The Perfect Match
A Dog Buyer's Guide
Published on 1. September 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-87605-767-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a must for anyone considering a canine addition to the family. Nearly 150 breeds are presented with a full photo for each and a complete checklist including personality and physical characteristics, as well as both possitive and negative attributes. Never before has there been such depth of truth and authority collected in one comprehensive volume.
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Language
English
Place of publication
TN
United States
Publishing group
Turner Publishing Company
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
435 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87605-767-4 (9780876057674)
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Additional editions
E-Book
05/2008
1st Edition
Howell Book House
€16.49
Available for download
Person
Chris Walkowicz has had a lifelong involvement with dogs as a breeder, trainer/behaviorist, lecturer, writer, and now judge of purebred dogs. She is the co-author of Old Dogs, Old Friends, and Successful Dog Breeding.
Content
Designer Dogs. Alphabetical Listing of Breeds. 1. Who Says You Can't Buy Love? 2. Reading Between the Lines, or Caveat Emptor. 3. Be a Sport (Sporting Dogs). 4. To the Hounds! (Hounds). 5. A Dog's Work Is Never Done (Working Breeds). 6. Heart of a Lion (Terriers). 7. More than a Toy (Toys). 8. Potpourri (Non-Sporting Dogs). 9. Round Up (Herding Breeds). 10. Et Cetera (Miscellaneous and Rare Breeds). Appendices. Walkowicz's Words to the Wise. Medical Glossary. Index.