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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... objects they must rely upon the nose alone . For the gun , they should be taught to go into the water like a duck ; but when kept for fancy , a good dog of this breed will take a flying jump of from 25 to 35 feet , or more , perpen ...
... objects they must rely upon the nose alone . For the gun , they should be taught to go into the water like a duck ; but when kept for fancy , a good dog of this breed will take a flying jump of from 25 to 35 feet , or more , perpen ...
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... object from her lover , which he had strong reasons for refusing to her ; but being at length teased into com- plying he gave it her , and after parting , at some distance from her home , he fetched his dog and ordered him to " go seek ...
... object from her lover , which he had strong reasons for refusing to her ; but being at length teased into com- plying he gave it her , and after parting , at some distance from her home , he fetched his dog and ordered him to " go seek ...
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... object , it is always necessary to choke them off , without which resource they would scarcely ever be persuaded to let go . From confinement to their kennels , they are often deficient in intelligence , and they can rarely be brought ...
... object , it is always necessary to choke them off , without which resource they would scarcely ever be persuaded to let go . From confinement to their kennels , they are often deficient in intelligence , and they can rarely be brought ...
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... objects in view : -1st , To prevent degeneration in consequence of keeping to the same blood , or what is called " in - and - in " breeding ; and 2ndly , With the view of improving particular breeds when they are deficient in any ...
... objects in view : -1st , To prevent degeneration in consequence of keeping to the same blood , or what is called " in - and - in " breeding ; and 2ndly , With the view of improving particular breeds when they are deficient in any ...
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... object , this breed being immediately select- ed . So also the bulldog is proverbial for courage , and fortun- ately he is so formed as to be readily made to amalgamate with other breeds . Even the greyhound recovers his peculiar shape ...
... object , this breed being immediately select- ed . So also the bulldog is proverbial for courage , and fortun- ately he is so formed as to be readily made to amalgamate with other breeds . Even the greyhound recovers his peculiar shape ...
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