The dog its varieties The dog : its varieties and management in health dogitsvarietiesm1896wals Year: 1896 22 Varieties of the Dog. seen, 1 think, as many of any one colour which can be mentioned, as of others common in the greyhound. So with the ears; different breeds are so xexy variously fur- nished with this appendage, that nothing can be made of it as a sign of good or bad qualities. Some good ones are possessed of falling, soft, and broad ears; others of sharp and screwed-up ears; and others again of foxy, pricked ears; and these are very remarkable in the de- scendants of Heather-
The dog its varieties The dog : its varieties and management in health dogitsvarietiesm1896wals Year: 1896 22 Varieties of the Dog. seen, 1 think, as many of any one colour which can be mentioned, as of others common in the greyhound. So with the ears; different breeds are so xexy variously fur- nished with this appendage, that nothing can be made of it as a sign of good or bad qualities. Some good ones are possessed of falling, soft, and broad ears; others of sharp and screwed-up ears; and others again of foxy, pricked ears; and these are very remarkable in the de- scendants of Heather-jock, belonging to Dr. l)rown, in Scotland, who often inherit this ])eculiarity to the third and fourth generation. Tlie neck is a very beautiful part of the high-l)red grey- hound, and is properly compared with that of the drake, though not quite coming up to the elegance of that bird.
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