Customer Reviews

The German Shepherd Today

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I recommend this book to any GSD owner or interested person. It is a great reference book. I have been into German Shepherds 30 years and I still enjoy reading it. It has a wealth of information on German and American lines. It takes you from feeding and socializing a young pup to the caring for your old friend. Learn to read a pedigree, treat your dog for illness, teach him good manners. It's a "everything you wanted to know about shepherds but didn't know where to look all in one book". On the negative side, there are numerous pictures but unfortunatly none in color. I would love to see the different coat colors, ie: sables, black/reds, bi-colored, blacks, whites, and greys. I would also like to see more info on shepherds used for other than conformation or obedience but as service dogs, agility, personal protection, Schutzhund, working, herding, search and rescue, to name a few, as well as how are they used in other countries with accompaning pictures. When all is said and done, this is still a great book, full of information and pictures you won't find elsewhere. Keep it close at hand, you'll be referring to it again and again.

I am an avid fan of the German Shepherd dog and have a small library of books on the breed. This book holds a place of honor at the top of the stack as one of the most complete breed books I have found. It appears to be an honest appraisal and history of the breed, but with the obvious prejudice of an owner. Her love of her dogs shines through in amost every page. That can easily be fogive. The comparison of the German and American lines is particularly helpful. Ms Strickland's knowledge of the breed and many years of experience are well known and add to the credibility of her work. Good job, we look forward to the next update.

This book doesn't just cover everything about the GermanShepherd Dog that you need to know, it covers it thoroughly andintelligently. In it's THIRD edition it includes all the most current champions here and in Germany. It is as important to the new GSD owner wondering how to raise his new puppy as to the seasoned breeder for research. It even covers training and Winifred Strickland's dog training techniques are classic and will never be 'dated.' Her dogs were top obedience trial champions in the fifties and they are top obedience trail champions today. You cannot do better than to take her advice.

It is a mystery why the publisher hasn't put in color photos, when other rather useless 'fluff' books get color photos to sell them to the public. This fine book should be color.

But it is way ahead of all the rest in it's content and it is lavishly illustrated with black and white photographs. It is the best out there.

Strickland and Moses did it again. There first book was excelent and the second is too. The most important aspect of this book is the rasing and care of the GSD and the history of the GSD. The structural drawings are supper along with all of the photos. This book shows what a GSD and what has been done in the past. The history of the German and American lines and their differences are helpful too. I would recomend this book to anybody who owns a GSD or is thinking of owning a GSD.

With its information on the earliest history of the breed to the famous German Shepherds today, this is *the* book to add to your library! It contains a wealth of information and beautiful pictures of famous German Shepherds both in Germany and abroad.

I can find only two downsides to this book. First, the section on selecting a puppy, though informative, is more geared to the potential breeder than to the pet owner. Second, I wish that the section on Schutzhund trials would have included a description of the tests that the dogs must pass.

Overall, I highly recommend this book. If you want to purchase only one book on the breed, you can't go wrong with this one. Clearly, it was written by people who absolutely love and respect the breed.

This is an excellent book recommended to me by my dogs breeder. I have read just about all of the GSD books written in the English language (available in my country) and this one is the most complete. She is good at discussing the differences between the German lines and American lines in such a way to be very non biased! Amazing... did not think it could be done. It walks you through the basics right through the more complex aspects of the German Shepherd world. Good stuff! Not just a must read but a must own!!

If you ever wanted to buy one book for learning about GSD's, THIS is it. This book teaches you everything you want to know. Those who want to go further into breeding GSD's would also find this book very informative. My GSD's were growing like Sausage dogs and I went against my stupid vet's nutritional advice and followed the nutritional advice in this book. My GSD's are now about the best built dogs in the neighbourhood...what true GSD's should look like. The Authors should write more books like this. A MUST BUY book!

I have learned more about all aspects of German Shepherd Dogs from this book than from any other. Anyone wanting to know about this marvelous breed would not be disappointed in the least at buying this book. Whether you own a pet or a champion, this book is filled with facts, training tips, and wonderful photographs of both American-bred and German-bred champions. Winifred Stickland and James Moses have done a great justice to the breed with this book. It is well written and an easy read for both the novice and the expert shepherd owner. The photographs are good, yet I agree with the other review that the thing that would make this book one step better would be to use color photo's instead of black and white where possible. A highly recommended book--you can't go wrong with this one.

The German Shepherd Today copyrighr 1974.I raised and trained a wonderful, intelligent, obedient,GS by the name of Major and this book guided me through two rigid years of training for a dog that turned out to be everything that you would want in a pet. From a puppy to an adult the book takes you step by step in raising a very large dog and guiding him to be well manered and obediant. This well written book is right on target in giving the proper guidence.

As a first-time GSD owner, this was the second book I purchased and read about the breed. While much of the information was useful, I was also left with many questions.

I disagree with the harsh training methods outlined in this book. Not only did my puppy not learn from them, but they left her with issues that needed to be resolved before she could learn anything else effectively. Also, the health section left a bit to be desired.

All of the information that I considered to be helpful has been found in many other publications. As an all-encompassing book it's okay, but I'd just as soon get my money back and spend it on two or three other books -- I'd get more useful information that way.