The Dog in Health and Disease: Comprising the Various Modes of Breaking and Using Him for Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Etc., and Including the Points Or Characteristics of Toy Dogs |
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After examining the portrait of the dingo , it will at once be seen that it resembles
the fox so closely in the shape of its body , that an ordinary observer could readily
mistake it for one of that. The Dingo . ( Youatt . ) Captain Daintree ' s “ King Cob ...
After examining the portrait of the dingo , it will at once be seen that it resembles
the fox so closely in the shape of its body , that an ordinary observer could readily
mistake it for one of that. The Dingo . ( Youatt . ) Captain Daintree ' s “ King Cob ...
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Their body , which is slender and deep - chested , is thinly covered by a coat of
hair of a reddish brown or bay colour . The tail is dark towards its extremity . The
limbs are light , compact , and strong , and equally calculated for speed and
power ...
Their body , which is slender and deep - chested , is thinly covered by a coat of
hair of a reddish brown or bay colour . The tail is dark towards its extremity . The
limbs are light , compact , and strong , and equally calculated for speed and
power ...
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It is also desirable to have depth of back from above downwards , by which the
whole body is “ buckled and unbuckled ” with quickness and power , as is
required in the gallop . The muscles of the abdomen may draw the chest towards
the ...
It is also desirable to have depth of back from above downwards , by which the
whole body is “ buckled and unbuckled ” with quickness and power , as is
required in the gallop . The muscles of the abdomen may draw the chest towards
the ...
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With regard to the elbow itself , the joint must be placed in the same plane as the
body ; that is to say , the point of the elbow should not project either inwards or
outwards . In the former case the feet are turned out , and then there is a want of ...
With regard to the elbow itself , the joint must be placed in the same plane as the
body ; that is to say , the point of the elbow should not project either inwards or
outwards . In the former case the feet are turned out , and then there is a want of ...
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The general shape of the body would induce us to class this dog with the
spaniels or pastoral dogs , but the shape of the head being allowed to be the best
guide , it must take the place which is here given it , inasmuch as it has all the ...
The general shape of the body would induce us to class this dog with the
spaniels or pastoral dogs , but the shape of the head being allowed to be the best
guide , it must take the place which is here given it , inasmuch as it has all the ...
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Página 7 - ... dogs in general, more than the different kinds of dogs do from each other. The cranium is absolutely similar, and so are all, or nearly all, the other essential parts ; and to strengthen still further the probability of their identity, the dog and wolf will readily breed together, and their progeny is fertile. The obliquity of the position of the eyes in the wolf is one of the characters in which it differs from the...
Página 59 - ... he has much to undergo, and should have strength proportioned to it. - Let his legs be straight as arrows; his feet round, and not too large; his shoulders back; his breast rather wide than narrow; his chest deep; his back broad; his head small; his neck thin; his tail thick and brushy: if he carry it well, so much the better...
Informação bibliográfica
| Título | The Dog in Health and Disease: Comprising the Various Modes of Breaking and Using Him for Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Etc., and Including the Points Or Characteristics of Toy Dogs |
| Autor | John Henry Walsh |
| Edição | 2 |
| Editora | Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, 1872 |
| Original de | Universidade de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 8 Jan 2008 |
| Número de páginas | 470 páginas |
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