A New Owner's Guide to Pugs [Hardcover]

Sonja Neu (Author), Richard G. Beauchamp (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Tfh Pubns Inc; 2001 edition (August 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0793827744
• ISBN-13: 978-0793827749
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,493,779 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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50 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a first choice, January 3, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: A New Owner's Guide to Pugs (Hardcover)

I picked up this book at a local pet shop, because my husband and I are seriously considering buying a Pug. We already had one other book on the subject, but wanted to supplement it with more in-depth information on Pug care.

After flipping through just a few pages of "A New Owner's Guide to Pugs," however, I decided to return this book and get my money back. Not only was there a lot of misinformation throughout (such as the statement that pugs do not have a double-coat, or that you should use a choke-chain to train a Pug -- wrong!), but at least a third of the book is comprised of information about the Pug "Standard," which is not very useful for those of us who are mainly interested in buying and caring for a pet-quality Pug.

There are not a large number of books in print on caring for this particular breed, but if you want a basic overview of what to look for and and what to expect once you buy or adopt a Pug of your own, I'd recommend "Pugs: Everything About Purchase, Care, Nutrition, Behavior, and Training (Complete Pet Owner's Manual)" by Phil Maggitti as an excellent starting place.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad info about the breed, January 25, 2006

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This review is from: A New Owner's Guide to Pugs (Hardcover)

As the other reviewer said, the book have some wrong informations about raising a pet dog (like feeding table scraps). After reading things like that I'm really afraid of taking the info in this book in consideration, to care for my dog. The author seens to be more of a show dog owner, and puts that into the book, but since I know nothing about the subject, can't really tell if it would be good for someone thinking about show dogs.