Raising a Champion: A Beginner's Guide to Showing Dogs [Paperback]

A. Meredith John (Author), Carole L. Richards (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2001

Whether you're new to showing dogs, or are a breeder sending a show puppy to a new home, here's an award-winning book that will help get your show puppy off to a great start! Raising a Champion is the complete handbook for people who show their own dogs! Raising a Champion has complete, detailed and fully illustrated instructions! Twenty five chapters contain step-by-step information about training for and competing in the show ring. The FAQs answer questions that every handler asks at some time. Counting championship points is carefully explained and illustrated with dozens of worked examples

Editorial Reviews

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We award the blue ribbon for packing excellent information into to "Raising a Champion". It's a must-have book. --Dog World Magazine, September 2002

About the Author

Meredith John and Carole Richards are breeders, trainers, teachers and handlers, each with more than 25 years of competing in dog sports. Between them, they have earned more than 50 AKC conformation championships with a variety of breeds, as well as titles in obediene, agility, tracking and field events.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: The Well Trained Dog; 1ST edition (January 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971072205
• ISBN-13: 978-0971072206
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #390,198 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for beginner, February 19, 2006

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Jennifer Zube (Allendale,MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Raising a Champion: A Beginner's Guide to Showing Dogs (Paperback)

Great book, really like this book it has helped me alot as I am just beginning in showing.What I really like about this book is it shows detailed pictures and information.It has alot of pages on stacking and gaiting it shows you step by step how to teach your dog to stack and gait.It has information on counting points, how to enter a show and everything you need to bring to a show and how a show works. Really great book for a novice, easy to understand.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect book for the perfectionist in all of us!, September 16, 2005

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Dogman (Nashville) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Raising a Champion: A Beginner's Guide to Showing Dogs (Paperback)

I own three or four books on showing dogs and I have to say that this book is the most detailed book I've found on the "art" of the dog show. Major confidence booster because they don't leave out a single detail. There's nothing left to figure out, instead it is simply and concisely spelled out. For the novice (like myself) it's a live saver. I suspect that there are some valuable lessons for dog handlers of all levels.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Beginners Guide, January 17, 2007

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Lucky G Ranch "Hands to work - Hearts to God" (Luck, WI) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Raising a Champion: A Beginner's Guide to Showing Dogs (Paperback)

This book starts at A and goes to Z. I was very grateful when I stepped into the ring the last time and the Judge asked for a "Triangle"...the illustration from this book came to memory and we did just fine though I'd never seen the pattern in practice or at a show! I highly recommend this book and I will no doubt refer to it many times over the coming years. I plan to utilize it as I raise my next litter and look forward to seeing the results when used on a pup from the very beginning!