Dogs As Pets

• Beagles for Dummies
  Beagles are an extraordinary breed no bones about it. They're cute, compact, fun loving, and great with kids. (Not to mention those soulful eyes!) But their sense of humor, independence, and stubborn nature isn't for everyone. So whether you're thinking about getting your very own Snoopy dog, or if...
• Grrrrowlicious Food for Hungry Dogs
  Delicious eats for your best friend. Jamie Young's resourceful book will inspire dog lovers everywhere to make important choices about their pet's diet and to create some of the tastiest, healthiest meals for their canine friends. Simple and accessible, this beautifully designed cookbook fe...
• Essential Dog
  This guide provides expert advice at every stage of your dog's life, from puppyhood to pregnancy and saying goodbye. Save on costly veterinary bills with the health section, or rescue your shoes from being chewed with the corrective training section....
• German Shorthaired Pointer
  The German Shorthaired Pointer needs human company. It gets along well with children and makes an ideal family pet....
• Newfoundlands
  (back cover) Information and advice to help you take good care of your Newfoundland The typical Newfoundland: its origins, traits, temperament, and more Expert advice: feeding, health care, exercise, grooming, and much more Understanding your Newfoundland: its voice, its body language...
• Bulldogs for Dummies
  Find out how to select, train, and care for your Bulldog Though originally bred for bull baiting, today's Bulldogs are calm, dignified, and courageous — and make great pets. Whether you're already a Bulldog owner or you're thinking about becoming one, this friendly guide wi...
• Faithful Friends
  In Faithful Friends, pet lovers are reminded how wonderful life is when we share it with our four-legged friends. The little picture frame included in the pocket is a perfect way to say hello to another pet lover. The receiver can place their own pet picture in the frame, or simply enjoy the vintag...
• A History of Dogs in the Early Americas
  Drawing on chronicles, ethnographies, archaeological reports, myths, biology, and a rich array of visual materials, Marion Schwartz investigates views about dogs in a wide range of native societies in North and South America. She discusses the early domestication of the dog and looks at how hunting...
• Dogs are Smarter Than Jack 1
  Do you think dogs are smart? This entertaining SMARTER than JACK book will confirm what you know and surprise you with much more. You'll find out how a dog helped her family sell their house, tricked his brother into giving up a treasured toy, got rid of an unwelcome guest, called someone back from...
• Boston Terriers for Dummies
  Has a Boston Terrier stolen your heart? Whether you're thinking about adding one of these 'American Gentlemen' to your home or you already have one, this fun, friendly guide is the key to becoming a responsible and happy puppy parent! Boston Terriers For Dummies gives you all the basics on raising ...
• Pugs for Dummies
  Currently ranked as the fifteenth most popular breed in the United States, the Pug is one of the most endearing and loyal toy breed dogs. Their roly-poly shape, big googly eyes, and wrinkles cause many people to fall in love with them at first sight. But just because they look all cute and cuddly i...
• Shih Tzu for Dummies
  To know a Shih Tzu is to love a Shih Tzu...they're irresistible, coy, flirtatious, and passionately devoted companions. They love the good life, and though they can be shrewd (or selectively deaf, or consciously naive), the Shih Tzu is so endearing that even big dog lovers find themselves swooning ...
• Beyond Basic Dog Training
  Since its initial publication, Beyond Basic Dog Training has achieved well deserved recognition as an innovative, unique guide to obedience instruction. Obedience authority Diane Bauman' s proven training philosophy asserts that the time has come to go beyond training dogs and start teaching t...
• Boston Terriers
  Titles in this extensive series Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals provide pet owners with basic information on keeping healthy, contented, well-cared-for animals. The series covers pets of every kind: dogs, cats, and birds of many breeds, as well as fish, reptiles, rabbits, hamsters, and just a...
