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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... months , and break , a certain spaniel to " set partridges , pheasants , and other game , " in consideration " of ten shillings of lawful English money . " Thus it can be shown , that as early as the fifteenth century , a dog similar to ...
... months , and break , a certain spaniel to " set partridges , pheasants , and other game , " in consideration " of ten shillings of lawful English money . " Thus it can be shown , that as early as the fifteenth century , a dog similar to ...
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... months , they are perfectly steady , which is a quality rarely to be met with . Every sportsman must know , that the fewer dogs he can do his work with properly , the better for if they are in condition they cannot be too frequently ...
... months , they are perfectly steady , which is a quality rarely to be met with . Every sportsman must know , that the fewer dogs he can do his work with properly , the better for if they are in condition they cannot be too frequently ...
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... months , being harnessed to carts and sledges made for the purpose . In intelligence the three breeds are about equal , all being celebrated for their faculty of learning to fetch and carry . This is sometimes developed to such an ...
... months , being harnessed to carts and sledges made for the purpose . In intelligence the three breeds are about equal , all being celebrated for their faculty of learning to fetch and carry . This is sometimes developed to such an ...
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... months old , and gave 1057 . for them . The late Pasha of Egypt for five successive years had two pair of whelps ( brindled ) sent spring and autumn from Southampton . - T . L. " Bill George is also celebrated for his breed of mastiffs ...
... months old , and gave 1057 . for them . The late Pasha of Egypt for five successive years had two pair of whelps ( brindled ) sent spring and autumn from Southampton . - T . L. " Bill George is also celebrated for his breed of mastiffs ...
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... months on board Points . - The weight should never exceed 5 or. " PSYCHE , " a Maltese Bitch , the property of Miss Gibbs , of Morden . Pomeranian , or Spitz Dog . The King Charles and. MALTESE DOG . 149 "Psyche," a Maltese Bitch.
... months on board Points . - The weight should never exceed 5 or. " PSYCHE , " a Maltese Bitch , the property of Miss Gibbs , of Morden . Pomeranian , or Spitz Dog . The King Charles and. MALTESE DOG . 149 "Psyche," a Maltese Bitch.
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