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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The Albanian dog is said to stand about 27 or 28 inches high , with a long
pointed muzzle , powerful body , strong and muscular limbs , and a long bushy
tail , carried like that of the Newfoundland dog . His hair is very fine and close ,
being of a ...
The Albanian dog is said to stand about 27 or 28 inches high , with a long
pointed muzzle , powerful body , strong and muscular limbs , and a long bushy
tail , carried like that of the Newfoundland dog . His hair is very fine and close ,
being of a ...
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The attempt , therefore , to course rabbits with this little dog has always failed ,
and in those instances where the sport ( if such it can be called ) has been
carried out at all , recourse has been had to a cross between the Italian
greyhound and ...
The attempt , therefore , to course rabbits with this little dog has always failed ,
and in those instances where the sport ( if such it can be called ) has been
carried out at all , recourse has been had to a cross between the Italian
greyhound and ...
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Some sportsmen have carried their predilection for small dogs to such an extent ,
as to use a pack of these beagles which might be carried about in the shooting
pockets of the men ; and in this way have confined their duties to the hunting ...
Some sportsmen have carried their predilection for small dogs to such an extent ,
as to use a pack of these beagles which might be carried about in the shooting
pockets of the men ; and in this way have confined their duties to the hunting ...
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The legs are short , the body long , shoulder low , back slightly curved , head
large , jaws long and tapered to the muzzle , which is not sharp ; ears large and
hanging close to the head , eyes full , bright and intelligent , tail straight and
carried ...
The legs are short , the body long , shoulder low , back slightly curved , head
large , jaws long and tapered to the muzzle , which is not sharp ; ears large and
hanging close to the head , eyes full , bright and intelligent , tail straight and
carried ...
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The stern , or flag , is usually set on a little lower , is furnished with a fan - like
brush of long hair , and is slightly curved upwards towards the tip , but it should
never be carried over the back , or raised above the level of its root , excepting
when ...
The stern , or flag , is usually set on a little lower , is furnished with a fan - like
brush of long hair , and is slightly curved upwards towards the tip , but it should
never be carried over the back , or raised above the level of its root , excepting
when ...
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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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