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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... proper extent to which breeding in the greyhound should be carried , and probably the same will apply to other breeds . Sometimes a sister may be put to a brother even , when there was no previous near relationship in their sire and dam ...
... proper extent to which breeding in the greyhound should be carried , and probably the same will apply to other breeds . Sometimes a sister may be put to a brother even , when there was no previous near relationship in their sire and dam ...
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... proper standard , it is only neces- sary to feel the ribs , when they should at once be apparent to the hand , rolling loosely under it , but not evident to the eye so as to count them . It is better to separate the bitch from other ...
... proper standard , it is only neces- sary to feel the ribs , when they should at once be apparent to the hand , rolling loosely under it , but not evident to the eye so as to count them . It is better to separate the bitch from other ...
Página 197
... proper remedies see Parturition , in Book III . ) From the first day the bitch should be encouraged to leave her puppies twice or thrice daily to empty herself , which some , in their excessive fondness for their new charge , are apt to ...
... proper remedies see Parturition , in Book III . ) From the first day the bitch should be encouraged to leave her puppies twice or thrice daily to empty herself , which some , in their excessive fondness for their new charge , are apt to ...
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... proper shape , which last point can hardly be ascertained at this time . The width of the hips , and shape of the chest , with the formation of the loin , may also be conjectured , and the length of the neck is in like measure sha ...
... proper shape , which last point can hardly be ascertained at this time . The width of the hips , and shape of the chest , with the formation of the loin , may also be conjectured , and the length of the neck is in like measure sha ...
Página 206
... proper quantity may not be cropped or rounded , as the case may be . Indeed , even the most skilful hand will hardly ever manage either the one or the other well before the fifth month ; and in hounds it is usual to defer it till they ...
... proper quantity may not be cropped or rounded , as the case may be . Indeed , even the most skilful hand will hardly ever manage either the one or the other well before the fifth month ; and in hounds it is usual to defer it till they ...
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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...