Designer Dogs (Animal Planet Pet Care Library) [Hardcover]

Tammy Gagne (Author)

Book Description

Series: Animal Planet Pet Care Library | Publication Date: March 2008

The only comprehensive book in this price category currently available on this increasingly popular subject, Designer Dogs features a special section on the top ten most popular designer dogs--including Labradoodles and Puggles.

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From the Publisher

TFH Publications, Inc. has teamed up with Animal Planet, the only television network devoted to the unique bonds between humans and animals, to present an exciting new series of comprehensive guides to superior pet care. Each book in the Animal Planet Pet Care Library offers incredible value, featuring:

* 112 pages of all-new, current information from pet care and animal experts
* No canned text--content is newly written for each book
* Family-friendly design with over 60 full-color photographs plus helpful tip boxes
* Includes advice on feeding, housing, grooming, training, health care, and fun activities

From the Inside Flap

(back cover)
Is There a Poodle in Your Future?

Whether you just purchased a Poodle or are planning to get one, this book will start you off on the right track. Canine expert Amy Fernandez describes the Poodle's physical traits, history, and behavior characteristics, and instructs you on training your new pet.

Veterinarian-approved advice on--

What to look for when choosing a puppy

How to recognize and understand your dog's breed-specific traits

What you should know about keeping your dog healthy, including potential breed-specific health problems

How to train your dog and enjoy his company in play activities

Extra features include sidebars with fun facts, breed truths, helpful hints, and an enclosed BONUS DVD that presents methods for house training, teaching obedience using hand signals and vocal commands, and more.
Filled with full-color photos

BONUS DVD
ENCLOSED
Train Your Dog --This text refers to the Hardcover-spiral edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Tfh Pubns Inc (March 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 079383791X
• ISBN-13: 978-0793837915
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #702,901 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful book. Best one I've read for poodles., November 26, 2011

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Anna Maria "AnnaMaria" (Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Poodles (Barron's Dog Bibles) (Hardcover-spiral)

I have several books (both physical and electronic books) on poodles and a few others on dog training and care in general. This book has been the most helpful and useful to me. Great advice, user friendly format, covers a lot of ground, and is centered on giving your poodle the best care in general and the best care for poodles specifically. This reads like it was written by poodle owners and poodle lovers. I have two poodles, one a rescue with special needs, and I want to do all I can to give them a very long, very happy and very healthy life.

This is a great resource, and it also is a great motivator for me. There are some things I know I need to be doing every day -- like exercising them more and longer than I do. I exercise them every day, but this gave me great advice and motivation to do it better. A lot of this advice is common sense for poodle owners, but just because something is common sense doesn't mean you do it, and it helps to have it laid out for you in such a straightforward way. And it helped me understand why I was already doing certain things (like not letting them just run in the back yard, but always being with them outside so they have the human interaction they thrive on and really need). There is a DVD in the book I have, but I haven't watched it yet. I'll update my review when I do if it is especially helpful. This review is for the book, which out of all the books on poodles and dogs I have, is the best. I highly recommend it. My book cover is slightly different than the one pictured here (same wording, just with a white poodle on it), but it (like the book pictured) is written by Amy Fernandez. There is an earlier version of this book that is written by a different person. The book I have is the 2010 edition.

As a poodle owner and a poodle lover, I found Barron's Dog Bible on Poodles very helpful and a great tool to help me be an even better poodle owner. It covers everything from poodle history (nothing new there but always interesting) to "the mind of the poodle," "how to choose a poodle," puppy care info, "living with a poodle," health and nutrition info, training and exercise, travel safety, grooming, seniors, other poodle-specific issues and much more. This book also makes good use of pictures, and it organizes the information very logically. The book also includes "breed needs," "helpful hints," "fun facts", checklists, question lists, etc. -- boxes of helpful information summaries in the various sections that are also good reference tools. I like the way the information is presented. It's user friendly, which means I will make good (and more effective) use of it. This book is a great resource, and I am very glad I bought it (totally on a whim because I already had the other books).

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars no help, August 24, 2011

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Sophronia "Euphemia" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Poodles (Animal Planet Pet Care Library) (Hardcover)

This book was not helpful at all. Maybe we arent dummies. What we have learned has been not found in any books we have bought.