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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... inches , length 30 inches . His coat is more like fur than hair , and is composed of a mixture of silky and woolly hair , the former being of a deep yellow , while the latter is grey . The tail is long and bushy , and resembles that of ...
... inches , length 30 inches . His coat is more like fur than hair , and is composed of a mixture of silky and woolly hair , the former being of a deep yellow , while the latter is grey . The tail is long and bushy , and resembles that of ...
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... inches high , 34 inches in girth . Bred by W. Meredith , Esq . , Torrish , Sutherland . CHAPTER II . DOMESTICATED DOGS HUNTING CHIEFLY BY THE EYE , AND KILLING THEIR GAME FOR MAN'S USE . The Rough Scotch Greyhound and Deerhound . - The ...
... inches high , 34 inches in girth . Bred by W. Meredith , Esq . , Torrish , Sutherland . CHAPTER II . DOMESTICATED DOGS HUNTING CHIEFLY BY THE EYE , AND KILLING THEIR GAME FOR MAN'S USE . The Rough Scotch Greyhound and Deerhound . - The ...
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... inches high , though this size is not very uncommon in the greyhound , and dogs of 26 or 27 inches are often seen . Mr. Scrope , the talented author of " Deer - stalking , " gives the following description of Buskar , a celebrated ...
... inches high , though this size is not very uncommon in the greyhound , and dogs of 26 or 27 inches are often seen . Mr. Scrope , the talented author of " Deer - stalking , " gives the following description of Buskar , a celebrated ...
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... inches ; running weight , 85 lbs . ; colour , red or fawn , with black muzzle . To these external qualifications were added great speed and strength , combined with endurance and courage , while the sagacity and docility of the dog made ...
... inches ; running weight , 85 lbs . ; colour , red or fawn , with black muzzle . To these external qualifications were added great speed and strength , combined with endurance and courage , while the sagacity and docility of the dog made ...
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... inches in the dog , and 22 or 23 inches in the bitch ; but , as above remarked , its use is almost abandoned in public , and those which are still bred are either used in private , or are kept entirely for their ornamental properties ...
... inches in the dog , and 22 or 23 inches in the bitch ; but , as above remarked , its use is almost abandoned in public , and those which are still bred are either used in private , or are kept entirely for their ornamental properties ...
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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...