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Your Purebred Puppy: A Buyer's Guide | 
 enlarge | Author: Michele Welton
Category: Book
Buy New: $21.80
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Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 504712
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 319
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.2 x 1
ASIN: B0007D9VLE
Publication Date: October 1, 2000
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Product Description
How to select the right breed of dog for you and your family, locate a good breeder, and choose the very best puppy of the litter.
The decision to buy a purebred dog may be made easily, but the question of which breed to buy is more complicated. Your Purebred Puppy, Second Edition, takes the guesswork out of choosing a dog. Updated to include twenty new breeds, this authoritative guide profiles 200 breeds and varieties of dogs-complete with photographs of each-to help prospective buyers find the one with the physical and behavioral characteristics that will best suit them. Michele Welton explains step by step how to decide on the right breed, locate a reputable breeder, and pick a healthy, good-looking, good-tempered companion. Also provided are simple tests readers can use to determine a puppy's temperament before they buy him and bring him home. Acquiring a dog is a big commitment, requiring time, patience, and money. Your Purebred Puppy, Second Edition, is the essential guidebook to accompany you on the search for your new pet.
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 Pretty Informative October 25, 2008
J. Romeo
This book is an easy read and is very helpful in selecting the right dog breed to own. One chapter helps you answer questions about ten traits that each dog is rated on. Once you completed answering these ten traits, you simply go through each breed and check off the traits that match your answers. Each breed has the ten traits summarized at the top of the page so this is easy to complete. The dogs with the highest scores are the ones you should consider. You can then read up on the details of each breed you rated highly. I already owned a dog (Cane Corso) and this breed would have been rated a 9 out of 10 based upon my answers to the traits. I would say their description of the breed was very accurate and I am using this book in helping me select my next dog. I would definitely recommend this book.
Why this book is Best April 2, 2008
zippity (Edmond, OK USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The reason this book is different and better than the rest is that it gives HONEST dog reveiws as opposed to a dog glorification books that descibe every breed in the most delightful way calling bad traits delightful words like a "little daredevil" - translation - does not follow commands. This author seems to say it all in a way no other website or book I have seen does. Yeah he/she does not put in the beautiful pictures - but if you want a table coffee book of dogs buy some other book. If you want the brass tacks truth before you invest in a 10-plus year commitment and plenty of vet bills - this is the book and this is the author
 Very throrough, could be a bit more practical December 11, 2007
Jessica (Cambridge, MA)
This book covers just about every kind of dog, and has a great system for rating the type of dog that's perfect for you (for example, do you hate shedding? How much activity do you want the dog to have indoors? How much exercise will he need?) The one thing I have missed is "availability". For example, my ratings put "Labrador Retriever" at the same level as "Keeshond", but where on earth am I going to find a Keeshond breeder? And who knows anything about that kind of dog if he has behavioral or health problems, other than a specialist? This is really the only problem, and is one of practicality - on the the other hand, it is good to be thorough when deciding on your breed of dog.
 Your purebred Puppy November 1, 2007
Forest J. Violett (Southern CA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Your Purebred Puppy
Reasonably well done. Should help many new owners toward getting a dog that better fits into their lives.
Could be improved by emphasizing and being more in depth on negativities.
Tim Violett
informative January 11, 2007
Jeremy Wells (baltimore)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
has great info about buying from good breeders. im much more comfortable buyig a dog now.
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