Customer Reviews

Australian Kelpie (Rare Breed)

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This book offers an excellent technological and pictorial presentation of the Australian Kelpie dog.

Unfortunately, there is not much written about the personality, inexhaustiable energy and total devotion to their human masters. This makes it hard for those people who wish to use this book to decide on a kelpie as either a work animal or a family pet. (The Kelpie is brilliant at both.)

I think the book is more a manual. A more humane (canine) approach would have been attracted me more to this book.

Being a kelpie owner for over thirty years, I was looking for more.

While Mr Sloan shows some nice examples of show kelpies (which are an offshoot of the actual working strain) he neglects the real reason these dogs were developed as a breed. Working Kelpies are the work force in Australia's pastoral farming system and should be given their due. By concentrating on the shorter-legged, heavier-coated and basically non-working show dogs, Mr Sloane has doen the forefathers of the Kelpie breed a serious disservice. Having stated all that, the book does contain some fine photographs of show dogs, which , if one likes such dogs, one might find useful.

I found Mr Sloanes book informative,reliable and essential reading for the owner or potential owner of the Australian Kelpie.Pictures of this magnificent looking animal are portrayed in this book. Whether you are looking for a work,show,pet obedience or agility dog you will find the information in this book.The Australian Kelpie is a highly intelligent breed,no matter what he looks like he will adapt to anything you want him to do.I would recommend this book to anyone looking for information on this breed.

This book is a class act. Loaded with information for the pet owner or the breeder, it is interesting reading and worthwhile as a reference book. An interesting feature is that the full color illustrations (ther are many) pop out from the page as they alone are glossy and bordered in a thin red line. It has the look of a collectors book, which for the owner of a rare breed dog, it will become. I am very pleased that I was able to find a copy.