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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... given by Arrian , no one can doubt that the dog of his day was rough in his coat , and in all respects like the present Scotch dog . In shape the Scotch greyhound resembles the ordinary smooth variety , but he is rather more lathy , and ...
... given by Arrian , no one can doubt that the dog of his day was rough in his coat , and in all respects like the present Scotch dog . In shape the Scotch greyhound resembles the ordinary smooth variety , but he is rather more lathy , and ...
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... a peculiarity of the breed , and this grey colour may , therefore , with a fair show of probability , have given the name to the greyhound . In describing the greyhound it is usual , and indeed 26 DOMESTICATED HUNTING - DOGS .
... a peculiarity of the breed , and this grey colour may , therefore , with a fair show of probability , have given the name to the greyhound . In describing the greyhound it is usual , and indeed 26 DOMESTICATED HUNTING - DOGS .
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... given under the anatomical description of this part . Great depth of chest is apt to prevent the dog stooping on rough ground , as he strikes it against high ridges or large stones , but a moderately deep chest is a valuable point ...
... given under the anatomical description of this part . Great depth of chest is apt to prevent the dog stooping on rough ground , as he strikes it against high ridges or large stones , but a moderately deep chest is a valuable point ...
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... given it , inasmuch as it has all the characteristics of the first division . The Hare - Indian dog inhabits the country watered by the Mackenzie River and the Great Bear Lake of America , where it is used to hunt the moose and reindeer ...
... given it , inasmuch as it has all the characteristics of the first division . The Hare - Indian dog inhabits the country watered by the Mackenzie River and the Great Bear Lake of America , where it is used to hunt the moose and reindeer ...
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... one of the three above - named old breeds . It is wholly as a matter of curiosity and antiquarian lore that any reference is made to them . THE BLOODHOUND . The name given to this hound is 50 DOMESTICATED HUNTING - DOGS .
... one of the three above - named old breeds . It is wholly as a matter of curiosity and antiquarian lore that any reference is made to them . THE BLOODHOUND . The name given to this hound is 50 DOMESTICATED HUNTING - DOGS .
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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...