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One glance around the local park confirms that man’s best friend comes in many varieties. As the first animal domesticated by humans, dogs have been selectively bred for tens of thousands of years to be herders, hunters, guards, and friends. The result is a plethora of breeds that are as different as the pint-sized Chihuahua and the massive St. Bernard.
Now there is a guide to each of them. Dogs Unleashed contains all the information required to...
2) Schnoodle
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Covers all aspects of selecting, caring for and training the Schnoodle, a cross between the Poodle and Schnauzer.
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"Discover your mutt's family tree with this extensive guide to mixed breeds. Understanding which breeds are part of your dog's mix will help you to better appreciate its special nature. With Dog Decoder, you'll learn how to identify physical traits that can be used to decipher your dog's ancestry. Extensive descriptions of various characteristics, full-color photographs, and dozens of dog-nosis examples that analyze a mutt's features make this a handy...
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Cows, sheep, and goats, oh my! Know Your Hobby Animals is an essential guide to discovering loads of interesting facts about 172 popular breeds of chickens, pigs, goats, cows, and sheep. A complete compilation of the most popular farm animals within the Know Your series, you'll learn all about each breed's unique characteristics, history, breeding, personality, and more. Fun and fascinating, this engaging and collective guide will turn both the young...
5) Siamese cats
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"A photo-illustrated book for early readers about Siamese cats. Describes the Siamese's unique features, history as good show cats, social behaviors, and how they act as pets"--
6) Birman cats
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"A photo-illustrated book for early readers about Birman cats. Describes the Birman's unique features, social behaviors, and how they act as pets"--
9) Bulldogs
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"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to bulldogs. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
11) Siberian huskies
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"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Siberian huskies. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
12) Great Danes
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"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Great Danes. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
13) Rottweilers
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"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Rottweilers. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
14) Persian cats
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"A photo-illustrated book for early readers about Persian cats. Describes the Persian's unique features, history as good house pets, their social behaviors, and how they are the most popular and oldest breeds of cat"--
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Training Your Pointing Dog for Hunting and Home tells how to develop an obedient gun dog that is also an affectionate family companion, with training schedules and advice on everything from handling a newborn pup to teaching advanced field techniques and finely tuned pointing manners. The book presents a simplified, commonsense approach that can be used in its entirety or to troubleshoot individual aspects of your dog's education. Explains the importance...
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The Boston Terrier And All About It - A Practical, Scientific, And Up To Date Guide To The Breeding Of The American Dog (A Vintage Dog Books Breed Classic) By Edward Axtell A VINTAGE DOG BOOKS CLASSIC REPRINT This excellent and important work on the Boston Terrier or "American Dog", was first published in Battle Creek U.S.A. in 1910. It is now both expensive and very hard to locate in its first edition. VINTAGE DOG BOOKS have republished it, using...
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Think you know cats? Here is the domesticated feline in history, folklore, art, theater, fiction, poetry, music, the law, and even the occult. The author includes a list of more than 300 references to cats in literature, from the British Medical Journal and Darwin to Baudelaire and Mark Twain. A classic in the genre.
19) Bull Terriers
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Originally published in the early 50s this scarce book on the Bull Terrier is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. The one hundred and ten pages contain twenty one articles by an assortment of well known contributors. All have been heavily involved in Bull Terrier circles for many years, and write with the benefit of much practical experience with the breed. Contents include: - The Appeal of the Bull Terrier. - Here and There in 50...
20) Abyssinian cats
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"A photo-illustrated book for early readers about Abyssinian cats. Describes the Aby's unique features, social behaviors, and how they act as pets"--