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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... become fashion- able in England , where it is as common as its southern competitor . The bitch setter , like the pointer , is lighter and smaller , espe- cially about the head , which is not so square and deep in any of its proportions ...
... become fashion- able in England , where it is as common as its southern competitor . The bitch setter , like the pointer , is lighter and smaller , espe- cially about the head , which is not so square and deep in any of its proportions ...
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... become more familiar to him . On this the whole comfort of shooting depends . Upon these grounds I contend that , for all kinds of shooting , there is nothing equal to the Russian or half- bred Russian setter , in nose , sagacity , and ...
... become more familiar to him . On this the whole comfort of shooting depends . Upon these grounds I contend that , for all kinds of shooting , there is nothing equal to the Russian or half- bred Russian setter , in nose , sagacity , and ...
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... become very fashionable , is a re- markably long , low , and somewhat heavy dog . In weight he is from 30 to 40 lbs . Height 18 to 20 inches . The head is heavy , wide , and full , the muzzle broad and square , generally of a flesh ...
... become very fashionable , is a re- markably long , low , and somewhat heavy dog . In weight he is from 30 to 40 lbs . Height 18 to 20 inches . The head is heavy , wide , and full , the muzzle broad and square , generally of a flesh ...
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... become daggled in the moulting season ; the tail should be round without feather underneath , of the two rather short , and as stiff as a ramrod ; the colour of a pure puce liver without any white . Though these dogs are generally of ...
... become daggled in the moulting season ; the tail should be round without feather underneath , of the two rather short , and as stiff as a ramrod ; the colour of a pure puce liver without any white . Though these dogs are generally of ...
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... become very scarce ; and although very hardy when grown up , they are very delicate as puppies . - J . M'C . ” The celebrated " Doctor " family , which have carried away all the prizes of late years , answer fully to the above ...
... become very scarce ; and although very hardy when grown up , they are very delicate as puppies . - J . M'C . ” The celebrated " Doctor " family , which have carried away all the prizes of late years , answer fully to the above ...
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