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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... former should be insisted on more than the latter , provided there is not that round tub - like form of the ribs which interferes with the action of the shoulder - blades , and often accompanies low breeding . A rat - like TAIL is ...
... former should be insisted on more than the latter , provided there is not that round tub - like form of the ribs which interferes with the action of the shoulder - blades , and often accompanies low breeding . A rat - like TAIL is ...
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... former case the feet are turned out , and then there is a want of liberty in the play of the whole shoulder , because the elbow rubs against the ribs , and interferes with the action . This is called being " tied at the elbow , " and is ...
... former case the feet are turned out , and then there is a want of liberty in the play of the whole shoulder , because the elbow rubs against the ribs , and interferes with the action . This is called being " tied at the elbow , " and is ...
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... former years it was thought necessary to trace every dog if possible up to " Snowball , " so now , if it can be asserted that a favourite is descended from " King Cob , " it is considered that a good claim to high breeding has been made ...
... former years it was thought necessary to trace every dog if possible up to " Snowball , " so now , if it can be asserted that a favourite is descended from " King Cob , " it is considered that a good claim to high breeding has been made ...
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... former years which were heavier and slower than any we now possess , their ears also being longer , and their noses said to be more tender . The last point is one upon which much difference of opinion may be entertained , as it is ...
... former years which were heavier and slower than any we now possess , their ears also being longer , and their noses said to be more tender . The last point is one upon which much difference of opinion may be entertained , as it is ...
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... former being melodious in the extreme , and a pack in full cry being heard for miles ; while the latter is distinguished by excessive delicacy of nose , and by an amount of patience in working out the doubles of the hare which the old ...
... former being melodious in the extreme , and a pack in full cry being heard for miles ; while the latter is distinguished by excessive delicacy of nose , and by an amount of patience in working out the doubles of the hare which the old ...
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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...