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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... coat is more like fur than hair , and is composed of a mixture of silky and woolly hair , the former being of a deep yellow , while the latter is grey . The tail is long and bushy , and resembles that of the fox , excepting in carriage ...
... coat is more like fur than hair , and is composed of a mixture of silky and woolly hair , the former being of a deep yellow , while the latter is grey . The tail is long and bushy , and resembles that of the fox , excepting in carriage ...
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... 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 . They resemble many of the common pariah dogs in form ...
... 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 . They resemble many of the common pariah dogs in form ...
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... coat , and in all respects like the present Scotch dog . In shape the Scotch greyhound resembles the ordinary smooth variety , but he is rather more lathy , and has not quite the same muscular development of loin and thigh , though ...
... coat , and in all respects like the present Scotch dog . In shape the Scotch greyhound resembles the ordinary smooth variety , but he is rather more lathy , and has not quite the same muscular development of loin and thigh , though ...
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... coat is harsh , long , and rough , especially about the jaws , where the hair stands . out like that of a Scotch terrier . In speed they are about equal to the smooth greyhound , but they do not appear to be quite so stout , though of ...
... coat is harsh , long , and rough , especially about the jaws , where the hair stands . out like that of a Scotch terrier . In speed they are about equal to the smooth greyhound , but they do not appear to be quite so stout , though of ...
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... coat , are so similar to those of the smooth greyhound , that the two may be considered together . THE SMOOTH GREYHOUND . This elegant animal appears to have existed in Britain from a very early period , being mentioned in a very old ...
... coat , are so similar to those of the smooth greyhound , that the two may be considered together . THE SMOOTH GREYHOUND . This elegant animal appears to have existed in Britain from a very early period , being mentioned in a very old ...
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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...