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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The obliquity of the position of the eyes in the wolf is one of the characters in
which it differs from the dog ; and , although it is very desirable not to rest too
much upon the effects of habit on structure , it is not perhaps straining the point to
...
The obliquity of the position of the eyes in the wolf is one of the characters in
which it differs from the dog ; and , although it is very desirable not to rest too
much upon the effects of habit on structure , it is not perhaps straining the point to
...
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It is probable that the dhole is the principal check on the multiplication of the tiger
; and although incapable individually , or perhaps in small numbers , to effect the
destruction of so large and 16 WILD AND HALF - RECLAIMED DOGS .
It is probable that the dhole is the principal check on the multiplication of the tiger
; and although incapable individually , or perhaps in small numbers , to effect the
destruction of so large and 16 WILD AND HALF - RECLAIMED DOGS .
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numbers , to effect the destruction of so large and ferocious an animal , may ,
from their custom of hunting in packs , easily overcome any smaller beast found
in the wilds of India . ” Unlike most dogs which hunt in packs , the dholes run
nearly ...
numbers , to effect the destruction of so large and ferocious an animal , may ,
from their custom of hunting in packs , easily overcome any smaller beast found
in the wilds of India . ” Unlike most dogs which hunt in packs , the dholes run
nearly ...
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No hound which is now kept in Great Britain resembles the southern hound so
much as this , the difference being only in the rough wiry coat , which has been
obtained by careful breeding , to enable them to resist the ill effects of the rough ...
No hound which is now kept in Great Britain resembles the southern hound so
much as this , the difference being only in the rough wiry coat , which has been
obtained by careful breeding , to enable them to resist the ill effects of the rough ...
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answer to go on breeding from it , either on the side of the sire or dam ; and
therefore , judging from analogy , the effect has not been produced in this way .
The peculiar characteristics of the English and Irish setters , as displayed in the
field ...
answer to go on breeding from it , either on the side of the sire or dam ; and
therefore , judging from analogy , the effect has not been produced in this way .
The peculiar characteristics of the English and Irish setters , as displayed in the
field ...
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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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