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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... , the greyhound is quite as ready to hunt in packs as any other hound , and is only prevented from doing so by the hand of his master . The same restraint keeps him from using his nose , or he could soon be. 12 INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER .
... , the greyhound is quite as ready to hunt in packs as any other hound , and is only prevented from doing so by the hand of his master . The same restraint keeps him from using his nose , or he could soon be. 12 INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER .
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... hand , which formerly had its own breed of smooth greyhounds , has lately taken up the mantle fallen from the shoulders of Newmarket , and has not only usurped her breed of dogs , but has established most numerously supported meetings ...
... hand , which formerly had its own breed of smooth greyhounds , has lately taken up the mantle fallen from the shoulders of Newmarket , and has not only usurped her breed of dogs , but has established most numerously supported meetings ...
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... hand , the harrier casts back , from a knowledge , instinctive or acquired , that the hare has a tendency to return to the place from which she started , and will be almost sure to do so if she has time enough given her . L.WELLS THE ...
... hand , the harrier casts back , from a knowledge , instinctive or acquired , that the hare has a tendency to return to the place from which she started , and will be almost sure to do so if she has time enough given her . L.WELLS THE ...
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... hand in having kept up the breed . So much were the Dandies in vogue some years ago , that Mr. Bradshaw Smith , of Dumfriesshire , bought up every good dog he could lay his hands on , and as a consequence his breed is now well known ...
... hand in having kept up the breed . So much were the Dandies in vogue some years ago , that Mr. Bradshaw Smith , of Dumfriesshire , bought up every good dog he could lay his hands on , and as a consequence his breed is now well known ...
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... terrier at hand when one is wanted . But in proportion as he has ceased to be used in the hunting - field , he has attained popularity as the most fashionable G companion for young men , and of late years the SKYE TERRIER . 81.
... terrier at hand when one is wanted . But in proportion as he has ceased to be used in the hunting - field , he has attained popularity as the most fashionable G companion for young men , and of late years the SKYE TERRIER . 81.
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