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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They do not willingly approach persons , but , if they chance to meet any in their
course , they do not show any particular anxiety to escape . They view the human
race rather as objects of curiosity than either of apprehension or enmity .
They do not willingly approach persons , but , if they chance to meet any in their
course , they do not show any particular anxiety to escape . They view the human
race rather as objects of curiosity than either of apprehension or enmity .
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... of course much intermixed with foreign breeds . The North - American dogs are
very closely allied to the dingo in all respects , but are generally smaller in size ,
and are also much crossed with European breeds . In some districts they burrow
...
... of course much intermixed with foreign breeds . The North - American dogs are
very closely allied to the dingo in all respects , but are generally smaller in size ,
and are also much crossed with European breeds . In some districts they burrow
...
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They should be white , strong , and regular , showing strength of constitution , as
well as being useful in the course . As a rule , the incisor teeth meet each other ,
but some dogs are underhung like the bulldog , and others the reverse like the ...
They should be white , strong , and regular , showing strength of constitution , as
well as being useful in the course . As a rule , the incisor teeth meet each other ,
but some dogs are underhung like the bulldog , and others the reverse like the ...
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... for though its speed is considerable for its size , it is incapable of holding even
a rabbit . * See p . 46 . The attempt , therefore , to course rabbits with this. Italian
Greyhounds , “ BILLY ” and “ Minnie . " The Southern Hound . ( Youatt . ) Head of.
... for though its speed is considerable for its size , it is incapable of holding even
a rabbit . * See p . 46 . The attempt , therefore , to course rabbits with this. Italian
Greyhounds , “ BILLY ” and “ Minnie . " The Southern Hound . ( Youatt . ) Head of.
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The attempt , therefore , to course rabbits with this little dog has always failed ,
and in those instances where the sport ( if such it can be called ) has been
carried out at all , recourse has been had to a cross between the Italian
greyhound and ...
The attempt , therefore , to course rabbits with this little dog has always failed ,
and in those instances where the sport ( if such it can be called ) has been
carried out at all , recourse has been had to a cross between the Italian
greyhound and ...
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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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