Everyman's Book of the Dog |
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Airedale Terrier animal appearance Basset Beagle beautiful better bitches black and tan Bloodhound blue body bone bred breed breeders brindle broad Bull Terrier Bulldog carried Champion CHAPTER cheek chest coat Collie colour curl Dane dark deep ears eyes fawn feather feet Field Spaniel flat forelegs Fox Terrier Foxhound front give Greyhound Griffon Bruxellois hair head hind hindlegs hindquarters hocks hounds hunting inches Irish Terrier Kennel Club Lady legs length little dog loins markings mastiff moderately muscle muscular muzzle neck nose occiput Old English Sheepdog Otterhounds pack Pekingese points Pomeranian prominent puppies Retriever ribs round Samoyede Schipperke Scottish Terrier shape short shoulders silky skull Skye Terrier slightly arched sloping smooth soft Spaniel specimens sport strong tail tapering teeth Terrier Club texture thick thighs tion toes UNIV variety weight Welsh Terrier wide wiry Yorkshire Terrier
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Page 135 - I have six terriers at hame, forbye twa couple of slow-hunds, five grews, and a wheen other dogs. There's auld Pepper and auld Mustard, and young Pepper and young Mustard, and little Pepper and little Mustard ; I had them a' regularly entered, first wi' rottens — then wi' stoats or weasels — and then wi' the tods and brocks — and now they fear naething that ever cam wi
Page 63 - You are mistaken, Sancho," said the duke, " hunting wild beasts is the most proper exercise for knights and princes; for, in the chase of a stout noble beast, may be represented the whole art of war, stratagems, policy, and ambuscades, with all other devices usually practised to overcome an enemy with safety. Here we are exposed to the extremities of heat and cold ; ease and laziness can have no room in this diversion ; by this we are inured to toil and hardship, our limbs are strengthened, our joints...
Page 54 - If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.
Page 90 - Ijin. below the hocks. When the dog is still, dropped perfectly straight down, or curved. When in motion it should be curved when excited, in no case to be lifted out of the line of the back. It should be well covered with hair, on the inside thick and wiry, underside longer, and towards the end a slight fringe not objectionable. A curl or ring tail very undesirable.
Page 140 - The hind legs are a little longer than the fore ones, and are set rather wide apart, but not spread out in an unnatural manner, while the feet are much smaller ; the thighs are well developed, and the hair of the same...
Page 91 - The hmdlegs should be well bent at the stifle, with great length from the hip to the hock, which should be broad and flat. Cow hocks, weak pasterns, straight stifles, and splay feet are very bad faults.
Page 185 - Symmetry and General Appearance. — The dog should impress the eye with strength and great activity. He should move freely on his legs, with the body swung loosely between them, so that a slight roll in gait should not be objectionable ; but at the same time a weak or hollow back, slackness of the loins, or cowhocks should be a decided fault. Head, — .Should be broad and massive, flat on the skull, the occipital bone well developed ; there should be no decided stop, and the muzzle should be short,...
Page 133 - ... and although he did not use any gesture to explain his meaning, Camp was never known to mistake him, but either went out at the front to go up the hill, or at the back to get down to the moor-side. He certainly had a singular knowledge of spoken language.
Page 297 - Jet black and rich mahogany tan, distributed over the body as follows : On the head the muzzle is tanned to the nose, which, with the nasal bone, is jet black ; there is also a bright spot on each cheek, and above each eye, the under...
Page 66 - ... overmatched. Instinct instructs her to make a good defence, when not unfairly treated ; and I will venture to say, that, as far as her own safety is concerned, she has more cunning than the fox, and makes many shifts to save her life, far beyond all his artifice.