• Bow Wow
  Are You Crazy About Dogs? Whether you've just brought home your first puppy or you've known for years that your beloved dog rules the roost (and the bed!), you will delight in this quirky must-read canine compendium. Filled with charming illustrati...
• Boxers for Dummies
  Strong, smart, loyal, and self-assured, the Boxer is great with kids and makes a wonderful family pet. A typical boxer has boundless energy and curiosity and is a natural clown. Although it’ s rare to find one with a mean streak, the breed can be inquisitive to a fault, and the Boxer’ s...
• Breeding Dogs for Dummies
  So what's the big deal about breeding purebreds? You put two compatible dogs alone together in a room, lower the lights, put a Barry White CD on the stereo and voila, two months later you've got yourself a litter of purebreds—and the rest is gravy, right? Not quite. Simply breeding ...
• Chihuahuas for Dummies
  Are you crazy about Chihuahuas? Chihuahuas For Dummies, 2nd Edition is fully updated to show you how to find the one you'll love most and make him or her part of your family. This one-stop guide gives you all the information you need to raise and care for your plucky little pooch. You'll find exper...
• Dog Palaces
  Dog Palaces shows that almost anything can be made or converted into an elaborate pad for your pampered pooch: coffee tables, snack bars, doll beds, end tables, toolboxes, antique cupboards, divans. Or how about diva digs that imitate San Francisco Victorian homes, grand hotels, oriental pagodas, F...
• The Encyclopedia of the Dog
  One of the most comprehensive explorations of the canine world ever published. - All About Dogs. This title covers everything you need to know about man's best friend from the UK's No.1 vet, Dr Bruce Fogle. Rub noses with more than 400 breeds from around the world from the familiar Labrador Retriev...
• Choosing a Dog for Dummies
  Getting a dog is more like getting married than it is like buying a new car or lawnmower it’ s a melding of spirits and a lifetime commitment. So, before you take the leap, you’ d better make sure that your choice is based on more than a nice smile and a lively tail. And with more than ...
• Dachshunds for Dummies
  Thinking about owning a Dachshund? Dachshunds For Dummies, 2nd Edition is fully updated to show you how to find the one you'll love forever and make him or her part of your family. Whether you choose a standard or miniature, this one-stop guide gives you all the information you need to raise and ca...
• Dog Health and Nutrition for Dummies
  You do everything you can to maintain your optimum health. Doesn’ t your best friend deserve the same? Your dog’ s a member of the family and needs the same attention to health and nutrition as you do to stay healthy, be happy, and live longer. However, it’ s easy to get lost in t...
• Dog Training
  A manual for dog owners, this book shows how to train a dog quickly and easily, how to change bad habits without punishment, develop an excellent relationship with a dog, and socialize a puppy so that it grows up with a sound temperament. Step-by-step instructions are shown in photographs....
• Dog-friendly Dog Training
  Praise for the 1st Edition of "Dog-Friendly Dog Training" "I'm a dog fanatic, read everything I can find on dog behavior, and this book is terrific . . . the methods are clearly spelled out—how to do them, why they work, how they make the doggie-human bond a more lovin...
• Dogs
  Dog lovers of all ages will delight in this treasure trove of canine images and titbits. Over 450 full-colour photographs showcase dogs in all their tail-wagging glory - from the irrepressible appeal of wrinkly puppies to the noble dignity of beloved older dogs, from endearing mutts to show-stoppin...
• Dogs Behaving Badly
  Brand new in paperback, this popular handbook is essential reading for any dog owner experiencing behavioural or training problems with their dog or puppy. Written by a well-known dog behaviourist, it contains easy-to-follow advice on a wide selection of common problems, as well as a number of fasc...
• Expert Obedience Training for Dogs
  This is a legendary dog trainer's classic guide - now revised and updated. First published in the 1960s, Winifred Strickland's celebrated guide has helped generations of dog owners succeed with obedience training. Now updated to reflect changes in AKC obedience regulations since the last edition wa...
