The Chosen Puppy: How to Select and Raise a Great Puppy from an Animal Shelter [Paperback]

Carol Lea Benjamin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 19, 1990

When you adopt a shelter puppy, you acquire a loving companion and save a life at the same time. When enough dog lovers do the same, they create at least a partial solution to the pet overpopulation problem in the United States today. It staggers the mind to learn that over seven million dogs are received by shelters in this country annually. Of this figure, far too many are puppies, and for most the future is neither bright nor long. Mainly, this vast glut of surplus puppies happened because someone didn't care--about neutering or using a leash or closing gates or even about the quality of life for all living things. In The Chosen Puppy, author Carol Lea Benjamin offers a better understanding of the shelter puppy, why its needs are so special and what you must do to be sure the Chosen Puppy of your choice grows up well adjusted and happy. Here's how to temperament-test and select the right puppy for you; and here's how to train your Chosen Puppy and care for it, providing all the creature comforts it never may have had and the love it craves so much from those it comes to depend on. Ms. Benjamin understands all aspects of pet overpopulation and how to best help its most innocent victims. She tells why neutering is the hope of the future to curb and curtail a population explosion that never should have happened in the first place. Think of The Chosen Puppy as your guidebook through your shelter puppy's most important formative period and as a passport to the lifetime of joys awaiting you both.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

When you adopt a shelter puppy, you acquire a loving companion and save a life at the same time. When enough dog lovers do the same, they create at least a partial solution to the pet overpopulation problem in the United States today. It staggers the mind to learn that over seven million dogs are received by shelters in this country annually. Of this figure, far too many are puppies, and for most the future is neither bright nor long. Mainly, this vast glut of surplus puppies happened because someone didn't care—about neutering or using a leash or closing gates or even about the quality of life for all living things. In The Chosen Puppy, author Carol Lea Benjamin offers a better understanding of the shelter puppy, why its needs are so special and what you must do to be sure the Chosen Puppy of your choice grows up well adjusted and happy. Here's how to temperament-test and select the right puppy for you; and here's how to train your Chosen Puppy and care for it, providing all the creature comforts it never may have had and the love it craves so much from those it comes to depend on. Ms. Benjamin understands all aspects of pet overpopulation and how to best help its most innocent victims. She tells why neutering is the hope of the future to curb and curtail a population explosion that never should have happened in the first place. Think of  The Chosen Puppy as your guidebook through your shelter puppy's most important formative period and as a passport to the lifetime of joys awaiting you both.

About the Author

Carol Lea Benjamin, one of America's foremost contemporary dog writers, is an articulate spokesperson for the well-being of all dogs. She is an award-winning author whose credits include such bestsellers as Mother Knows Best, Dog Training for Kids and Second-Hand Dog. She has been honored by the Dog Writers' Association of America and Gaines Foods as Dog Writer of the Year for 1985, by Kal Kan Pedigree as the Outstanding Pet Care Journalist of 1987 and again by the Dog Writers' Association with its Distinguished Service Award for 1989.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Howell Book House; 1 edition (September 19, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0876054173
• ISBN-13: 978-0876054178
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,833,724 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars valuable information for first time puppy owners, January 18, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Chosen Puppy: How to Select and Raise a Great Puppy from an Animal Shelter (Paperback)

I adopted a 8-week-old puppy from Humane Society and being a first time dog owner, this book is very helpful with my raising my puppy. In a month, she will be 4 years old and as a puppy, she was a GREAT puppy and today, as a dog, she is a GREAT dog! The other people have commented to me how well-behaved my dog was when she was puppy. Today, people still tell me how smart and well behaved my dog is.

Well, it's all due to that book.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent guide for choosing a shelter pup, July 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Chosen Puppy: How to Select and Raise a Great Puppy from an Animal Shelter (Paperback)

Carol does an excellent job of explaining a nutshell version of what to look for in a pup and how to start some basic training--and then specifically guides new puppy owners into special considerations for shelter dogs. Her book is easy to read and understand, with simple illustrations that make the training and teaching a puppy seem easy and enjoyable. Carol provides insightful information about things to consider when choosing a puppy in a strange new enviorment of the shelter and how to help that puppy adjust to their new home. One of the few books specifically written for those who want to rescue a shelter dog.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful resource!, July 7, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Chosen Puppy: How to Select and Raise a Great Puppy from an Animal Shelter (Paperback)

This book offers wonderful, realistic advice about choosing and raising a puppy from an animal shelter. I found it very informative, and recommend it to anyone wanting to adopt a puppy from the shelter where I work.