My dog wrote this
And Thereby Hangs a Tale.
Teifi Dog's memoirs.
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When I picked him up from the farm at nine weeks his mother told him it was very important for a sheepdog to learn everything and to understand not only sheep but people. He didn't know what she meant but decided to do his best and to keep a diary of his efforts. Hence the book. The pun in the title is due to his not having at that point learnt to spell. It was his tale after all.
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This is a taster. The beginning of Teifi-Dog's book.
​​I was born on 8th of August along with three sisters and a brother. I don’t remember it but my mother told me. She is called Megan and she is black and white and has beautiful blue eyes. She works for the Boss, helping with the sheep.
She says sheep are very important. I’m not allowed to go near them yet but sometimes I see them from the yard and smell them and it makes me feel all funny and excited.
My sister Nellie, who is about three years older than me, also works on the farm. She is really clever and funny. Sometimes she is naughty but if the Bosses are cross, she just grins at them and they can’t stay cross with her.
Nellie is very useful and works with sheep all the time. She helps Mrs Boss while Mum helps Mr Boss.
I am a border collie and I have a question mark on one side where the paintbrush must have slipped. I have beautiful gold and black eyes. You can see them on my portrait at the beginning of the book and the cover of the first edition. (right).
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Me as a puppy
Nellie off duty.
Daisy May eating the boss' flowers.
This is me waiting for a stick to fetch.
Fetching sticks from the river is my favourite game.
I love swimming.
Frosty Dog working as a duck dog with the Boss