• French Bulldogs
  Puppies. They may just be learning to walk, but they already know how to charm. And photographer Sharon Montrose knows just how to capture puppies in all their wet-nosed, tail-wagging appeal.With these emotionally captivating books, the latest additions to her hit Lightweights Littermates series, M...
• German Shepherds for Dummies
  Everybody thinks they know the German Shepherd. Many of us grew up with Rin Tin Tin, or we saw German Shepherds in nightly news reports breaking up riots, or we saw them in neighbors’ backyards protecting children. But that only scratches the surface of one of the most fascinating and confusi...
• If Dogs Could Talk
  Every dog owner knows intuitively that there's something special about the high degree of mutual understanding and empathy that exists between humans and their proverbial best friends. Now, an internationally renowned Hungarian ethologist traces the roots of this unique relationship back to the unu...
• The Mutt Book
  Earth is a great global community, a melting pot in which various populations around the world share and blend their cultures. This is also true of the unsung dog hero - the mutt, the most popular 'breed' on the planet. The Mutt Book: Decoding Your Mutt's Heritage is a groundbreaking work that will...
• Pit Bulls for Dummies
  Pit Bulls have an image problem. If you’ ve never been around Pit Bulls, you may think they are bloodthirsty man-eaters on the prowl for their next meal. If you’ ve lived with one you know they are, indeed, on the prowl for their next meal – but they plan to get it by conning you ...
• Pomeranians for Dummies
  It's easy to see why you fell in love with the idea of adopting a Pomeranian. Distinguished by its vivacity, intelligence, extroversion, and fierce loyalty to its family, this tiny canine can make an excellent companion for the right person. As with any breed, or dogs in general for that matter, it...
• Poodles
  Puppies. They may just be learning to walk, but they already know how to charm. And leading pet photographer Sharon Montrose knows just how to capture puppies in all their wet-nosed, tail-wagging appeal.With these emotionally captivating books, the latest additions to her hit Lightweights Littermat...
• Puppies for Dummies
  Features a new 8-page color section The bestselling guide to making the most of puppy's first year Bringing home a puppy? This fun, friendly guide to puppyhood prepares you for this tough but terrific time. From the basics — housebreaking, feeding, training — to the latest ...
• Puppy Perfect
  The book is user-friendly. The approach is puppy-friendly! Your puppy is so irresistible, cute, and lovable - until she chews your shoe, uproots your flowers, ruins your rug, demolishes your remote, or gobbles up your steaks. Understanding your puppy's unique personality, breed-specific traits, and...
• Rottweilers for Dummies
  Known for its great strength, endurance, and protectiveness, the Rottweiler can be a good-natured, playful pet. It can also be a highly challenging breed. In the right hands, a Rottweiler can be the best security system in town, and at the same time, an affectionate friend to the whole family, alwa...
• Siberian Huskies for Dummies
  Bred for loyalty, strength and endurance, the easy-going and sociable Siberian Husky is a very pure and ancient breed, dating back 4,000 years or more. First bred by the Chukchis, a semi-nomadic people of northeastern Siberia, to hunt reindeer and pull sleds, the Siberian is an active breed that lo...
• Successful Dog Adoption
  Expert guidance in choosing the right dog - the first time Written by a renowned expert in shelter adoption, Successful Dog Adoption delivers all the information you need to find the perfect dog at a shelter and make him part of your family.In easy-to-understand language, Sue Sternberg helps yo...
• The Seven Ages of Your Dog
  Do our dogs experience the equivalent of infancy and puberty? Do they go through terrible teens or struggle with mid-life crises? And what can we do to ensure they take each step in their stride? Best-selling author Jan Fennell leads us through the key stages of a dog's development by uniquely...
• Teach Yourself Dog Training
  Do you want your dog to be socially well-behaved? Are you looking for advice on training and looking after your pet? Covering every aspect of kind, fair and effective dog training as well as authoritative advice on looking after your pet, Dog Trainin...
