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Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! For the rest of Shep’s life, he would be a train station icon, appearing every day in hopes that his master would return by rail. Source: The Legend Of Shep, The Dog Who Never Stopped Waiting
To this day, the world loves Shep—and perhaps we should love him all the more for the powerful good that has been done in his honor.
“Shep, one of the most famous dogs in the world is dead”— so reported the Fort Benton River Press on Jan. 14, 1942, 80 years ago.
Anniversary of the passing of Shep, Montana's faithful dog By: John Riley and last updated 2021-01-12 19:46:55-05 HELENA â Tuesday, January 12th, marks the 79th anniversary of the passing of Shep, the "forever faithful" sheepdog of Fort Benton. The border collie mix found his way to Fort Benton in 1936. He followed his ill master who was taken to St. Clare Hospital. Shepâs master passed a few days later, and the coffin was loaded onto a train and shipped back east to family. Historical accounts of the day recalled the dog whining as the door shut and the engine pull...