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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... head , it will be necessary to ascertain to what type the animal approaches
most nearly , after having for many successive generations existed in a wild state
, removed from the influence of domestication , and of association with mankind .
... head , it will be necessary to ascertain to what type the animal approaches
most nearly , after having for many successive generations existed in a wild state
, removed from the influence of domestication , and of association with mankind .
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nece In describing the greyhound it is usual , and indeed almost necessary , to
consider him as used for the two purposes already mentioned , that is to say , —
1st , as the private , and 2ndly , as the public , greyhound ; for though externally ...
nece In describing the greyhound it is usual , and indeed almost necessary , to
consider him as used for the two purposes already mentioned , that is to say , —
1st , as the private , and 2ndly , as the public , greyhound ; for though externally ...
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... it is scarcely possible to dissent from any one of them ; but , as all my readers
may not exactly know the form which is meant to be conveyed by the side of a
bream for instance , it is necessary to explain it in more intelligible language . 1st
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... it is scarcely possible to dissent from any one of them ; but , as all my readers
may not exactly know the form which is meant to be conveyed by the side of a
bream for instance , it is necessary to explain it in more intelligible language . 1st
.
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But beyond this it is necessary to provide for the wear and tear which the sole of
the foot incurs , and hence a thick pad well corcred with hard skin is to be insisted
on . If the greyhound has this he will stand his work , while its absence renders ...
But beyond this it is necessary to provide for the wear and tear which the sole of
the foot incurs , and hence a thick pad well corcred with hard skin is to be insisted
on . If the greyhound has this he will stand his work , while its absence renders ...
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first - class breed of greyhounds which has not the name of one or other of these
dogs in their pedigrees ; and , as in former years it was thought necessary to
trace every dog if possible up to “ Snowball , ” so now , if it can be asserted that a
...
first - class breed of greyhounds which has not the name of one or other of these
dogs in their pedigrees ; and , as in former years it was thought necessary to
trace every dog if possible up to “ Snowball , ” so now , if it can be asserted that a
...
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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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