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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... red , brindled ( either red and black mixed , or fawn and blue ) , grey , and black
. The coat is harsh , long , and rough , especially about the jaws , where the hair
stands out like that of a Scotch terrier . In speed they are about equal to the ...
... red , brindled ( either red and black mixed , or fawn and blue ) , grey , and black
. The coat is harsh , long , and rough , especially about the jaws , where the hair
stands out like that of a Scotch terrier . In speed they are about equal to the ...
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The 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
maintain it ...
The 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
maintain it ...
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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 this point , and ( other things being equal ) very properly so .
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 this point , and ( other things being equal ) very properly so .
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With regard to their being sizeable , what Somerville says is so much in your own
way that I shall send it you : • As some brave captain , curious and exact , By his
fix ' d standard , forms in equal ranks His gay battalion : as one man they move ...
With regard to their being sizeable , what Somerville says is so much in your own
way that I shall send it you : • As some brave captain , curious and exact , By his
fix ' d standard , forms in equal ranks His gay battalion : as one man they move ...
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... a third may , by hair - splitters , be readily made out . Then there is also a cross
between the Skye and Dandie , which partakes in nearly equal proportions of the
characteristics of each ; and , lastly , most of the Skye terriers about London are ...
... a third may , by hair - splitters , be readily made out . Then there is also a cross
between the Skye and Dandie , which partakes in nearly equal proportions of the
characteristics of each ; and , lastly , most of the Skye terriers about London are ...
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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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