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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... KNOWN AS HOUNDS . The Southern Hound . - The Bloodhound . - The Staghound . - The Foxhound . - The Harrier . - The Beagle . - The Otterhound . - The Terrier . - The Dachshund PAGE 47 CHAPTER IV . DOMESTICATED DOGS , FINDING GAME BY ...
... KNOWN AS HOUNDS . The Southern Hound . - The Bloodhound . - The Staghound . - The Foxhound . - The Harrier . - The Beagle . - The Otterhound . - The Terrier . - The Dachshund PAGE 47 CHAPTER IV . DOMESTICATED DOGS , FINDING GAME BY ...
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... known wild animal of the same genus , in races which , though doubtless descended from domesticated ancestors , have gradually assumed the wild condition ; and it is worthy of especial remark that the anatomy of the wolf , and its ...
... known wild animal of the same genus , in races which , though doubtless descended from domesticated ancestors , have gradually assumed the wild condition ; and it is worthy of especial remark that the anatomy of the wolf , and its ...
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... known as Canis familiaris , the sub- family being distinguished by having two tubercular teeth behind the canines on the upper jaw , with non - retractile claws , while the dog itself differs from the fox with which he is grouped , in ...
... known as Canis familiaris , the sub- family being distinguished by having two tubercular teeth behind the canines on the upper jaw , with non - retractile claws , while the dog itself differs from the fox with which he is grouped , in ...
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... known one or two good killers with this formation . The eye should be bright and toler- ably full , the colour varying with that of the coat . The ears are generally recommended to be soft and falling , and pricked ears are despised ...
... known one or two good killers with this formation . The eye should be bright and toler- ably full , the colour varying with that of the coat . The ears are generally recommended to be soft and falling , and pricked ears are despised ...
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... known the greyhound is comparatively valueless . But it must be understood that it is only in the size of the bones that the similarity should be insisted on , for many good breeds have a considerable quantity of hair upon the tail ...
... known the greyhound is comparatively valueless . But it must be understood that it is only in the size of the bones that the similarity should be insisted on , for many good breeds have a considerable quantity of hair upon the tail ...
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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...