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 DogsLongmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, 1872 - 470 páginas |
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Página 23
... cause quite useless in taking deer . The rough Scotch greyhound , as used for coursing , averages about 26 inches in the dog , and 22 or 23 inches in the bitch ; but , as above remarked , its use is almost abandoned in public , and ...
... cause quite useless in taking deer . The rough Scotch greyhound , as used for coursing , averages about 26 inches in the dog , and 22 or 23 inches in the bitch ; but , as above remarked , its use is almost abandoned in public , and ...
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... caused either by rain or dew . Hardi- hood , therefore , is essential , and though a little dog may possess it , there are few instances of anything under 12 or 14 pounds being able to stand the wet and labour of a day's covert shooting ...
... caused either by rain or dew . Hardi- hood , therefore , is essential , and though a little dog may possess it , there are few instances of anything under 12 or 14 pounds being able to stand the wet and labour of a day's covert shooting ...
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... causes the breed is discouraged , as he would exterminate all the furred game in a very short time . A poacher possessing such an animal seldom keeps him long , every keeper being on the look out , and putting a charge of shot into him ...
... causes the breed is discouraged , as he would exterminate all the furred game in a very short time . A poacher possessing such an animal seldom keeps him long , every keeper being on the look out , and putting a charge of shot into him ...
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... caused by accident , is as good as anything , and in many cases of rapid disease the flesh is little the worse , but ... causes , make an excellent change , but are seldom better than bad horseflesh . Still , as variety is es- sential to ...
... caused by accident , is as good as anything , and in many cases of rapid disease the flesh is little the worse , but ... causes , make an excellent change , but are seldom better than bad horseflesh . Still , as variety is es- sential to ...
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... causes . A regular dressing and physicking is practised in some kennels , the former to keep the skin free from vermin and eruptions , and the latter with the same view , but also to cool the blood . This is by no means necessary , if ...
... causes . A regular dressing and physicking is practised in some kennels , the former to keep the skin free from vermin and eruptions , and the latter with the same view , but also to cool the blood . This is by no means necessary , if ...
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