Dog Profile: Strider


Name: Strider

Breed: Border Collie

First time at Sanctuary: 4/11/08

Description: Strider is one of the oldest members of the Sanctuary community and an influential member of it too. Strider can often be found teaching advanced tracking classes to the younger dogs, retelling the history of Sanctuary and the place beyond the shed. Strider is one of the only dogs at Sanctuary who is allowed to travel into the place beyond the shed by herself. It is said that Strider is the only dog to leave the path in the dark forest and make it back to Sanctuary to tell the tale.

Strider appears in the short story “Puppy Training”




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