The Bull-Mastiff As I Know It - With Hints For All Who Are Interested In The Breed - A Practical Scientific And Up-To-Date Guide To The Breeding, Rearing And Training Of The Great British Breed Of Dog

This volume contains a detailed handbook on the Bull-Mastiff, a large-sized breed of domestic dog developed by 19th-century gamekeepers and descended from the English Mastiff and the extinct Old English Bulldog. It contains chapters on everything from selection and breeding to training and exhibiting, making it a must-have for existing and prospective owners. Contents include: "The Dog Breeder's Handy Calculating Table," "To My Readers," "The Bull-Mastiff's Progenitors," "The Evolution of the Bull-Mastiff," "What Bull-Mastiffs Really Are," "How Bull-Mastiffs Were Produced," "Bull-Mastiffs and Bull-Baiting," "The Canine Structure," "Bull-Mastiffs as Guards," "The Colour Question," "Principal Points of a Dog," "The Birth of the Bull-Mastiff," "The Brood Bitch," etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality addition complete with the original text and artwork.

• | Author: Arthur Craven
• | Publisher: Read Country Books
• | Publication Date: Apr 21, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 116 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Pets
• | ISBN-10: 1473337623
• | ISBN-13: 9781473337626