The Complete Poodle

by Del Dahl

Book Overview

Discusses the history, genetics and breed characteristics of the poodle. In addition, the book offers readers information on choosing and caring for a puppy, breeding, whelping, showing, grooming, trimming and the problems associated with the breed. Illustrated throughout, the book features outstanding examples of the breed and contains the current Poodle Standard.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087605257X
• ISBN13: 9780876052570
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Howell Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

A WONDERFUL book!

If you are a new, or soon to be, poodle owner, definantly get this book! It is wonderful, lots of great info, it mainly focuses on showing/breeding, but it is still great for the pet poodle owner! It also has a lot of great pictures of top winning poodles, from the past and today! This is definatly a must read!

Best modern poodle book with excellent coat-care chapter

This was an excellent all-around poodle book. I have several, but this is probably my favourite. I have a black standard and although he is not a show dog, the chapters on coat care, how it grows, grooming, etc. were very in-depth. Though I think that it was geared primarily to people in the show circle, pet owners of poodles should not be put-off. I also have Eileen Geeson's book on the standard poodle and Bruce Fogle's Dog breed handbook on the poodle, both also valuable resources. The only thing I found a bit lacking in Del Dahl's (and Eileen Geeson's) books was there was not enough information on temperment and personality.

This book is unbeliebvably excellent!

I have had poodles for over 30 years, but I still learned a tremendous amount from this book. I first got it from the library, but it has so much information that I needed my own copy because I refer to it all the time. It is hard to describe grooming without a video. He managed to do a grest job of it through pictures and text. I especially like the series of pictures that show the development of a show dog from puppy to adult.

Fantastic resource and foundation of poodle knowledge

This book opened the door to the poodle world for me. It contains many top dogs, and a wealth of pictures. It contains the standard for the breed and some helpful hints on interpreting that. Common sense eye-opening advice on showing, breeding, and kennel development. I loved it! If you are serious about Poodles, this one is a must.

Best of best

This book gives in easy language everything you have to know about how to prepare your puppy to a show dog. I have standard who I love but I had big problems with mentaing his hair. With this book he boceme Slovenian champin, Croatian Champion and he is on a good way to become Austrian and International champion too. Thank you Del Dahl. Now I don't only love my standard poodel but I can mantain his show coat on my own