Notes: THE SPLIT DOG by permission from Richard Chase. See Chase, American Folk Tales and Songs, Signet Key, 1956, pp 97-98. Chase heard the tale somewhere in eastern Kentucky. It appeared in Fisher’s River (North Carolina) Scenes and Characters , by “Skitt” published in New York, Harper &amp; Brothers, 1859. See also Botkin, A Treasury og American Folklore, Bonanza Books, New York, 1954, pp 593-594.

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48. An Unwelcome Guest

57 tall tales about dogs; most collected orally in the Appalachian Mountains and told in dialect by John Martin Ramsay, the compiler. You may purchase the book, which includes a drawing the editor made for each tale, from most booksellers, e.g.: 
https://www.amazon.com/Dog-Tales-humorous-tribute-Friend/dp/1733029141