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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... stands wetting well , and at the same time looks healthy and handsome to the eye . pecu- Various DISTINCT BREEDS OF STRAINS have long been known as the Newmarket , Wiltshire , Lancashire , Yorkshire , and smooth Scotch greyhounds ; but ...
... stands wetting well , and at the same time looks healthy and handsome to the eye . pecu- Various DISTINCT BREEDS OF STRAINS have long been known as the Newmarket , Wiltshire , Lancashire , Yorkshire , and smooth Scotch greyhounds ; but ...
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... stand up , but are pendulous towards the tip , and the colour varies from red to fawn . He is about 24 inches high , has strong muscular action , and is very courageous , being employed in hunting the wild boar and wolf . 338 ...
... stand up , but are pendulous towards the tip , and the colour varies from red to fawn . He is about 24 inches high , has strong muscular action , and is very courageous , being employed in hunting the wild boar and wolf . 338 ...
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... stand about 27 or 28 inches high , with a long pointed muzzle , powerful body , strong and muscular limbs , and a long bushy tail , carried like that of the Newfoundland dog . His hair is very fine and close , being of a silky texture ...
... stand about 27 or 28 inches high , with a long pointed muzzle , powerful body , strong and muscular limbs , and a long bushy tail , carried like that of the Newfoundland dog . His hair is very fine and close , being of a silky texture ...
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... stand you generally ; and shall answer that I most approve of hounds of the middle size . I believe all animals of that description are strongest , and best able to endure fatigue . In the height as well as the colour of hounds most ...
... stand you generally ; and shall answer that I most approve of hounds of the middle size . I believe all animals of that description are strongest , and best able to endure fatigue . In the height as well as the colour of hounds most ...
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... stand up in a point , and rise much higher than they naturally would . The neck is strong , but of a good length ; body very symmetrical , with powerful short loins , and chest deep rather than wide . Shoulders generally good , and very ...
... stand up in a point , and rise much higher than they naturally would . The neck is strong , but of a good length ; body very symmetrical , with powerful short loins , and chest deep rather than wide . Shoulders generally good , and very ...
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Página 7 - ... dogs in general, more than the different kinds of dogs do from each other. The cranium is absolutely similar, and so are all, or nearly all, the other essential parts ; and to strengthen still further the probability of their identity, the dog and wolf will readily breed together, and their progeny is fertile. The obliquity of the position of the eyes in the wolf is one of the characters in which it differs from the...
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...