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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... puppies to see both sire and dam , as in this breed it is very easy to be imposed upon in a young one . The true breed has become very scarce ; and although very hardy when grown up , they are very delicate as puppies . - J . M'C ...
... puppies to see both sire and dam , as in this breed it is very easy to be imposed upon in a young one . The true breed has become very scarce ; and although very hardy when grown up , they are very delicate as puppies . - J . M'C ...
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... puppies of the breed were born without any tails , and to this day some particular breeds are tailless . In almost all sheep - dogs there is a double dew - claw on each hind leg , and very often without any bony attachment . The legs ...
... puppies of the breed were born without any tails , and to this day some particular breeds are tailless . In almost all sheep - dogs there is a double dew - claw on each hind leg , and very often without any bony attachment . The legs ...
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... puppy , when the animal became angry and pinned his master by the nose . On this the by - standers became alarmed , and were going to treat the dog roughly , when the owner inter- fered with " Doan't touch un , Bill ; let un teaste ...
... puppy , when the animal became angry and pinned his master by the nose . On this the by - standers became alarmed , and were going to treat the dog roughly , when the owner inter- fered with " Doan't touch un , Bill ; let un teaste ...
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... puppy was allowed to hang on and worry his master's nose to his heart's content . But , when differently treated , the bulldog is a very different animal , the brutal nature which he so often displays being mainly attributable to the ...
... puppy was allowed to hang on and worry his master's nose to his heart's content . But , when differently treated , the bulldog is a very different animal , the brutal nature which he so often displays being mainly attributable to the ...
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... puppies , though the breed may be traced as purely smooth for two or three generations , beyond which , however , there must have been a cross of the rough dog . In the same way colour and par- ticular marks will be changed or ...
... puppies , though the breed may be traced as purely smooth for two or three generations , beyond which , however , there must have been a cross of the rough dog . In the same way colour and par- ticular marks will be changed or ...
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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...