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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... of Buskar , a celebrated deerhound belonging to Captain McNeill of Colonsay , viz .: height , 28 inches ; girth round the chest , 32 inches ; running weight , 85 lbs . ; colour ROUGH SCOTCH GREYHOUND AND DEERHOUND . 21.
... of Buskar , a celebrated deerhound belonging to Captain McNeill of Colonsay , viz .: height , 28 inches ; girth round the chest , 32 inches ; running weight , 85 lbs . ; colour ROUGH SCOTCH GREYHOUND AND DEERHOUND . 21.
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... colour , red or fawn , with black muzzle . To these external qualifications were added great speed and strength , combined with endurance and courage , while the sagacity and docility of the dog made him doubly valuable . He was used ...
... colour , red or fawn , with black muzzle . To these external qualifications were added great speed and strength , combined with endurance and courage , while the sagacity and docility of the dog made him doubly valuable . He was used ...
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... colours , but the most common are fawn , red , brindled ( either red and black mixed , or fawn and blue ) , grey , and black . The coat is harsh , long , and rough , especially about the jaws , where the hair stands . out like that of a ...
... colours , but the most common are fawn , red , brindled ( either red and black mixed , or fawn and blue ) , grey , and black . The coat is harsh , long , and rough , especially about the jaws , where the hair stands . out like that of a ...
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... colour prevalent ; and those which possess it at all have it mixed with white , or other colour ; as , for instance , the blue - mottled harrier , and the blotched blue and brown seen in some other kinds . The greyhound , on the ...
... colour prevalent ; and those which possess it at all have it mixed with white , or other colour ; as , for instance , the blue - mottled harrier , and the blotched blue and brown seen in some other kinds . The greyhound , on the ...
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... colour varying with that of the coat . The ears are generally recommended to be soft and falling , and pricked ears are despised , as being terrier - like , but some good breeds possess them , nevertheless , probably deriving them from ...
... colour varying with that of the coat . The ears are generally recommended to be soft and falling , and pricked ears are despised , as being terrier - like , but some good breeds possess them , nevertheless , probably deriving them from ...
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