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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... taken to ascertain the real parentage without relying upon the looks alone . THE DHOLE . The native wild dog of India , called the dhole , resembles the dingo , in all but the tail , which , though hairy , is not at all bushy . The ...
... taken to ascertain the real parentage without relying upon the looks alone . THE DHOLE . The native wild dog of India , called the dhole , resembles the dingo , in all but the tail , which , though hairy , is not at all bushy . The ...
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... taken as the type to which all other breeds are referred ; but , before going into these particulars , it will be interesting to examine the often - quoted doggrel rhymes , which are founded upon a longer effusion originally published ...
... taken as the type to which all other breeds are referred ; but , before going into these particulars , it will be interesting to examine the often - quoted doggrel rhymes , which are founded upon a longer effusion originally published ...
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... taken literally , as that of the snake differs considerably from the head of any specimen of the greyhound which has ever come under my observation . Every snake's head is flat and broad , with the nose or snout also quite compressed ...
... taken literally , as that of the snake differs considerably from the head of any specimen of the greyhound which has ever come under my observation . Every snake's head is flat and broad , with the nose or snout also quite compressed ...
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... taken up the mantle fallen from the shoulders of Newmarket , and has not only usurped her breed of dogs , but has established most numerously supported meetings in various localities . Almost all her modern strains are thence de ...
... taken up the mantle fallen from the shoulders of Newmarket , and has not only usurped her breed of dogs , but has established most numerously supported meetings in various localities . Almost all her modern strains are thence de ...
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... taken , is now dead , and , I believe , there is no longer one of the variety in England . At one time there were three in the gardens of the Society , but for want of exercise none of the dogs throve there , and they now are entirely ...
... taken , is now dead , and , I believe , there is no longer one of the variety in England . At one time there were three in the gardens of the Society , but for want of exercise none of the dogs throve there , and they now are entirely ...
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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...