Poodles (Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals) [Paperback]

Joe Stahlkuppe (Author)

Book Description

Series: Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals | Publication Date: January 1, 1997

Poodles are well known for their good looks and high intelligence, but potential owners should be warned that poodle grooming can be a time-consuming process. The author shares his solid understanding of poodles in this book, and provides information on purchasing, exercising, grooming, training, feeding, and health care.

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From the Inside Flap

(back cover):
Information and advice to help you take good care of your Poodle

The typical Poodle: its origins, anatomy, physical traits, temperament, and more

Expert advice: choosing and training your dog, feeding, health care, exercise, grooming, and more

Understanding your Poodle: its voice, its body language, and their meaning

Step-by-step directions for everyday care

Informative and attractive checklists and sidebars

Filled with handsome full-color photos

(picture caption)
Today's Poodle is a popular show dog, but he originated as a hunter and retriever. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812097386
• ISBN-13: 978-0812097382
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 6.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,534,827 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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135 of 137 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is an excellent introduction for pet Poodle owners, August 11, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Poodles (Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals) (Paperback)

Many inexpensive dog books suffer from a 'cookie-cutter' approach. I was happy to find that this book does not. In fact, it has much information that is Poodle specific.

I've recommended this book to a number of Poodle breeders I know. I think every puppy buyer would profit from being sent home with a copy of it.

Poodles have a number of special requirements, notably grooming. This slim book manages to give the new owner plenty of information about these topics.

Breeders --Buy this book and give it to your puppy buyers!

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Feedback, November 5, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Poodles (Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals) (Paperback)

This book was very helpful to us as new poodle owners. We followed its advice and have a wonderful dog who is about one year old now. The poodles are as smart and sensitive as they are described!! One piece of advice--get your poodle used to the groomer early, you will both be so much happier!!

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Poodles:Everything about Purchase,Care,Nutrition,Behavior &, June 24, 2004

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Pat Gettner (Hastings, NE United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Poodles (Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals) (Paperback)

Great book for the those new and "not so new" to the ownership of poodles. It has been 11 years since we had a poodle puppy and even though we have had a poodle before---this book is very informative and fun to read. It is nice to know more about these wonderful friends we love to share our lives with.