Much has changed in rural Canada in recent years and one of the really charming features you don’t encounter anymore is the old style farm dog.
Now that’s not to say there aren’t dogs aplenty out past town but most are well, a bit too fancy and not the raw boned “dawgs” that once roamed the farm yard.
Those old time dogs came in a hundred speckled colours with some of them downright ugly looking but for loyalty or dependability the old time country dog couldn’t be beat.
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