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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... ground is almost untrodden , or else it is choked with weeds and rubbish which render it difficult to ascertain what is beneath them . In the following pages I have been compelled to have recourse to the work of Mr. Youatt in the ...
... ground is almost untrodden , or else it is choked with weeds and rubbish which render it difficult to ascertain what is beneath them . In the following pages I have been compelled to have recourse to the work of Mr. Youatt in the ...
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... Ground Plan of Greyhound Ken- " Top , " a pure Bulldog nel 226 The Cuban Mastiff Elevation of Greyhound Kennel 227 " Wallace , " an English Mastiff Plan of Kennel Bench for Hounds 232 The Mount St. Bernard Dog Muir's Ventilating ...
... Ground Plan of Greyhound Ken- " Top , " a pure Bulldog nel 226 The Cuban Mastiff Elevation of Greyhound Kennel 227 " Wallace , " an English Mastiff Plan of Kennel Bench for Hounds 232 The Mount St. Bernard Dog Muir's Ventilating ...
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... ground . * While in his unreclaimed state this dog is savage and unmanageable , but is easily tamed , though even then he is not to be trusted , and when set at liberty will endeavour to escape . Many dingoes have been brought to this ...
... ground . * While in his unreclaimed state this dog is savage and unmanageable , but is easily tamed , though even then he is not to be trusted , and when set at liberty will endeavour to escape . Many dingoes have been brought to this ...
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... ground , but the march of civilisation is yearly diminishing their numbers throughout the continent of America . OTHER WILD DOGS . Many other varieties of the wild dog are described by travellers , but they all resemble one or other of ...
... ground , but the march of civilisation is yearly diminishing their numbers throughout the continent of America . OTHER WILD DOGS . Many other varieties of the wild dog are described by travellers , but they all resemble one or other of ...
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... ground , as he strikes it against high ridges or large stones , but a moderately deep chest is a valuable point , giving plenty of " bellows ' room " as it is popularly called . This , however , is pro- vided for better by breadth than ...
... ground , as he strikes it against high ridges or large stones , but a moderately deep chest is a valuable point , giving plenty of " bellows ' room " as it is popularly called . This , however , is pro- vided for better by breadth than ...
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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...