The Australian Cattle Dog: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet [Hardcover]

Katherine Buetow (Author)

Book Description

Series: Happy Healthy Pet | Publication Date: March 23, 1998

This is our seventh set of Happy, Healthy Pet titles. These latest additions will bring our series up to fifty-five titles, and like the others, they are books pet owners can turn to for the essential information they need to raise a healthy pet.

All books contain information on:

• feeding
• housing
• grooming
• health care
• what to expect from the pet
• basic training

As our series expands and focuses on different kinds of pets, the emphasis remains on making the pet a companion. In addition, owners of more unusual pets will particularly appreciate the expert advice in these books because professional care for their animals may be difficult to come by. As always, the instruction is from expert—people who know their pet intimately, but also remember what it was like to have one for the first time.

Happy, Healthy Pet guides are rich with professional quality color photos and are designed to be enjoyable and easy to learn from.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

At last, a book about your pet that emphasizes total care, training and companionship! You'll not only learn about the species-specific traits of your special pet, you'll also learn what the world's like from your pet's perspective; how to feed, groom and keep your pet healthy; and how to enjoy your pet through training and activities you can do together. The Australian Cattle Dog is written by a breed expert and includes a special chapter on training by Dr. Ian Dunbar, internationally renowned animal behaviorist, and chapters on getting active with your dog by long-time Dog Fancy magazine columnist Bardi McLennan. Best of all, the book is filled with info-packed sidebars and fun facts to make caring for your pet easy and enjoyable.

About the Author

Katherine Buetow has been actively involved in the Australian Cattle Dog Club of America for a number of years. She has written for the ACDCA Newsletter, the ACD Annual, the AKC Gazette and she maintains the ACD website at http://www.cattledog.com. She breeds for all-around Cattle Dogs under the "Katwala" prefix.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Howell Book House; 1 edition (March 23, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0876054467
• ISBN-13: 978-0876054468
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #742,068 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book especially on training!, June 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Australian Cattle Dog: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet (Hardcover)

As a first time Australian Cattle Dog Owner we were unprepared at how to care for and deal with the cattle dog that adopted us. This book has lots of good information on caring for cattle dogs and is the only one that had information in it on leash breaking our dog. All in all an excellent book for people new to dogs and Australian cattle dogs in particular.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very informative read for owners new to the breed., April 23, 1998

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Susan Aarons ([e-mail]) (Monroe, Louisiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Australian Cattle Dog: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet (Hardcover)

As a new owner of an ACD pup, I felt that I needed to know more information about the breed as a whole so that I could obtain insight on how to deal with my dog. This book was very informative and gave a good description of the ACD. I feel now that I better know how to handle my dog, but also how to make him the happiest. It gave great ideas on how to spend quality time with your dog using activites that they enjoy. I feel that our bond has definitely improved after reading this book. Read the book, get ready for some fun, and by all means go buy a can of tennis balls.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Half on ACDs, half on dogs in general, July 30, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Australian Cattle Dog: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet (Hardcover)

I enjoyed this book, but didn't realize until I received it that only half the book is devoted to ACDs. The other half is about dog/puppy care in general and seems to be universal to this series of books. Good information, just not specific to ACDs as I had hoped.

Lots of pictures of adorable ACD puppies, as well as full-grown dogs. Good information about techniques for keeping an ACD busy and active, too. Medium-size puppy Kong toys filled with kibble, peanut butter and topped with a treat have helped my ACD stay in her crate all night without complaint, and saved my sanity!

Another quibble, the book tends to assume that you selected your puppy from a reputable breeder. The author doesn't seem to acknowledge owners who rescue pups, who have found an ACD pup by chance, or who have a mixed-breed, part-ACD pup.