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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... quickness and power , as is required in the gallop . The muscles of the
abdomen may draw the chest towards the hind legs powerfully , but the action is
too slow , and for quick contraction those of the 30 DOMESTICATED HUNTING -
DOGS .
... quickness and power , as is required in the gallop . The muscles of the
abdomen may draw the chest towards the hind legs powerfully , but the action is
too slow , and for quick contraction those of the 30 DOMESTICATED HUNTING -
DOGS .
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Whenever the dog is of a whole colour , there should be no white whatever on
the toes , legs , or tail ; and even a star on the breast is considered a defect ,
though not so great as on the feet . The size most prized is when the specified
weight is ...
Whenever the dog is of a whole colour , there should be no white whatever on
the toes , legs , or tail ; and even a star on the breast is considered a defect ,
though not so great as on the feet . The size most prized is when the specified
weight is ...
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... and muscular , legs and feet straight and good , muscular thighs , and fine
tapering and gracefully waving stern ; colour black - tan , or deep and reddish
fawn ( no white should be shown but on just 52 DOMESTICATED HUNTING -
DOGS .
... and muscular , legs and feet straight and good , muscular thighs , and fine
tapering and gracefully waving stern ; colour black - tan , or deep and reddish
fawn ( no white should be shown but on just 52 DOMESTICATED HUNTING -
DOGS .
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They have broad short heads , straight hind legs , well - furnished thighs , full
ears , which are not required to be rounded so much as the foxhound ' s ,
inasmuch as they do nothing in covert , and sterns feathered like the ordinary
foxhound .
They have broad short heads , straight hind legs , well - furnished thighs , full
ears , which are not required to be rounded so much as the foxhound ' s ,
inasmuch as they do nothing in covert , and sterns feathered like the ordinary
foxhound .
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... shape of a hound which ought always to be attended to by a sportsman , for if
he be not of a perfect symmetry he will neither run fast nor bear much work . He
has much to undergo , and should have strength proportioned to it . Let his legs ...
... shape of a hound which ought always to be attended to by a sportsman , for if
he be not of a perfect symmetry he will neither run fast nor bear much work . He
has much to undergo , and should have strength proportioned to it . Let his legs ...
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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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