• The Trick is in the Training
  Trained behavior patterns, popularly known as tricksare fun for canines and their masters. This book shows dog owners how to train an animal to perform both simple and more complicated tricks. The authors begin with four basic commands--sit, down, stand, and stay--that all dogs should know and obey...
• Understanding Your Dog for Dummies
  If you're feeling overwhelmed by the prospect of getting a dog or nervous about caring for the one you've already brought home, now you can relax. Understanding Your Dog for Dummies helps you recognize not only why your dog behaves the way she does, but in a way that enables you to parlay that into...
• What If My Dog...?
  Owning a dog is undoubtedly one of life's great pleasures...At least, that's the mental picture that most dog owners have when they fondly imagine the faithful hound waiting devotedly for his owner's return home, or the fun of romping excitedly throu...
• 100 Ways to Understand Your Dog
  This book presents not only 100 effective ways to train and care for your dog, but a revealing insight into dog psychology. Learn the truth about dog behaviour, the nature of different breeds, and how to build a happy, safe relationship. It includes advice on dealing with problem behaviours such as...
• 101 Dog Training Tips
  Anyone who has used dog-training manuals knows that one often has to read through 300 pages of text to get to the meat of the book, which could be provided in 100 pages. When you have a problem with your dog, you need answers fast. That's why 101 Dog Training Tips is an essential book for any dog o...
• 15 Minutes to a Great Dog
  Only 15 minutes a day is needed to successfully train the family dog, with this practical and handy manual. More than 110 full-colour photos and time saving techniques make this 2nd edition of 15 Minutes to a Great Dog an essential resource for any dog owner. Key obedience commands including sit, c...
• 300 Questions About Dogs
  (back cover) Fast-Reference Q & A Format Dog owners will find 306 questions presented with detailed answers that pertain to every aspect of dog ownership and care. Main topics are categorized separately with color-keyed page edges for quick reference. The topics include equipment and groomi...
• All About Your German Shepherd Dog
  Features 5,000 words and more than 70 colour photographs. It tells you all you need to know about choosing a German Shepherd, breed characteristics, feeding, exercise and training. Health care is expertly covered, and there is a special section on ha...
• All About Your Labrador Retriever
  The All About books are aimed at first-time pet owners, and offer practical advice from experts. Heather Wiles-Fone has been breeding Labradors for many years and provides practical advice on all aspects of choosing and caring for these animals.'...
• The Airedale Terrier Today
  The Airedale Terrier Today The Airedale is the undisputed king of Terriers, and this impressive, courageous dog has a worldwide following. Bred primarily as a hunter, the Airedale has also been used as a police dog and as a dispatch bearer in war. Out-going and confident, the Airedale makes a fine ...
• The Akita Today
  The akita has held an honoured place in Japa nese homes since earliest civilisation, highly-prized for it s hunting and guarding abilities. This book offers a compreh ensive treatment of the breed''s development and its status t oday. '...
• The Call of the Wild
  Originally published in 1903, "The Call of the Wild" is London's best-known work. Marking the 100th anniversary of the novel, this New Riverside Edition is well timed to place London's work in a new and broader historical context. In addition, the volume will show how the critic...
• Dog Story
  Jo wants a dog more than anything else in the world but her mum and dad think that it will be just too much mess and too much bother. And, besides, they have something much more exciting on the way - a baby! So, instead, Jo looks after the rabbits from school, collects ants and adopts a newt. But t...
• City Dog
  Each of these city-specific dog-resource directories takes all of the guesswork out of finding new dog shops, services and places, including dog day cares, boarding facilities, pet sitters, dog parks, dog trainers, pet boutiques, alternative therapies, and neighborhood pet-supply stores. Each listi...
• Memories
  This engaging volume for the general reader explores how individuals and societies remember, forget and commemorate events of the past. The collection of eight essays takes an interdisciplinary approach to address the relationships between individual experience and collective memory, with leading e...
