cattle dog

How to use cattle dog in a sentence

• His service dog named Apache, an Australian cattle dog, always stays close and “loves the snow.”

  Homefront Veterans: Skiing With Wounded Warriors | John Kael Weston | February 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

• There was one old one-eyed cattle-dog round that shanty for years afterwards, who couldn't stand the smell of a gun being cleaned.

  Joe Wilson and His Mates | Henry Lawson

• He was formerly used by English drovers as a cattle dog, but we know little of his history.

  The Dogs of Boytown | Walter A. Dyer

• The shepherd was a wily old cattle dog and would keep out of harm.

  Hunting with the Bow and Arrow | Saxton Pope

• A sort of cattle-dog glided silently and swiftly out from under a wagon, "heeled" the man, and slithered back without explaining.

  While the Billy Boils | Henry Lawson