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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Of these about five or six thousand are kept for public coursing , while the
remainder amuse their owners by coursing the hare in private . Various
explanations have been offered of the etymology of the prefix grey , some
contending that the ...
Of these about five or six thousand are kept for public coursing , while the
remainder amuse their owners by coursing the hare in private . Various
explanations have been offered of the etymology of the prefix grey , some
contending that the ...
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The peculiarity of this division is that the dogs composing it are solely useful as
the companions or guards of their owners , noti being capable of being employed
with advantage for hunting , in consequence of their defective noses , and their ...
The peculiarity of this division is that the dogs composing it are solely useful as
the companions or guards of their owners , noti being capable of being employed
with advantage for hunting , in consequence of their defective noses , and their ...
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... for if the brain is weighed with the body of the dog from which it was taken , it
will be found to be relatively * For the following pedigree of this bulldog I am
indebted to his owner above the average , the mistake arising from the evident.
... for if the brain is weighed with the body of the dog from which it was taken , it
will be found to be relatively * For the following pedigree of this bulldog I am
indebted to his owner above the average , the mistake arising from the evident.
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... angry and pinned his master by the nose . On this the by - standers became
alarmed , and were going to treat the dog roughly , when the owner interfered
with — “ Doan ' t touch un , Bill ; let un teaste blood , an it ' ll be the meaking on
him .
... angry and pinned his master by the nose . On this the by - standers became
alarmed , and were going to treat the dog roughly , when the owner interfered
with — “ Doan ' t touch un , Bill ; let un teaste blood , an it ' ll be the meaking on
him .
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... given that the ancestors , as far as they can be traced , possessed all those
qualifications without which their owners would not in all human probability retain
them . Hence a pointer , if proved to be descended from a dog and bitch
belonging ...
... given that the ancestors , as far as they can be traced , possessed all those
qualifications without which their owners would not in all human probability retain
them . Hence a pointer , if proved to be descended from a dog and bitch
belonging ...
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according allowed animal appearance become birds bitch blood body bone breaking bred breed called carried cause close coat cold colour common considerable considered course covered cross described desirable disease drachms drops ears effect English equal exercise feet fever former four foxhound give given grains greyhound hair half hand hare head Hence hounds hunting inches inflammation keep kennel kind known latter legs length less means meeting months muzzle nature nearly necessary never nose object obtained once ounce pointer possible present produce proportion puppies reason remarkable remedy resembles round scent seen seldom setter shape short shows skin sometimes soon spaniel speed sport stand strains strong tail taken terrier treatment weight young
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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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