. 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 dogs. Dogs; Dogs -- Diseases. 12 INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. III. HOUSE DOGS. Characteristics. Muzzle more or less shortened; skull liigli; frontal sinuses considerable ; condyle of the lower jaw extending above the line of the upper cheek teeth. Cranium smaller in this group than in the first and second, in consequence of its pecidiar Skull of Mastiff. Sect. 9. Watch dogs which have no propensit}^ to hunt, but
. 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 dogs. Dogs; Dogs -- Diseases. 12 INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. III. HOUSE DOGS. Characteristics. Muzzle more or less shortened; skull liigli; frontal sinuses considerable ; condyle of the lower jaw extending above the line of the upper cheek teeth. Cranium smaller in this group than in the first and second, in consequence of its pecidiar Skull of Mastiff. Sect. 9. Watch dogs which have no propensit}^ to hunt, but are solely employed in the defence of man, or his pro- perty. Examples : the Mastiff, the Bulldog, the Pug dog, &c. As before remarked, this division is on the whole founded on natural laws, but there are some anomalies which we shall en- deavour to remove. For instance, the greyhound is quite as ready to huut in packs as any other hound, and is only prevented from doing so by the hand of his master. The same restraint keeps him. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Walsh, J. H. (John Henry), 1810-1888. London : Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer
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