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.