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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... considerable speed , so that he is admirably adapted for all pur- poses connected with the pursuit of game . He is also furnished with strong teeth , and courage enough to use them in defence of his master , and with muscular power ...
... considerable speed , so that he is admirably adapted for all pur- poses connected with the pursuit of game . He is also furnished with strong teeth , and courage enough to use them in defence of his master , and with muscular power ...
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... 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 formation . Skull of Mastiff . SECT . 9. Watch dogs ...
... 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 formation . Skull of Mastiff . SECT . 9. Watch dogs ...
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... considerable avidity and determina- tion in " going in " to their formidable opponents . THE EKIA , OR WILD AFRICAN DOG . The native dogs of Africa are of all colours , black , brown , and yellow , or red ; and they hunt in packs ...
... considerable avidity and determina- tion in " going in " to their formidable opponents . THE EKIA , OR WILD AFRICAN DOG . The native dogs of Africa are of all colours , black , brown , and yellow , or red ; and they hunt in packs ...
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... considerable , and , as they resemble the deerhound , they are very commonly passed off for them . They are of all colours , but the most common are fawn , red , brindled ( either red and black mixed , or fawn and blue ) , grey , and ...
... considerable , and , as they resemble the deerhound , they are very commonly passed off for them . They are of all colours , but the most common are fawn , red , brindled ( either red and black mixed , or fawn and blue ) , grey , and ...
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... considerably from the head of any specimen of the greyhound which has ever come under my observation . Every snake's head is flat and broad , with the nose or snout also quite compressed , while the head of the greyhound , though flat ...
... considerably from the head of any specimen of the greyhound which has ever come under my observation . Every snake's head is flat and broad , with the nose or snout also quite compressed , while the head of the greyhound , though flat ...
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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...