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Page 16
... flocks, and for guarding purp0se's of all kinds. The Tibetan sheep dog of the present day stands for a very ancient. race, which was probably of a larger and fiercer description. The Pyrenean dog is also the descendant of the guardians ...
... flocks, and for guarding purp0se's of all kinds. The Tibetan sheep dog of the present day stands for a very ancient. race, which was probably of a larger and fiercer description. The Pyrenean dog is also the descendant of the guardians ...
Page 17
... flocks and herds, or valuable property of any description, was never safe from massed attacks from envious neighbours, and had to be perpetually on his guard. After all, war, as we now understand it, is only a more organized form of ...
... flocks and herds, or valuable property of any description, was never safe from massed attacks from envious neighbours, and had to be perpetually on his guard. After all, war, as we now understand it, is only a more organized form of ...
Page 18
... flocks were in constant danger from attack by bands of ferocious wolves. These guardian dogs, watchful and alert through the dark hours, must have. been supremely valuable, and terrific and desperate must the conflicts have been at ...
... flocks were in constant danger from attack by bands of ferocious wolves. These guardian dogs, watchful and alert through the dark hours, must have. been supremely valuable, and terrific and desperate must the conflicts have been at ...
Page 19
... flock according to his own desire, either to have them go forward, or to stand still, or to draw back, or to turn this way, or to take that way.” The late Mr. Rawdon Lee, in describing the work of the shepherd's dog, says : “ The ...
... flock according to his own desire, either to have them go forward, or to stand still, or to draw back, or to turn this way, or to take that way.” The late Mr. Rawdon Lee, in describing the work of the shepherd's dog, says : “ The ...
Page 29
... flocks and herds before them as they returned to their fastnesses. These strongholds were usually situated in the midst of the bogs and moss-land, of which the Border country was greatly composed. All the secret paths and ways of escape ...
... flocks and herds before them as they returned to their fastnesses. These strongholds were usually situated in the midst of the bogs and moss-land, of which the Border country was greatly composed. All the secret paths and ways of escape ...
Contents
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51 | |
MESSENGER Docs IN THE FIELD | 82 |
THE HomNG INSTINCT | 163 |
VILGUARD Does | 183 |
SENTRY Docs | 214 |
Docs WITH FOREIGN ARMIBS | 234 |
XLCONCLUSION | 284 |
Other editions - View all
British War Dogs: Their Training and Psychology (Classic Reprint) Edwin Hautonville Richardson No preview available - 2015 |
British War Dogs: Their Training and Psychology (Classic Reprint) Edwin Hautonville Richardson No preview available - 2017 |
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