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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... the existence of the first cross stands for nothing . Indeed , experience shows
us more and more clearly every year , that no reliance can be placed upon the
test depending upon fertile intercommunion , which , especially in birds , is
shown to ...
... the existence of the first cross stands for nothing . Indeed , experience shows
us more and more clearly every year , that no reliance can be placed upon the
test depending upon fertile intercommunion , which , especially in birds , is
shown to ...
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... but they are larger in the bone and shorter in the leg . Some of them , when in
slow action , carry the tail over the back like the pure foxhound ; their dash in
making a cast is most beautiful , and they stand all sorts of rough weather . ” ( p .
314 . ) ...
... but they are larger in the bone and shorter in the leg . Some of them , when in
slow action , carry the tail over the back like the pure foxhound ; their dash in
making a cast is most beautiful , and they stand all sorts of rough weather . ” ( p .
314 . ) ...
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The coat is harsh , long , and rough , especially about the jaws , where the hair
stands out like that of a Scotch terrier . ... But as these are now bred of a much
more hardy kind than formerly , so that they will stand cold and wet almost as well
as ...
The coat is harsh , long , and rough , especially about the jaws , where the hair
stands out like that of a Scotch terrier . ... But as these are now bred of a much
more hardy kind than formerly , so that they will stand cold and wet almost as well
as ...
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If the greyhound has this he will stand his work , while its absence renders him at
all times liable to become footsore , and incapable of doing it . The HiND
QUARTER is entirely overlooked in the rhymes abovementioned , but it is of the ...
If the greyhound has this he will stand his work , while its absence renders him at
all times liable to become footsore , and incapable of doing it . The HiND
QUARTER is entirely overlooked in the rhymes abovementioned , but it is of the ...
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... and many of them have had hard rough coats , quite unlike the fine and thin
hair , which was formerly so highly prized . My own impression is in favour of a
firm , glossy , and somewhat greasyfeeling , coarse coat , which stands wetting
well ...
... and many of them have had hard rough coats , quite unlike the fine and thin
hair , which was formerly so highly prized . My own impression is in favour of a
firm , glossy , and somewhat greasyfeeling , coarse coat , which stands wetting
well ...
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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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