of tho dog showed itself. He placed himself between the sheep and the pen, and. Nt every rush of the sheep ■he backed nearer and nearer to the entrance, so enticing the animal forward, until at last the dog actually allowed himself to be butted right into the pen. The sheep followed him in, and as he did so the dog sprang over his back and stood triumphantly in the entrance to prevent his exit.