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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... skins are dry , and , unless they can run into a pool every half - hour at least , they blow like porpoises , and are utterly useless . Hence it is that , in the south , the pointer , who fulfils all the requisites for partridge ...
... skins are dry , and , unless they can run into a pool every half - hour at least , they blow like porpoises , and are utterly useless . Hence it is that , in the south , the pointer , who fulfils all the requisites for partridge ...
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... skin is of one or other of these colours , but then the dog is not considered nearly so valuable . The colley , like the true English sheep - dog , has always one or two dew - claws on each hind leg . The sagacity and perseverance of ...
... skin is of one or other of these colours , but then the dog is not considered nearly so valuable . The colley , like the true English sheep - dog , has always one or two dew - claws on each hind leg . The sagacity and perseverance of ...
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... skins , and their short and soft coats , they are much liked by the ladies as pets . Their points are as follows : - General appearance low and thickset , the legs being short , and the body as close to the ground as possible , but with ...
... skins , and their short and soft coats , they are much liked by the ladies as pets . Their points are as follows : - General appearance low and thickset , the legs being short , and the body as close to the ground as possible , but with ...
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... skin is healthy , and that the constitution is not impaired by confinement or gross feeding . Greyhound pup- pies ... skins of the fresh ones shall be in contact with the bitch's own pups and also with the litter . Let them remain in ...
... skin is healthy , and that the constitution is not impaired by confinement or gross feeding . Greyhound pup- pies ... skins of the fresh ones shall be in contact with the bitch's own pups and also with the litter . Let them remain in ...
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... skins are freed from any vermin which may be found by the means described in the Third Book . In the summer a straw bed is seldom required , but in the winter it must be given for the sake of warmth , and changed once or twice a week ...
... skins are freed from any vermin which may be found by the means described in the Third Book . In the summer a straw bed is seldom required , but in the winter it must be given for the sake of warmth , and changed once or twice a week ...
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