The Versatile Border Collie has been the recommended book on the breed for over a decade. In this second edition Larson covers every area of performance and registry organization, presents new herding and training information, hundreds of new photos, and much, much more. Between these pages you’ll find everything a Border Collie owner or fancier wants to know.
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A classic American volume on the breed that answers: Is the Border Collie’s unique personality suitable for you? Can a show standard and working characteristics co-exist? Should you buy a trained dog or pup for your first herding trial partner?
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Larson has owned, bred, trained and competed with Border Collies for over twenty years. She has worked Border Collies in herding, obedience, schutzhund, and shown in conformation.
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5 Plus Stars for this Comprehensive Border Collie Bible,
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5+Star. Sorry for error I can't seem to fix it. Anyone really serious about choosing to have a dog like a Border Collie and then finding, raising and training an extremely well balanced successful Border Collie should read this book. The price was fair and I understand that was probably an issue when the author elected for B&W photos. The book has an abundance of photos and they are helpful. I have many goals for one dog and this book covers many issues I have had to address. My Border Collie, Della is nearly two & a half and is amazing. The commitment and work has been worth the reward because this dog is well adjusted to the demands of head guest greeter at our Guest Ranch. Since I am partially deaf, Della tells me when guests come. Della herds chickens and cows, rides everything, runs at a speed of about 38 MPH, and can bring on command one of a half dozen toys. We are working on vocabulary words and commands. We use this book to reference health, training ideas and problems. Della hates loud noises. I have many other books that help with a few areas, but this one was very good for most all areas.
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If you want to know everything you could ever know about the breed of Border Collies than this book would work well. If you are working to train a border collie, we found the resources in some of our other books to be more helpful. We returned it because we didn't feel we got a lot of extra value from the book beyond what we already had.
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Certainly helped me understand my dogs...2 border collies! When I rescued these 2 dogs I had no idea what I was in for!! Now I know why they do what they do....these dogs are truly working dogs....not for everyone....people love my dogs...my dogs don't like most people! What they do like: sheep, cats! Balls, agility....obedience work! And me! They have turned my life around....glad I didn't read this book first...I might not have gotten them...I might have gotten a Lab!! They keep me on my toes....not a bad thing for a 62 year old retiree!!
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The Border Collie's versatility, intelligence, and loyalty are now legendary worldwide. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, German Shepherd, Wiston Cap, Supreme Champion, Great Britain, Australian Shepherd, New Zealand, John Holmes, International Champion, Wartime Cap, Gilchrist's Spot, Old Kep, Imported Roy, Bearded Collie, Gilchrist Spot, World War, Best of Breed, Imported Bill, Imported Fleet, New England, New York, North American Sheepdog Society, Viv Billingham, Adam Teller, American West New!
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The Border Collie's versatility, intelligence, and loyalty are now legendary worldwide. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, German Shepherd, Wiston Cap, Supreme Champion, Great Britain, Australian Shepherd, New Zealand, John Holmes, International Champion, Wartime Cap, Gilchrist's Spot, Old Kep, Imported Roy, Bearded Collie, Gilchrist Spot, World War, Best of Breed, Imported Bill, Imported Fleet, New England, New York, North American Sheepdog Society, Viv Billingham, Adam Teller, American West New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Border Collies by Joan Bray on 5 pages
- The Working Border Collie by Marjorie Quarton on 4 pages
- All About the Working Border Collie by Marjorie Quarton on 4 pages
- Border Collies by Iris Combe on page 57, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The German Shepherd Dog in Word and Picture by Max von Stephanitz on page 25, and page 26
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- A Dog Year: Twelve Months, Four Dogs, and Me by Jon Katz on page 4
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