• 101 Facts About Puppies
  101 Facts About - a new series of books providing fascinating insights into each particular pet....
• How to Speak Dog
  From the man who explained why we love the doges we do, a lively guide to the languages, both verbal and physical, that help owners and pets alike get the most out of their cherished relationships. Communication is the crucial ingredient in any relationship, especially when one of you happens to be...
• Puppies
  Toddlers will giggle when the coveras animal face wiggles! Itas Little Puppy, who happily wiggles his ears when heas happy and chomping on a bone. Puppy is one of four sturdy Wiggle-Waggles board books. Each shows a cheerful animalas face on its front cover, which is constructed of layered board se...
• Getting to Know Your Puppy
  One in a series of new pet care books, aimed at children aged 7 to 11 who are buying a small pet for the first time. This is a new hardback version and is written in the first person from the animal's point of view. Lively text, appealing colour photographs and 'friendly' illustrations make these o...
• Dogs & Puppies
  - Offers an exciting selection of drawing projects for kids - Shows kids how to draw step by step, starting with simple shapes and progressing to lifelike finished drawings - Is carefully designed to contain a variety of shapes, sizes, breeds, or species--all drawn with accurate proportions and r...
• Dog's Tales
  Sleeping rough, having sex in public and insulting the most powerful men in the world earned the ancient Cynic or 'dog' philosophers fame and infamy in antiquity and beyond. This book reveals that French Renaissance texts feature a rich and varied set of responses to the Dogs, including especially ...
• Paws for Thought
  Everyone who has ever had a pet, worked closely with animals or simply observed them closely can tell you: animals have a way of adding humour, sentiment or insight to our lives. In this book, Melbourne cartoonist Bev Aisbett has drawn from her experience of this to present dozens of examples where...
• Everything I Need to Know I Learned from My Dog
  Dog lovers in the mood for a little canine humor and a helping of animal appreciation, will delight in this charming little book. After all, we know that every Fido and Rover is wise beyond his years, articulate with his tail, generous with a smile and above all, overwhelmingly affectionate. So wha...
• The Healthy Wholistic Dog
  The Healthy Wholistic Dog explores the many natural remedies and therapies suitable for the problems faced by today's pets. Written in concise, easy to follow protocols, the book is an important addition to any pet library. Within these pages, you will find formulas and botanicals used worldwide th...
• Obesity
  Obesity is an all too common medical condition, frustrating to both patients and practitioners. In 1998, the National Institutes of Health published Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults. Obesity uses this evidence-based report as a...
• Breed Predispositions to Disease in Dogs and Cats
  Here is a comprehensive reference to all the diseases and disorders of dogs and cats that are either inherited or more prevalent in certain breeds. There is no other single book that covers this subject. Information on breed-related diseases from numerous high-quality sources are gathered together ...
• Brigit, Now!
  This book deals with the trials and tribulations of the unplanned raising and training of a puppy, and later, thought, to be, necessity, of behavioral improvement, by mating, and orchestrated, by, people unfamiliar, in these, areas. 'You want, a dog? When you have a place, of, your own, you can, ha...
• Dogs and Their Ways - Anecdote and History
  Originally published in 1904. An interesting and unusual dog book illustrating from accredited facts the dog's various qualities and its valuable services to man. The illustrated contents include:- Structure, Habits and Instincts of the Dog - The Dog of the Sledge - Of the Flock - Of the Herd - Of ...
• Gentle Dog Training
  By treating the dog as an intelligent being who is frequently rewarded and rarely punished, this complete dog training handbook guides owners through a basic education and into a happy relationship with their pet. Because dogs perceive every gesture, movement, and even the thoughts of their owners ...
• The Complete Herbal Handbook for the Dog and Cat
  Dog and cat owners are becoming increasingly concerned about the saftey of processed pet food and the possible side-effects of over-use of antibiotics and hormone treatments. This new edition, thoroughly revised and updated, covers Natural Rearing, herbal medicine and disease prevention....
