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Your Yorkshire Terrier's Life: Your Complete Guide to Raising Your Pet from Puppy to Companion (Your Pet's Life)

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This is an excellent book for any prospective Yorkie owner. It covers all aspects of owning a pet from birth to death and in between, including feeding, treats and grooming. There are helpful hints and little bits of trivia.

I highly recommend this book for anyone wanting to own or presently owning a Yorkshire Terrier. You will not regret the purchase.

I've been researching purchasing a Yorkie puppy (as a pet and companion not to show or breed) and this is the best of the books on caring for the breed that I've read thus far. I started with Janet Jackson's book and the Complete Idiot's Guide to Yorkshire Terriers by Liz Palika. Both are very good, but I found Gewirtz's book to be more thorough for my needs. It doesn't just stress the importance of socialization or obedience training, but tells you the right age to begin these processes. Also, the information is presented in a clear, well-organized fashion. It's simply easier to find the information you need. Obviously, you shouldn't just buy one book on the breed or raising your dog, but this should definitely be on your list.

The fact that this book is mostly made up of generic dog information is only part of the problem. I picked up this book because I wanted more information on Yorkies specifically. Since Yorkies are so small, there's a lot of stuff that may be different when caring for them as compared to, say, a Golden Retriever. Don't get me wrong; much of that kind of information is universal, and it is helpful to know the things that apply to all dogs. But this book is being sold as a book about caring for Yorkies, and that is what I expected. There are many generic dog care books out there, and frankly, many of them are much better than this one.

Aside from that, this book is poorly written and edited. I found many grammatical and syntactic errors in the first few chapters.

I also have Yorkshire Terriers for Dummies, and I think it is a much better book than this one. Choose that one instead.

If you are looking for one book on this toy breed this is probably it.
It covers all aspects of the Yorkie - Elaine didn't leave anything out!
I've had several Yorkies and was looking for another when I found this book.
Wish I had seen this book 20 years ago!

Great book for anyone who is planning on getting a Yorkie and an awesome reference for you after you get your Yorkie !! I have had my 2 Yorkies for 4 weeks and have referenced it MANY times. I highly recommend it.

Alot of good information I didn't know. Very helpful for someone who has never had one of these unique little doggies.This book probably helped to save my puppies life by describing symptoms of a genetic disease common to Yorkies I kept persuing answers to my dogs unusual behavior. He eventalyy was diagnosed with a liver shunt and under went surgery 2 weeks ago. All is GREAT now.

I found this book to be helpful. I am not yet a Yorkie owner but a Yorkie owner in training. This book has a great deal of health-related information about Yorkies, including the standards tips for raising a puppy vs. an adult dog. It was very similar to The Complete Idiot's Guide to Yorkshire Terriers, by Liz Palika, which I liked better for the information regarding potty training and obedience training.

For a new or a repeat Yorkie owner this book is a must-have on the
bookshelf. It explains the basics as well as some nuances of the breed for
longtime owners. I have already recommended to this book to several friends
who are thinking of getting a Yorkie.

Our family just bought a Yorkie and our breeder recommended that we buy
this book because it tells everything about the breed in a way that's easy
to understand. I'm so glad we did. It helped us from the first day we
brought our dog home and is actually getting a little 'dog-eared' now only 8
months later from all the times we pick it up to look something up.

This book was very helpful and on point. I recieved it in no time and the product was exactly as described.