. The new book of the dog : a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment . .The test work is really driving, penning,and shedding. Now almost any dog canmake a shape at moving or driving thesheep, but many of them do this workin a very rough manner, and instead ofdriving them at a steady pace, they comeon them so violently and keep at themso keenly that the sheep are for a whilekept at full gallop, then standing still, 104 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. scattered about, then again away at thep
. The new book of the dog : a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment . .The test work is really driving, penning,and shedding. Now almost any dog canmake a shape at moving or driving thesheep, but many of them do this workin a very rough manner, and instead ofdriving them at a steady pace, they comeon them so violently and keep at themso keenly that the sheep are for a whilekept at full gallop, then standing still, 104 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. scattered about, then again away at thepen. This style of driving is not to becommended ; the sheep should be drivensteadily all the time, never at full gallop,but at an even, trotting pace and withoutexcitement. Very often the good driving dog becomesexcited when nearing the pen ; he movesabout more smartly ; his patience, whichhas stood him in good stead all round thecourse, is finished, and he makes a desperateeffort to pen the lot, with the result thattwo will break away and one only is forcedinto the pen. By this time the sheep areexcited ; he has lost command, puts ona number of bad turns, but ultimately pens. MR. T H. STRETCH s PARBOLD PAGANINIBY PARBOLD PIERROT - PARBOLD BY MR. H. by Wragg, Ormskirk. them. The excitement is still on at theshedding test ; the sheep refuse to separate,and in wearing the single sheep the dogis so keen and excited that again he getstoo near and tries to rush his opponent, who, almost exhausted, ultimately succeedsin rejoining her companions. The difficulty is to get a dog so welltrained that not only in driving will heuse his good sense, but also at the penningand shedding, where the most skilful turnsare required, will he continue to use hisjudgment, and thus act from start tofinish in a steady and determined judges also take into considerationthe style with which the dog goes throughthe work, whether smartly, cheerfully, andgently,
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