• Cats in Their Gardens
  Page Dickey takes us on an insider's tour of twenty of the most charming gardens in America and Europe with the ideal garden companion - cats. Author Roxana Robinson's Victorian garden in upstate New York, Martha Stewart's cottage garden of perennials in Westport, Connecticut, plus noted garden aut...
• Meow
  Choosing a name for a beloved new pet can be so very challenging stick him with Fido and he might try to bite the mailman. Pin her with a trendy new name like Brittney and she'll be yesterday's news before she's even twenty one in dog years! These delightful little gift books are an adorable soluti...
• The Essential Siberian Husky
  Owning a Siberian Husky is rewarding and fun! Get all you need to know about feeding, training and caring for your dog's health in The Essential Siberian Husky. Special features include professional color photos and expert tips on how to make your dog a wonderful addition to the family. Learn ...
• Great Danes
  Despite its huge size, the handsome and elegant Great Dane is sociable with children, and makes a wonderful pet for owners who have adequate space to give the dog proper exercise. Eight brand new Pet Owner's Manuals are available from Barron's in Spring 2002. Heavily illustrated and filled with rel...
• Rough and Smooth Collies
  The rough collie has been one of the most popular breeds in Britain since long before the TV exploits of Lassie and in the show ring the breed has consistently appeared in the top dozen of Kennel Club registrations. This book considers the rough collie and its smooth-haired cousin side by side in t...
• Training Your Boxer
  When correctly trained, the handsome Boxer is renowned for unswerving loyalty to its master and its fearlessness as a guard dog. Training Your Dog books teach ordinary non-expert dog owners how to train their own pets. Virtually every aspect of training is covered, with special focus on the distinc...
• Bichon Frise
  This work offers the authoritative information and advice you need, illustrated throughout with full-color photographs - now revised and redesigned to be even more reader-friendly! Fluffy, white powder puffs with paws, irresistible Bichon Frises are intelligent and adaptable. They're happy up in a ...
• The Essential Poodle
  Owning a Poodle is rewarding and fun! Get all you need to know about feeding, training, and caring for your dog's health in The Essential Poodle. Special features include professional color photos and expert tips on how to make your dog a wonderful addition to the family. Learn how to have a great ...
• Lhasa Apsos
  These cheerful and intelligent little dogs make fine pets, but have long, flowing hair that demands regular grooming. Eight brand new Pet Owner's Manuals are available from Barron's in Spring 2002. Heavily illustrated and filled with reliable information, titles in this practical series show and te...
• Shar-pei
  These handsome dogs are of Chinese origin. Their strong personalities require firm training, and their penchant for the outdoors dictates that they be exercised daily. Barron's comprehensive series of Pet Owner's Manuals advise both current and prospective owners on the care of virtually every kind...
• The French Bulldog
  Adorable! Spelled the same in French and English, this word sums up the petite French Bulldog. Similar in build to the very popular Pug, the French Bulldog is a roly-poly lotta-lovin' dog -- avec un attitude! While still ranked in the middle of the AKC registrations list at #76, the Frenchie is bec...
• The Bichon Frise Handbook
  This playful and affectionate dog is distinguished by its white coat and powder-puff look. It is adaptable to a wide range of living situations and relatively easy to care for. This book offers general advice on feeding, grooming, exercise needs, health care, and much more. Written by breeders, tra...
• Chow Chows
  Coverage ranges from expert pointers on choosing, training and nurturing chow-chows to authoritative advice on general care and medical matters. Eight full-page color photos and nearly 30 line drawings. Also available as second-hand book from $10.00...
• Finnish Spitz
  This book, illustrated throughout entirely with full-color photos and drawings, presents sensible, easy-to-follow recommendations about selecting and caring for a Finnish Spitz. It concentrates on providing readers with the information they need and want -- all given in an interesting and easy-to-r...
