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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... proper average length of the neck is about equal to that of the head . 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 ...
... proper average length of the neck is about equal to that of the head . 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 ...
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... proper form , and of sufficient length and strength . Thus it is usual in examining puppies for selection to extend them to their full length , and then the one which stretches over the greatest distance is supposed to be the best in ...
... proper form , and of sufficient length and strength . Thus it is usual in examining puppies for selection to extend them to their full length , and then the one which stretches over the greatest distance is supposed to be the best in ...
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... proper packing of the " Dahlia " is by the Duke of Rutland's " Driver , " out of the Bramhanimoor " Dulcet . " She is 21 inches in height . F hounds , and as this cannot be done without having. " DAHLIA , " a pure Foxhound . * The medium ...
... proper packing of the " Dahlia " is by the Duke of Rutland's " Driver , " out of the Bramhanimoor " Dulcet . " She is 21 inches in height . F hounds , and as this cannot be done without having. " DAHLIA , " a pure Foxhound . * The medium ...
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... proper manner . For the following remarks I am mainly indebted to Mr. Stockdale , who is a celebrated breeder of bull- dogs , and has had a long experience of their various attributes . The antiquity of the breed is unquestionable , and ...
... proper manner . For the following remarks I am mainly indebted to Mr. Stockdale , who is a celebrated breeder of bull- dogs , and has had a long experience of their various attributes . The antiquity of the breed is unquestionable , and ...
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... proper strain likely to hit with hers . It is usually supposed that the sire impresses his external formation upon his stock , while the bitch's nervous temperament is handed down ; and very probably there is some truth in the ...
... proper strain likely to hit with hers . It is usually supposed that the sire impresses his external formation upon his stock , while the bitch's nervous temperament is handed down ; and very probably there is some truth in the ...
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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...