Original Dog Bible

by Kristin Mehus-Roe

Book Overview

This guide to all things canine includes profiles of more than 250 breeds, one hundred grooming tips, fifty careers with dogs, and one hundred health remedies for common canine ailments, as well as... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931993343
• ISBN13: 9781931993340
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Lumina Press
• Length: 752 Pages
• Weight: 4.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.6" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

SO HELPFUL

If your a dog expert or a dog beginner this book is a must have! It has an answer to every dog queestion!

Its truly the dog bible.

It really does have everything a dog owner, dog lover or a person thinking of getting a dog needs. It has over 200 different breeds with basic info on each. Information ranging from an extensive history on dogs, how to choose a new dog and traveling with one, many health problems, training and behavior plus many dog jobs, which I think is really neat. It is full of wonderful, colorful pictures and little boxes full of bonus information like the most popular breeds of a certain year. Highly recommend for all.

An Amazing Resource for All Things Doggie!

The title says it all. Everything you need to know: (condensed from the back cover.) Section 1: Dogs, domestication and Developement: Dogs from the beginning to the present. The history of our canine friends. Section 2: A New Dog: Finding the right dog and making a home for him. Breeders, Rescues and what to look for. Preparing for a new puppy. Section 3: Life with a Dog: Making your dog a part of your family. What activities does your dog enjoy as much as you? What should you consider in planing a canine-friendly vacation? Section 4: Breeds: Essential information on more than 250 breeds. (Done in categorical sense: herding, working, hound, gun, companion. Every dog breed that is AKC affliated.) Section 5: Health: Diseases that can affect your dog and how to provide a life time of good health. What to look for in a vet. Preventative maintence you can do at your home. Section 6: Care: Interperting your dog's body language and techiniques for training. Section 7: Training and Behavior: Why dogs act the way they do and how we can teach them a better way. Section 8: Dogs and jobs. From canine companions to search and rescue heroes. Section 9: Resources: The one stop shop for all the canine particulars you need, including rescue organizations, pet loss hot lines & web sites, breed clubs, supplies and dog travel web sites. I am a dog-nut person who has been doggie shopping for the last 3 years for the next addition to our family. (We have a lab.)who owns a variety of All-Breeds kinda books that I pretty much read on a weekly basis in my quest for the Ultimate Dog (tm) and though I love books like this, I pretty much am all about rescues and mutts. I love dog books and getting the info on the breeds from the popular to the rare. This book is am amazing resource for anyone who is either dog crazy ( like me!) or doggie shopping ( like me!) or who wants to educate themselves on our canine friends ( like me!) And who wants to be a better dog owner. ( Like me!) or is happily enslaved by their dog ( like me!) So, if you want to be more like me ( and really, who doesn't :) ) I cannot recommend this book any higher! The only thing that could make it better is if it came coated in chocolate.

Best value EVER

I never thought I would find a book like this. I own a couple of og-encyclopedia type books, and they're great for breed descriptions. But this Dog Bible is like 5 more books rolled into one. It covers so much that I very much doubt I will ever need another book on dogs again. For roughly $20 after shipping this is a steal, and you will never spend $20 more wisely than this amazing resource. I was disappointed by the shortsightedness of the reviewer below who didn't give this book a chance because it wasn't all about Pugs. Please disregard the comments he made. This book has information on EVERYTHING, and is not intended to be a breed only title. I for one would rather know everything about dogs and a lot about pugs than nothing about dogs and everything about pugs...

WOW! Another great book from Bowtie.

The writers at Bowtie continue to amaze me with the quality books they put on the market. I just purchased this book last week and I am incredibly impressed by the volume and quality of information in it. Every Dog owner MUST HAVE one of these!