leading dog
NZ a dog trained to lead a flock of sheep to prevent them breaking or stampeding
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How to use leading dog in a sentence
They let drive another straggling volley, and with a convulsive spring in air, the leading dog of the team dropped dead.
The Cryptogram | William Murray GraydonTinker, the leading dog, was fully thirty-five feet from the komatik when his trace was stretched to its full length.
Troop One of the Labrador | Dillon WallaceInstantly a sharp command hurled the leading dog heading for the open where the surface was hard and dry.
The Man in the Twilight | Ridgwell CullumI had a fine leading dog bearing the unromantic name of Podge, and pure white in colour.
A Labrador Doctor | Wilfred Thomason GrenfellHolfax says he can take the leading dog team, and, attaching the other dogs to the head sled, he can pilot them all.
The Young Treasure Hunter | Frank V. Webster
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