• Guide to Owning a Chow Chow
  Written primarily for those new to owning a chow chow, a dog care handbook which covers all aspects of owning the breed, from a history of the chow chow to choice and selection, grooming, feeding and showing. Illustrated throughout with individually laminated colour photographs....
• The Beagle Handbook
  Here is detailed advice for owners of this cheerful breed, which is adaptable as a hunter or a household pet. Titles in this pet care series are similar to Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals, but are larger, with more detailed instruction and more illustrations. The books advise pet owners on pu...
• Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
  Your Happy Healthy Pet offers the authoritative information and advice you need, illustrated throughout with full-color photographs - now revised and redesigned to be even more reader-friendly! Cavalier King Charles Spaniels are equally at home in a castle or a condo, the city or the country. Elega...
• Dachshund
  The authoritative information and advice you need, illustrated throughout with full-color photographs - now revised and redesigned to be even more reader-friendly! Originally bred as badger hunters, Dachshunds today are among the world's favorite family pets - clever, inquisitive, fun-loving dogs w...
• The Dachshund Handbook
  The Dachshund, originally bred as a hunting dog is found in longhaired, smooth, and wirehaired varieties. They are intelligent animals and make friendly, energetic companions. Titles in the Pet Handbooks series are filled with detailed pet-care advice and feature vivid color photos as well as instr...
• Fox Terriers
  Comprehensive guide on how to care for your pet. Both smooth-haired and wire-haired Fox Terriers are discussed. Advice on purchasing and acquiring, health care, feeding and much more. Clear straight-forward text is accompanied by full colour photographs, as well as helpful tables and charts....
• German Wirehaired Pointers Today
  The latest addition to the BOOK OF THE BREED series looks at the German wirehaired pointer, covering the breed both as a work and show dog. Special emphasis is placed on the upbringing and socialising of the dog....
• Golden Retrievers Today
  The definitive list of breed books, written by internationally-famed experts for serious dog people. Although most of the authors are British, the list has true trans-Atlantic appeal, and several titles have won coveted awards from the Dog Writers' Association of America. These include Bullmas...
• Greyhounds
  Few dogs are as emotionally engaging or physically elegant as the greyhound. None are as swift. Its unmatched fleetness is key to the breed's longtime survival. Bred to hunt, the greyhound has a lineage extending back 8,000 years. Throughout their history, greyhounds have been the companions of kin...
• Jack Russell Terrier
  Your Happy Healthy Pet offers the authoritative information and advice you need, illustrated throughout with full-color photographs - now revised and redesigned to be even more reader-friendly! Jack Russell Terriers (JRTs) demand a lot of attention and activity, but offer a lot of affection and con...
• The Jack Russell Terrier Handbook
  Here's detailed advice on a handsome, lively hunting breed that originated in the United States. Titles in this pet care series are similar to Barron's Pet Owner's Manuals, but are larger, with more detailed instruction and more illustrations. The books advise pet owners on purchase, health care, n...
• Labrador Retrievers for Dummies
  You have a picture in your head. A picture of yourself with your practically perfect dog. You’ ve always preferred big dogs, and your ideal dog is sturdy, strong, and energetic. At the same time, you envision a dog who is gentle and completely in tune to your needs, your whims, and your every...
• Miniature Schnauzer
  Miniature, but mighty protective. Bearded, but beguiling. Affectionate, but somewhat independent. Traditionally among the AKC's 15 most popular breeds, Miniature Schnauzers pack a lot of personality into their sturdy, compact frames. This guide fills you in on their needs and attributes, cover...
• A New Owners Guide to Golden Retrievers
  Written for those new to owning a golden retriever, a canine manual which covers such topics as characteristics of the breed, standard for the breed, choosing a dog, preparing for a new puppy, housebreaking and training, health, nutrition, pet care, breeding, behaviour and communication....