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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... bones insensibly approaching each other ; condyles of the lower jaw placed in a horizontal line with the upper molar teeth , exempli- fied by- Skull of Dingo . SECT . 1. Half - reclaimed dogs , hunting in packs ; such as the Dingo , the ...
... bones insensibly approaching each other ; condyles of the lower jaw placed in a horizontal line with the upper molar teeth , exempli- fied by- Skull of Dingo . SECT . 1. Half - reclaimed dogs , hunting in packs ; such as the Dingo , the ...
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... bones do not approach each other above the temples , but diverge and swell out , so as to enlarge the forehead and cavity of the brain . Skull of Spaniel . SECT . 4. Pastoral dogs , or such as are employed for domestic purposes ...
... bones do not approach each other above the temples , but diverge and swell out , so as to enlarge the forehead and cavity of the brain . Skull of Spaniel . SECT . 4. Pastoral dogs , or such as are employed for domestic purposes ...
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... 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. ) He ...
... 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. ) He ...
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... bones being of good size and breadth , there is every reason to expect , with health and good feed- ing , that they will be covered by their usual moving powers , and will then show the substance which is desired . It is also desir ...
... bones being of good size and breadth , there is every reason to expect , with health and good feed- ing , that they will be covered by their usual moving powers , and will then show the substance which is desired . It is also desir ...
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... bones that the similarity should be insisted on , for many good breeds have a considerable quantity of hair upon the tail , though this never ought to be in a bushy form . A slight fan - like distribution of hair is not therefore to be ...
... bones that the similarity should be insisted on , for many good breeds have a considerable quantity of hair upon the tail , though this never ought to be in a bushy form . A slight fan - like distribution of hair is not therefore to be ...
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