. Age of the domestic animals : being a complete treatise on the dentition of the horse, ox, sheep, hog, and dog, and on the various other means of determining the age of these animals. Domestic animals -- Age; Teeth. Fig. 184. Tectli of dog over three years old, showing use of all of the incisors; the tushes are be- coming yellow. Fig. 185. Teeth of an old dog ; all of the incisors and tushes are much used and worn. Dogs fed on meat and those which have bones to knaw use their teeth more rapidly than those which are fed on soups, broken bread, and vegetables. Dogs which are pugna- cious, and
. Age of the domestic animals : being a complete treatise on the dentition of the horse, ox, sheep, hog, and dog, and on the various other means of determining the age of these animals. Domestic animals -- Age; Teeth. Fig. 184. Tectli of dog over three years old, showing use of all of the incisors; the tushes are be- coming yellow. Fig. 185. Teeth of an old dog ; all of the incisors and tushes are much used and worn. Dogs fed on meat and those which have bones to knaw use their teeth more rapidly than those which are fed on soups, broken bread, and vegetables. Dogs which are pugna- cious, and those which are taught to swing on ropes or straps and to fetch objects, such as sticks, stones, etc., use tlieir teeth rapidly and are apt to have their tusks much worn. These dogs also frequently have irregular mouths, from broken teeth. From these causes it sometimes happens, especially with the larger dogs, that the teeth are so altered after three years that no intelligible deduction can be drawn from the appearance of the 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 Huidekoper, Rush Shippen, 1854-1901. Philadelphia ; London : F. A. Davis
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