Rat Terrier: The Essential Guide for the Rat Terrier Lover (Breed Lover's Guide)

Rat Terrier: The Essential Guide for the Rat Terrier Lover (Breed Lover's Guide) Review

Rat Terrier: The Essential Guide for the Rat Terrier Lover (Breed Lover's Guide) Overview

The Rat Terrier is part of the Miscellaneous Class of the American Kennel Club (AKC) and is known for his friendly personality and energetic nature. This all-inclusive care and health guide provides breed-specific information to help you raise a happy and healthy family companion.

The Breed Lover s Guide provides the next level in dog care and training for very special breeds of dogs. Written specifically about those less common breeds, this series includes key subjects like breed characteristics, feeding, grooming, training, and health with expert advice from breeders, vets, and trainers affiliated with each breed.

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Portuguese Water Dog (Comprehensive Owner's Guide)

Portuguese Water Dog (Comprehensive Owner's Guide) Review

Portuguese Water Dog (Comprehensive Owner's Guide) Overview

The seafaring wonder known as the Portuguese Water Dog has made an unprecedented splash in the American dog world. An exceptional diver and swimmer, the Portuguese Water Dog excels in sports in the water and on land, a true working dog of unique ability. When not herding fish into a fisherman's net or carrying messages from boat to boat, this talented canine is home guarding his family, accompanying his owners and playing with the children. While the breed's sunny disposition and clownlike personality recommends it to a wide array of owners, the Portuguese Water Dog requires an active, well-informed and available owner in order for it to thrive and be happy.

This new Comprehensive Owner's Guide provides owners and potential owners with the necessary information about maintenance and exercise requirements, health concerns and training needs.

The author describes the PWC's characteristics and personality, presents the breed standard and offers excellent advise about puppy slection, getting started in obedience, house-training, grooming and much more.

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Chinese Crested: A Comprehensive Guide to Owning and Caring for Your Dog (Comprehensive Owner's Guide)

Chinese Crested: A Comprehensive Guide to Owning and Caring for Your Dog (Comprehensive Owner's Guide) Review

Chinese Crested: A Comprehensive Guide to Owning and Caring for Your Dog (Comprehensive Owner's Guide) Overview

Distinctive for its hairlessness, the Chinese Crested is the world's most popular breed of hairless dog--a curious distinction, for certain. Beneath its sometimes purple skin is a rare and delightful canine. Compared to a graceful prancing pony in miniature, the Chinese Crested, with its tufted head, feet and tail, makes a feisty, fun-loving pet for those folk clever enough to fall in love with a near-naked dog. The breed, in actuality, comes in two varieties, with the Powderpuff coated in a soft veil of hair. For the right owners, the Chinese Crested makes a loyal and enthusiastic pet, happily praticipating in sports, outdoor outings, shows and the like.

This book provides the kind of information Crested owners require. The author shares her insight into the breed's characteristics and personality plus handy first-hand advice about caring for the breed's skin, coat and teeth. Owners will welcome the detailed chapter on house-training and obedience training, all based on positive training techniques.

Whether it's housebreaking problems, acne, sunburn or toothaches, this new volume provides the necessary guidance from puppyhood through the Crested's senior years.

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Japanese Chin (Comprehensive Owner's Guide)

Japanese Chin (Comprehensive Owner's Guide) Review

Japanese Chin (Comprehensive Owner's Guide) Overview

A delightful and affectionate toy dog hailing from the Land of the Rising Sun, the Japanese Chin is counted among the world’s most beloved companion dogs, a breed that author Juliette Cunliffe describes as a "happy little character with a down-to-earth, yet bumptious, personality." Despite his small size, the Chin has a larger-than-life approach to the world: alert, spirited and friendly to all whom he encounters. As a home companion, the Japanese Chin demands affection and little else, being a naturally clean pet, often compared to a cat in cleanliness, sophistication and self-awareness.

This new Comprehensive Owner’s Guide provides an entertaining portrait of the Chin’s origins and history, the breed’s physical characteristics and temperament as well as the special requirements of the new owner. Owners will welcome the author’s advice on selecting a healthy, typical Chin puppy, rearing, feeding and house-training the pup, plus obedience lessons, home safety and grooming. Additionally, a lavishly illustrated chapter on preventive healthcare by Dr. Lowell Ackerman provides up-to-date accurate information on inoculations, parasite control, selecting a veterinarian and other topics vital to the ownership of a healthy pure-bred dog. Whether you are a long-time owner and breeder of the Chin or a newcomer to the Chin clan, this new volume will be a welcome addition to your breed library.

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Australian Cattle Dog (Comprehensive Owner's Guide)

Australian Cattle Dog (Comprehensive Owner's Guide) Review

Australian Cattle Dog (Comprehensive Owner's Guide) Overview

The Blue Heeler from Down Under, the Australian Cattle Dog shines as the nation’s pride and joy, a most versatile and fearless working dog that knows no bounds as a herder and companion dog. Developed to work cattle, as his name implies, the Australian Cattle Dog today performs flawlessly in many arenas: on ranches and farms as a tireless herder; in dog shows as a Best in Show winner; at obedience, herding and agility trials as a multi-title holder; and in homes as a prized family member. For the active family able to provide the AuCaDo with the structure, training and attention he requires, this remarkable breed will provide many years of quality companionship.

This new book provides insightful chapters on the breed’s history in Australia, characteristics and standard as well as puppy selection, grooming, health care and feeding. The new owner will welcome advice about puppy-proofing the home, preparing for the pup’s arrival, housebreaking and preventing puppy problems. Not only well written and informative but also beautifully illustrated with over 135 color photographs, this book will prove an excellent resource for all owners of the Australian Cattle Dog. Helpful hints and important information are highlighted to provide easy access to everything the reader needs to know about life with an AuCaDo from puppyhood to the senior years.

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Beagle (Smart Owner's Guide)

Beagle (Smart Owner's Guide) Review

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• ISBN13: 9781593787721
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Beagle (Smart Owner's Guide) Overview

Smart Owner’s Guide Beagle is the first interactive breed book of it kind to offer owners a fun way to learn about caring for their loyal companions. The book contains easy-to-read information full of smart tips, notable quotations, fun facts, and more than 100 adorable photos of your favorite hound that will keep you flipping through the pages. Beagle also offers online support with instant access to Club Beagle™ where owners can meet and interact with other dedicated Beagle owners, download charts and checklists, play Beagle-specific games, create their Beagle avatar, take quizzes, and send Beagle themed e-cards. Besides the online component, Smart Owner’s Guide Beagle has two bonus DVDs – one from Comfort Zone with D.A.P. on training and building the bond with your dog with dog trainer, Andrea Arden; and the second, a compilation of tips, do-it-yourself projects, and cooking videos from Dog Fancy and DogChannel.com. This comprehensive package is a must-have for every Beagle owner.

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