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Title: Choosing a Dog: Your Guide to Picking the Perfect Breed by Nancy Baer, Steven Duno, Steve Duno, Steven Dino ISBN: 0-425-14958-7 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: December, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.47 (15 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Not the best book on choosing a dog breed.
Comment: The authors (dog trainers) seem to promote the sterotypes for several of the breeds described in the book. The primary sources of related experiences seem to be with animals with problem owners rather than animals from well adjusted owners/families. Having owned or grown up with many of the breeds described in the book, I can only say that the breed descriptions in this book are often slanted toward the ill-adjusted / ill-breed end of the breed spectrum.
For a better guide look at The Right Dog for You by Daniel Tortora
Rating: 5
Summary: excellent book
Comment: The problem with most books that describe breeds is that they're too sanitized (afraid to say anything negative about a breed at all costs) and/or use meaningless descriptors like "faithful," "loyal," "proud." The books end up being absolutely useless. THIS book is different. It relates the personal experiences of trainers who work with various dog breeds. Do I agree with everything? No, but the book isn't about ME. The book is about what THESE authors have encountered in THEIR contact with the breeds described. It's real, it's excellent. And frankly, as a dog trainer myself, I DO agree with a great deal of what they've experienced. This is always a book I recommend to someone exploring breeds. (Hey, if nothing else, it's cheap, so buy it and decide for yourself what you think!).
Rating: 3
Summary: Maybe there's no "perfect breed"?
Comment: I would rate this volume four stars for information, except that there's little on inherited health issues, but only two stars for tone. After reading every section on the twenty or so breeds I was considering, I found myself becoming quite discouraged; it seemed that every breed demonstrated one or more characteristics that should discourage any potential owner from making a purchase. From the point of view of some breeders, this might be seen as a useful purpose, but I was certainly looking for something more positive. The book relies on sketches of each breed rather than photographs.
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Title: The Perfect Match : A Dog Buyer's Guide by Chris Walkowicz ISBN: 0876057679 Publisher: Howell Book House Pub. Date: 05 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: RIGHT DOG FOR YOU by Daniel F. Tortora ISBN: 067147247X Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 31 March, 1983 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Paws to Consider: Choosing the Right Dog for You and Yr Family by S. Brian/Wilson Kilcommons ISBN: 0446521515 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Choosing a Dog for Life by Andrew De Prisco, James B. Johnson, Andrew Deprisco ISBN: 0793820871 Publisher: TFH Publications Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Barron's Encyclopedia of Dog Breeds by D. Caroline Coile, Michele Earle-Bridges ISBN: 0764150979 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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