Mark Evans Animal Care: Dog Doctor

by Mark Evans

The Mark Evans Animal Care series provides owners with up-to-date information, reliable, honest advice and simple, practical tips on pet care. Dog Doctor is a must for all dog owners'it could turn an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0876056788
• ISBN13: 9780876056783
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Howell Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.8" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Long in the Tooth

I think this is a worthwhile book to own even though its 1996 publishing date makes it a bit dated. It's worth adding to one's collection, but because of some shortcomings should not be the only book of its type on one's shelf.

by English vet; limited usefulness for American dog owners

This dog care book is well written and illustrated but written for an English audience rather than American. Differences in language can be confusing: for example "animal-care assistants" are refered to as "unqualified". In US English, "unqualified" means "incompetent". In the Queen's English, "unqualified" means that one has not been admitted to a profession (eg: vet). More serious problems in the book include the ommission of some diseases that occur in the US, such as "corona virus", a potentially greater killer of puppies. Also, this book has NO information whatever on spaying or neutering a dog. In the US, almost all responsible persons spay or neuter, and the surplus dog population mainly comes from irresponsible low-lifes. In contrast, in England it is much less common for even responsible persons to spay or neuter. Indeed, some vets consider it quite immoral.