Canaan Dog (Comprehensive Owner's Guide) [Hardcover]

Joy Levine (Author)

Book Description

Series: Comprehensive Owner's Guide | Publication Date: September 1, 2003

The Canaan Dog is the oldest new breed in the world. Dating back to pre-Biblical times, this ancient pure-bred once served as a herding dog for the flocks of the Israelites. This Special Rare-Breed Edition is the only book of its kind devoted to this adaptable, enduring breed and promises to be a valuable resource for the new owner and experienced fancier alike. Gaining new admirers every day, the Canaan Dog proves to be a responsive, protective companion for his owners, though he is reserved with strangers.

Author Joy Levine has provided complete chapters on the breed’s history in Israel, America and England, the characteristics of the breed, and standard as well as discussions on feeding, obedience training, showing, behavior and more. For first-time owners, the author’s chapters on puppy care and housebreaking will prove especially useful as will chapters on preventative health care and proper maintenance. Illustrated with over 135 photographs, this book is as attractive and colorful as it is informative and useful.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 158 pages
• Publisher: Kennel Club Books; Special Rare-breed Ed edition (September 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593783493
• ISBN-13: 978-1593783495
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,876,640 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor representation of the Canaan Dog, October 9, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Canaan Dog (Comprehensive Owner's Guide) (Hardcover)

This book is, by far, the worst representation of a Canaan Dog I have read. As a breed fancier I would NOT recommend this book to anyone interested in the breed as it paints a very poor picture of our breed as well as diseminating blatantly incorrect information on the breed history. It is obvious the author does not know the breed well and randomly inserted out of context comments into a standard text on dogs. Also, being published in the United States and referring heavily to the AKC breed standard, one would think that dogs bred in America would be pictured. As it is, approximately 60% of the photos in this book are of the same two dogs - both of which were bred outside the U.S. The dog that dominates most of the photos in the book, while appearing acceptable in conformation & type, is tri-colored and would be disqualified from competition according to most breed standards. Photos of various dogs from the United States as well from abroad would have been a more accurate presentation of the breed. I have several Canaan Dogs and this book would have made me not want one. I strongly urge readers to choose one of the other two books on Canaan Dogs available through amazon.com.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Misrepresents the Canaan Dog Breed, October 22, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Canaan Dog (Comprehensive Owner's Guide) (Hardcover)

I found the information to be inaccurate and incorrect, both in text and photographs. If the author researched this breed you can hardly tell. I would not and will not recommend this book to anyone. The other two books are far better. Bottom line, don't waste your money here.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Novice owners look elsewhere, August 8, 2004

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Canaan Dog Owner (Midwest, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Canaan Dog (Comprehensive Owner's Guide) (Hardcover)

This book was written by a fairly knowledgeable dog person who has never pwned a Canaan Dog. You get about what you'd expect from that combo: basically okay but repeating inaccuracies and missing nuances she had no frame of reference to assess. Some errors are important only to breed afficianados, but others are more general: microchips are the size of a grain of rice, not a kernal of corn (ouch!). Not all tapeworms are carried by fleas. There are no microfilaria (heartworm larvae) visible in the illustration on page 119... The book does contain much good information but unfortunately the novice is going to have a difficult time sorting the wheat from the chaff. The photos are lovely but I agree with other reviewers' comments that it would be nice to have included more dogs, especially showing all color patterns and correct color patterns.