Shih Tzu Complete Owner's Manual (Paperback)

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Product Description
This tiny, affectionate dog craves lots of love and attention, and its long, thick coat requires daily grooming. Shih Tzu owners will find all the information they need in this volume to keep a happy, healthy dog. Books in the Complete Pet Owner's Manuals series present basic information about pets for new or soon-to-be owners. Advice and instruction covers feeding, housing, health care, training, grooming, protection against hazards, and more. Texts emphasize pet care basics and are easy for all readers to understand, but most titles in this series also presents facts that even experienced pet owners and breeders will find new and useful. All books in this series are filled with high quality full-color photos and instructive line drawings. Length averages between 64 and 104 pages.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series (March 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764110438
• ISBN-13: 978-0764110436
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 6.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #52,248 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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• This item is part of The Complete Pet Owner's Manual Series.

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Shsi Tuz Complete Owner's Manual - Little money well spent, November 27, 2000

By	Linda Waltero (Las Vegas, Nevada) - See all my reviews

I am a first-time owner of a Shih Tzu puppie. I found this book extremely informative - from choosing your puppy, to crate training, to feeding, to what to expect from your puppy when you first take it home. It also details the breeding process and whether or not breeding is for you. The book is well worth the price.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A waste of money, April 21, 2003

By A Customer

I truly hate to give a book a bad review, because I know the work that goes into one, but this book truly .... It could pretty much be about any breed of dog, it has such a paucity of information about the shih tzu. I bought it because I had just adopted a shih tzu and wanted any help or tips I could get about the breed, and I learned nothing. Please don't waste your money on this book.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pet stores get puppies from "good breeders"? PuhLEEZ!, March 3, 2004

By	CavalierAttitude1660 "Cav-at-it" (NYS) - See all my reviews

No matter what the rest of the information in this book is like, the mere statement that "Well-run pet shops generally obtain their puppies from good breeders (page 9)" earns the book one star only because there's no way to give it a minus-10 rating. NO good breeder will sell a puppy to a pet store. Pet stores obtain their puppies from puppy mills; now that a lot of people know how appalling the puppy mills are, pet stores will tell people pups come from "local breeders" which just means a LOCAL puppy mill. I could not understand why the author would write such a thing until I read his bio. He works for a manufacturer of pet products. Never, never, never buy a dog or a cat from a pet store unless you enjoy supporting a traffic in animal cruelty.