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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... owners by coursing the hare in private . Various explanations have been offered of the etymology of the prefix grey , some contending that the colour is implied , others that it means Greek ( Graius ) , while a third party understand it ...
... owners by coursing the hare in private . Various explanations have been offered of the etymology of the prefix grey , some contending that the colour is implied , others that it means Greek ( Graius ) , while a third party understand it ...
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... owners , noti being capable of being employed with advantage for hunting , in consequence of their defective noses , and their sizes being either too large and unwieldy , or too small , for that purpose . For the same reason they are ...
... owners , noti being capable of being employed with advantage for hunting , in consequence of their defective noses , and their sizes being either too large and unwieldy , or too small , for that purpose . For the same reason they are ...
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... 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. BULLDOG . 133.
... 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. BULLDOG . 133.
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... On this the by - standers became alarmed , and were going to treat the dog roughly , when the owner inter- fered with " Doan't touch un , Bill ; let un teaste blood , an it ' ll be the meaking on him . " And so the BULLDOG . 135.
... On this the by - standers became alarmed , and were going to treat the dog roughly , when the owner inter- fered with " Doan't touch un , Bill ; let un teaste blood , an it ' ll be the meaking on him . " And so the BULLDOG . 135.
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... owners would not in all human probability retain them . Hence a pointer , if proved to be descended from a dog and bitch belonging to Lord Sefton , Lord Lichfield , or any well- known breeder of this dog in the present day , or from Sir ...
... owners would not in all human probability retain them . Hence a pointer , if proved to be descended from a dog and bitch belonging to Lord Sefton , Lord Lichfield , or any well- known breeder of this dog in the present day , or from Sir ...
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