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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... are weak from the knees to the foot , should never be taken into the pack . " I find that I have mentioned a small head as one of the neces- sary requisites of a hound ; but you will understand 58 DOMESTICATED HUNTING - DOGS .
... are weak from the knees to the foot , should never be taken into the pack . " I find that I have mentioned a small head as one of the neces- sary requisites of a hound ; but you will understand 58 DOMESTICATED HUNTING - DOGS .
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... never used for the purpose , harriers were often 22 and sometimes 23 inches high , because even with that size they dwelt on the scent so long that they were not too fast for sport . But it is in tongue and in style of hunting that true ...
... never used for the purpose , harriers were often 22 and sometimes 23 inches high , because even with that size they dwelt on the scent so long that they were not too fast for sport . But it is in tongue and in style of hunting that true ...
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... never takes to it like fur , and prefers vermin to game at all times . The Dandie Dinmont breed of terriers , now so much cele- . brated , was originally bred by a farmer of the name of James • Davidson , at Hindalee , in Roxburghshire ...
... never takes to it like fur , and prefers vermin to game at all times . The Dandie Dinmont breed of terriers , now so much cele- . brated , was originally bred by a farmer of the name of James • Davidson , at Hindalee , in Roxburghshire ...
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... never be carried over the back , or raised above the level of its root , excepting when standing , and then a slight elevation is admired , every hair standing down with a stiff and regular appearance . The shoulder - blade is very long ...
... never be carried over the back , or raised above the level of its root , excepting when standing , and then a slight elevation is admired , every hair standing down with a stiff and regular appearance . The shoulder - blade is very long ...
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... never before been beaten ) for eight years , that his nose could not have been right , for the Russians got three points to his one . I therefore resolved to try some others against them the next season ; and having heard a gentleman ...
... never before been beaten ) for eight years , that his nose could not have been right , for the Russians got three points to his one . I therefore resolved to try some others against them the next season ; and having heard a gentleman ...
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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...