THE COLLIE Canine

COLLIE Canine The Collie canine makes an excellent sporting canine, and can be tutored to do the work of the Pointer and the Setter, as well as that of the Water Spaniel and the Retriever. He can be trained to perform the duties of other types. He's clever at stalking, having an excellent nose, is a good vermin-killer, and a most faithful watch, guard, and companion. Little is known with certainty of the origin of the Collie, but his cunning and his outside appearance would feel to indicate a relationship with the wild canine. Buffoon was of opinion that he was the true canine of nature, the stock and model of the whole canine species. He considered the Sheepdog superior in instinct and intelligence to all other types, and that, with a character in which education has comparatively little share, he's the only beast born impeccably trained for the service of man. At the shows this type of canine is always at the top of the class. He's considered the most compliant, and is ...