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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In every variety the dog is more or less endowed with a keen sight , strong
powers of smell , sagacity almost amounting to reason , and considerable speed ,
so that he is admirably adapted for all purposes connected with the pursuit of
game .
In every variety the dog is more or less endowed with a keen sight , strong
powers of smell , sagacity almost amounting to reason , and considerable speed ,
so that he is admirably adapted for all purposes connected with the pursuit of
game .
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Muzzle more or less shortened ; skull high ; frontal sinuses considerable ;
condyle of the lower jaw extending above the line of the upper cheek teeth .
Cranium smaller in this group than in the first and second , in consequence of its
peculiar ...
Muzzle more or less shortened ; skull high ; frontal sinuses considerable ;
condyle of the lower jaw extending above the line of the upper cheek teeth .
Cranium smaller in this group than in the first and second , in consequence of its
peculiar ...
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every species of game , with these dogs , which have good noses and hunt well ,
and though they are not so high - couraged as our British hounds , yet they often
display considerable avidity and determination in “ going in ” to their formidable ...
every species of game , with these dogs , which have good noses and hunt well ,
and though they are not so high - couraged as our British hounds , yet they often
display considerable avidity and determination in “ going in ” to their formidable ...
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... almost abandoned in public , and those which are still bred are either used in
private , or are kept entirely for their ornamental properties , which are very
considerable , and , as they resemble the deerhound , they are very commonly
passed ...
... almost abandoned in public , and those which are still bred are either used in
private , or are kept entirely for their ornamental properties , which are very
considerable , and , as they resemble the deerhound , they are very commonly
passed ...
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But it must be understood that it is only in the size of the bones that the similarity
should be insisted on , for many good breeds have a considerable quantity of
hair upon the tail , though this never ought to be in a bushy form . A slight fan -
like ...
But it must be understood that it is only in the size of the bones that the similarity
should be insisted on , for many good breeds have a considerable quantity of
hair upon the tail , though this never ought to be in a bushy form . A slight fan -
like ...
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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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