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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... considered as the primary colours , and that the others arise out of their mixture in breeding . Thus a black dog and a white bitch will produce either blacks , whites , black and whites , blues , or greys ; while a red dog and white ...
... considered as the primary colours , and that the others arise out of their mixture in breeding . Thus a black dog and a white bitch will produce either blacks , whites , black and whites , blues , or greys ; while a red dog and white ...
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... considered a mark of good blood ; but , since the intermixture of the rough greyhound , most of our best sorts have been free from this liarity , and many of them have had hard rough coats , quite unlike the fine and thin hair , which ...
... considered a mark of good blood ; but , since the intermixture of the rough greyhound , most of our best sorts have been free from this liarity , and many of them have had hard rough coats , quite unlike the fine and thin hair , which ...
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... considered that a good claim to high breeding has been made out . In the CHOICE OF A GREYHOUND I have already observed that we must be guided by other considerations besides make and shape , depending greatly upon the precise object ...
... considered that a good claim to high breeding has been made out . In the CHOICE OF A GREYHOUND I have already observed that we must be guided by other considerations besides make and shape , depending greatly upon the precise object ...
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... considered a defect , though not so great as on the feet . The size most prized is when the specified weight is about six or eight pounds ; but dogs of this weight have seldom perfect sym- metry , and one with good shape and colour of ...
... considered a defect , though not so great as on the feet . The size most prized is when the specified weight is about six or eight pounds ; but dogs of this weight have seldom perfect sym- metry , and one with good shape and colour of ...
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... considered a pure Italian , though sometimes exceptions occur , and a puppy of pure blood with a sire and dam of small size may grow to such a weight as 16 lbs . The black dog from which the engraving at the head of this article was ...
... considered a pure Italian , though sometimes exceptions occur , and a puppy of pure blood with a sire and dam of small size may grow to such a weight as 16 lbs . The black dog from which the engraving at the head of this article was ...
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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...