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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Who , again , will tell us the colours and forms of the Skye and Dandie Dinmont
terriers , or the characteristics of the English toy terriers , pugs , and Maltese dogs
? Yet there are thousands and tens of thousands who take a great interest in ...
Who , again , will tell us the colours and forms of the Skye and Dandie Dinmont
terriers , or the characteristics of the English toy terriers , pugs , and Maltese dogs
? Yet there are thousands and tens of thousands who take a great interest in ...
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Now we find that there are several different instances of the existence in dogs of
such a state of wildness as to have lost even that common character of
domestication , variety of colour and marking . Of these , two very remarkable
ones are the ...
Now we find that there are several different instances of the existence in dogs of
such a state of wildness as to have lost even that common character of
domestication , variety of colour and marking . Of these , two very remarkable
ones are the ...
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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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They are almost always of a reddish brown colour , very thin and gaunt , with
pricked ears , deep chest , and tucked up belly . The native Indians hunt the tiger
and wild boar , as well as every species of game , with these dogs , which THE ...
They are almost always of a reddish brown colour , very thin and gaunt , with
pricked ears , deep chest , and tucked up belly . The native Indians hunt the tiger
and wild boar , as well as every species of game , with these dogs , which THE ...
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The native dogs of Africa are of all colours , black , brown , and yellow , or red ;
and they hunt in packs , giving tongue with ... in colour , which , as above
remarked , varies greatly , and in the tail , which is almost always spotted or
variegated .
The native dogs of Africa are of all colours , black , brown , and yellow , or red ;
and they hunt in packs , giving tongue with ... in colour , which , as above
remarked , varies greatly , and in the tail , which is almost always spotted or
variegated .
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according allowed animal appearance become birds bitch blood body bone breaking bred breed called carried cause close coat cold colour common considerable considered course covered cross described desirable disease drachms drops ears effect English equal exercise feet fever former four foxhound give given grains greyhound hair half hand hare head Hence hounds hunting inches inflammation keep kennel kind known latter legs length less means meeting months muzzle nature nearly necessary never nose object obtained once ounce pointer possible present produce proportion puppies reason remarkable remedy resembles round scent seen seldom setter shape short shows skin sometimes soon spaniel speed sport stand strains strong tail taken terrier treatment weight young
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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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