The Technique of Breeding Better Dogs

Introdcution; the breeder; kennels and runs; the brood bitch; the stud dog; anatomy of the bitch and her oestrous cycle; anatomy of the dog - sperm testing; mating; artificial insemination; the gestation period; whelping - normal whelping, whelping problems; rearing puppies - the nursing bitch, diseases in puppies, hand-rearting puppies, rearing in the first two weeks (vegetative phase), rearing in the third week (transitional phase), rearing in the fourth to seventh weeks (imprinting phase); selling puppies (socialization phase).