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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From that time to the present the possession of the greyhound has been coveted
and obtained by great numbers of country gentlemen and farmers in rural districts
, and by professional men as well as tradesmen in our cities and towns , so that ...
From that time to the present the possession of the greyhound has been coveted
and obtained by great numbers of country gentlemen and farmers in rural districts
, and by professional men as well as tradesmen in our cities and towns , so that ...
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... characteristic . In all cases , the more the development is increased behind the
ears , the higher will be the courage ; and if this can be obtained without a
corresponding increase in the diameter in front 28 DOMESTICATED HUNTING -
DOGS .
... characteristic . In all cases , the more the development is increased behind the
ears , the higher will be the courage ; and if this can be obtained without a
corresponding increase in the diameter in front 28 DOMESTICATED HUNTING -
DOGS .
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obtained without a corresponding increase in the diameter in front of those
organs , there will be no attendant disadvantage , as the intellectual faculties no
doubt reside in the anterior part of the • brain . The best average measurement ...
obtained without a corresponding increase in the diameter in front of those
organs , there will be no attendant disadvantage , as the intellectual faculties no
doubt reside in the anterior part of the • brain . The best average measurement ...
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The beam - like BACK is all - important , for without strength in this department ,
though high speed may be obtained for a short distance , it is impossible to
maintain it , and then we have a flashy animal , who is brought up at the end of a
...
The beam - like BACK is all - important , for without strength in this department ,
though high speed may be obtained for a short distance , it is impossible to
maintain it , and then we have a flashy animal , who is brought up at the end of a
...
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those who indulge in it take care to select the best blood which is to be obtained ,
and readily send two or three hundred miles for it . Hence , locality has now little
to do with it , and throughout Great Britain and Ireland the public greyhound is ...
those who indulge in it take care to select the best blood which is to be obtained ,
and readily send two or three hundred miles for it . Hence , locality has now little
to do with it , and throughout Great Britain and Ireland the public greyhound is ...
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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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