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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In China and the Society Islands dogs are eaten , being considered great
delicacies , and by the ancients the flesh of a young fat dog was highly prized ,
Hippocrates even describing that of an adult as wholesome and nourishing . In a
state of ...
In China and the Society Islands dogs are eaten , being considered great
delicacies , and by the ancients the flesh of a young fat dog was highly prized ,
Hippocrates even describing that of an adult as wholesome and nourishing . In a
state of ...
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... upon any chance terrier at hand when one is wanted . But in proportion as he
has ceased to be used in the hunting - field , he has attained popularity as the
most fashionable companion for young men , and of late years the SKYE
TERRIER .
... upon any chance terrier at hand when one is wanted . But in proportion as he
has ceased to be used in the hunting - field , he has attained popularity as the
most fashionable companion for young men , and of late years the SKYE
TERRIER .
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companion for young men , and of late years the classes of foxterriers at our dog
shows have been the most numerous and generally interesting AROLE VAS S IR
US NYIAN VIWAYN MUN Y SON AS GEARL . The points are as follows : Head ...
companion for young men , and of late years the classes of foxterriers at our dog
shows have been the most numerous and generally interesting AROLE VAS S IR
US NYIAN VIWAYN MUN Y SON AS GEARL . The points are as follows : Head ...
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gentleman , well known as an excellent judge , speak of a brace of extraordinary
young dogs he had seen in the neighbourhood of his Yorkshire moors , with his
recommendation I purchased them . I shot to them in August last , and their ...
gentleman , well known as an excellent judge , speak of a brace of extraordinary
young dogs he had seen in the neighbourhood of his Yorkshire moors , with his
recommendation I purchased them . I shot to them in August last , and their ...
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It is essential for gentlemen purchasing puppies to see both sire and dam , as in
this breed it is very easy to be imposed upon in a young one . The true breed has
become very scarce ; and although very hardy when grown up , they are very ...
It is essential for gentlemen purchasing puppies to see both sire and dam , as in
this breed it is very easy to be imposed upon in a young one . The true breed has
become very scarce ; and although very hardy when grown up , they are very ...
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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...
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| 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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