Dogs on the other hand, tend to be directed and told what to do. "Come, fetch, sit, lay, " you know the drill. When I was growing up we had dogs. I had two hunting dogs, Pointers. We referred to them as "bird dogs", I've never known if that was an official title or not. I remember to this day taking my uncle hunting and the male dog finding his first covey of quail. I think my uncle had thought they were never going to actually show their talents.
Life on a farm was some much simplier than today.