A UNIQUE SIGHT

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 124, 20 May 1932, Page 2

A UNIQUE SIGHT

INTELLIGENCE OF A DOG , While out shooting with Mr McLeod, ! of Featherston, recently, writes Mr W. H. TrcngrovO, to the Wairarapa News, , I had the pleasure of witnessing the | most intelligent performance of a dog. Mr McLeod, shot, at a pair of grey ducks that came over our heads while j in our mai mai and succeeded in drop- , ping both of them, one with the right * barrel and the other with the left. I I sent our two dogs out. My own dog, j Redstone Sprigatata and Mr McLeod’s dog, Rock, left the boat together, swimming side by side to the first duck, but on thcar way both got tangled up in the decoy fastenings. My dog, an Irish setter, managed to secure

I the bird, but the other dog, a cross ' between an Irish setter and an Irish ; water spaniel, took the duck from my , dog and the latter got clear from the | decoy fastenings. Mr McLeod’s ! dog had the decoys wound round his ’ loins, and to my surprise, while retaining the duck in his mouth, he at i once practically stood on his hind legs and turned round and round several ' times until he had unwound himself I of the flax with which the decoys were fastened, when he brought the bird to . the mai mai. It was one of the best I sights I have ever witnessed performed by a dog. I '