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Your Purebred Puppy: A Buyer's Guide
How to select the right breed of dog for you and your family, locate a good breeder, and choose the very best puppy of the litter.
The decision to buy a purebred dog may be made easily, but the question of which breed to buy is more complicated. Your Purebred Puppy, Second Edition, takes the guesswork out of choosing a dog. Updated to include twenty new breeds, this authoritative guide profiles 200 breeds and varieties of dogs-complete with photographs of each-to help prospective buyers find the one with the physical and behavioral characteristics that will best suit them. Michele Welton explains step by step how to decide on the right breed, locate a reputable breeder, and pick a healthy, good-looking, good-tempered companion. Also provided are simple tests readers can use to determine a puppy's temperament before they buy him and bring him home. Acquiring a dog is a big commitment, requiring time, patience, and money. Your Purebred Puppy, Second Edition, is the essential guidebook to accompany you on the search for your new pet.
The decision to buy a purebred dog may be made easily, but the question of which breed to buy is more complicated. Your Purebred Puppy, Second Edition, takes the guesswork out of choosing a dog. Updated to include twenty new breeds, this authoritative guide profiles 200 breeds and varieties of dogs-complete with photographs of each-to help prospective buyers find the one with the physical and behavioral characteristics that will best suit them. Michele Welton explains step by step how to decide on the right breed, locate a reputable breeder, and pick a healthy, good-looking, good-tempered companion. Also provided are simple tests readers can use to determine a puppy's temperament before they buy him and bring him home. Acquiring a dog is a big commitment, requiring time, patience, and money. Your Purebred Puppy, Second Edition, is the essential guidebook to accompany you on the search for your new pet.
- GenresNonfictionAnimalsDogs
336 pages, Paperback
First published October 15, 2000
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April 12, 2021
Stumbled upon this gem at the library and found it extremely well organized and helpful. My kids loved looking through it, too, to find that *perfect* dog based on our priorities!
January 14, 2008
The best book I have ever seen on how to prepare for selecting a new puppy, how to choose from various puppies, how to conduct the transaction--everything you need to consider to make the best possible choice for you and the puppy. I love this book, recommend it whole-heartedly to anyone who is about to obtain a puppy, and will keep the book in my personal library forever.
Recommend use in conjunction with How to Choose and Care for your Dog by Joan Palmer. It is old, only available second hand, but a good guide. Also recommend the AKC guide to dog breeds, available from AKC. These 3 are must reads before choosing a dog.
Recommend use in conjunction with How to Choose and Care for your Dog by Joan Palmer. It is old, only available second hand, but a good guide. Also recommend the AKC guide to dog breeds, available from AKC. These 3 are must reads before choosing a dog.
October 3, 2011
Even though we were not inexperienced dog owners, & knew exactly what we were getting into when we purchased Sebastian 5 years ago, I acquired this book from somewhere. I can't remember where, but I read it. It's a good, basic puppy manual :) Gives you good, solid information.
October 31, 2012
For technical vocab when we meet breeders and to research that the breed is right for our lifestyle and the husband's allergies. Very comprehensive, though, to sound like a 14 year old, I would have liked color pictures.
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