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 |
No interior do livro
Resultados 6-10 de 90
Página 9
... these being supposed by him to vary in accordance with the degree of cunning and scenting powers , which the animal possessing them displays . The following is his classification , which in the main is correct VARIETIES OF THE DOG . 9.
... these being supposed by him to vary in accordance with the degree of cunning and scenting powers , which the animal possessing them displays . The following is his classification , which in the main is correct VARIETIES OF THE DOG . 9.
Página 15
... animal they closely resemble , with the single exception of the pendulous tail . Whenever , therefore , a specimen is pro- duced which is said to be this hybrid , every care must be taken to ascertain the real parentage without relying ...
... animal they closely resemble , with the single exception of the pendulous tail . Whenever , therefore , a specimen is pro- duced which is said to be this hybrid , every care must be taken to ascertain the real parentage without relying ...
Página 16
... animals , and assert that they will not prey on sheep , goats , & c .; but others , in the country extending southward ... animal he hunts , preferring the elk to any other kind of deer , and particularly seeking the royal tiger . It is ...
... animals , and assert that they will not prey on sheep , goats , & c .; but others , in the country extending southward ... animal he hunts , preferring the elk to any other kind of deer , and particularly seeking the royal tiger . It is ...
Página 17
... animal , may , from their custom of hunting in packs , easily over- come any smaller beast found in the wilds of ... animals by making an obstinate defence with their teeth , claws , or horns , so that the breed of dholes is not on the ...
... animal , may , from their custom of hunting in packs , easily over- come any smaller beast found in the wilds of ... animals by making an obstinate defence with their teeth , claws , or horns , so that the breed of dholes is not on the ...
Página 23
... the cross , and it is accordingly abandoned by almost all the breeders of the animal . Nevertheless , some of the best dogs of the present day have a strain of the rough dog in them ROUGH SCOTCH GREYHOUND AND DEERHOUND . 23.
... the cross , and it is accordingly abandoned by almost all the breeders of the animal . Nevertheless , some of the best dogs of the present day have a strain of the rough dog in them ROUGH SCOTCH GREYHOUND AND DEERHOUND . 23.
Outras edições - Ver tudo
Palavras e frases frequentes
animal beat birds bitch blood bolus bone bowels bred breed bulldog calomel castor oil chiefly coat cold colour cough courage course courser covert cross described dhole disease dose drachms ears English setter exercise fawn feeding feet fever foxhound give given grains greyhound hair hare head Hence hounds hunting inches inflammation Irish setter Irish water spaniel jalap kennel kind known latter laudanum legs liver mastiff meal milk muscles muzzle nature nearly nose oatmeal otterhound ounce owner Pastoral dogs peculiar pill pointers and setters present produce puppies reared remarkable remedy resembles retriever round Russian setter scent seldom shape shooter shooting silky skin slips sometimes southern hound Spanish pointer sport sportsman stake Stewards strong symptoms tail teeth terrier tion toy dog treatment turpentine water spaniel weather whelps Youatt
Passagens conhecidas
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...