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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... cases , the more the development is increased behind the ears , the higher will be the courage ; and if this can be obtained without a corresponding increase in the diameter in front 88 28 DOMESTICATED HUNTING - DOGS .
... cases , the more the development is increased behind the ears , the higher will be the courage ; and if this can be obtained without a corresponding increase in the diameter in front 88 28 DOMESTICATED HUNTING - DOGS .
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... ears are generally recommended to be soft and falling , and pricked ears are despised , as being terrier - like , but some good breeds possess them , nevertheless , probably deriving them from the bulldog . I cannot , therefore , lay ...
... ears are generally recommended to be soft and falling , and pricked ears are despised , as being terrier - like , but some good breeds possess them , nevertheless , probably deriving them from the bulldog . I cannot , therefore , lay ...
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... ears . They were formerly used for the purpose of hunting the wolf . THE MATIN . The French mâtin is not a very distinct dog , comprehending an immense variety of animals , which in England would be called lurchers , or sheep dogs ...
... ears . They were formerly used for the purpose of hunting the wolf . THE MATIN . The French mâtin is not a very distinct dog , comprehending an immense variety of animals , which in England would be called lurchers , or sheep dogs ...
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... ears are broad at the base , and pointed towards the tips , being perfectly erect . The tail is thick , bushy , and slightly curved , but not so much so as in the Esquimaux dog . The hair is long and straight ; the ground colour being ...
... ears are broad at the base , and pointed towards the tips , being perfectly erect . The tail is thick , bushy , and slightly curved , but not so much so as in the Esquimaux dog . The hair is long and straight ; the ground colour being ...
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... ears , turned over at the tips ; he is rather thin and weak in the back and loins , and long on the leg . The coat is thick , but not long , excepting the hair of the tail , which is fanlike , with a spiral twist of a peculiar form ...
... ears , turned over at the tips ; he is rather thin and weak in the back and loins , and long on the leg . The coat is thick , but not long , excepting the hair of the tail , which is fanlike , with a spiral twist of a peculiar form ...
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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...