Right Dog For You | 
 enlarge | Author: Daniel F. Tortora
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.8 x 1
ASIN: B000CC494O
Publication Date: March 31, 1983
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Condition: Very good trade paperback. Spine is straight, uncreased. Some very light edge/shelf wear. Text is clean, bright and unmarked.
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How to Find the Perfect Match for You... Here is a systematic and enjoyable way to choose a dog. This highly informative and useful book will take the guesswork out of choosing a dog while leaving in the fun. It will tell you about more than 110 breeds and help you to select a dog compatible with your personality, family, and lifestyle. Choosing a dog can become easy and enjoyable as you learn everything there is to know about the breeds, including: * physical characteristics -- height, weight, strength, coat color and texture, tendency to shed, and food requirements * temperamental characteristics -- indoor/outdoor activity level, emotional stability, sociability, training potential, and watchdog/guard-dog ability * popularity, background, and unique qualities of each breed This fully illustrated guide includes easy-to-read tables and pages of practical advice, plus a miniquestionnaire to help you narrow down your selection to the perfect match for you, your family, and your lifestyle.
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 Respsonsible dog owner/buyer? Buy this book! October 26, 2008
A Reader (San Francisco, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an *outstanding* book! It has detailed information about the AKC breeds, rates the breeds along dimensions like sociability, learning rate, eagerness to please, etc. It helps you through the process of thinking about what you want in a dog and what you are able to give a dog. If you use this book, you will choose the right dog for you, and not end up with a dog that shreds your sofa, digs holes in your yard, eats tube socks, or bites your children.
By using this book we selected exactly the right breed for us and avoided some breeds that we thought were adorable, but would have been a disaster.
The only shortcoming is that the book is a bit old, and doesn't include breeds that were admitted to the AKC since 1983 (i.e. Australian shepherd, King Charles Cavalier, etc.)
Great book for dog lover, trainers, etc. July 14, 2008
K. Marotta
I have never found a better, more comprehensive, really informative, book on breeds anywhere. Even though this book is older, there are none better.
It Works! January 7, 2008
Rohn A. Walter (Naples, FL, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Almost 13 years ago, I used this book to choose the right dog for my personality and habits. The book said Pembroke Welsh Corgi; I didn't even know what one looked like, but I found a breeder and it was love at first sight.
My little puppy is an old guy now, but has been the perfect companion for all these years. I can't express my gratitude enough for such an ingenious book!
Great if you like to pore over information--as I do October 10, 2007
D. Thomas (Northwest Indiana)
This book's approach is to amass detail about dog breeds and to let you sift around for the breed that most matches your desires. While some reviewers seem to feel that the writer does not allows for variation in breeds, I disagree with that view of this book. But Tortora does goes with the premise that breeds have regular tendencies. That's what breeds are!
It's true, as some reviewers note, that the book is not the most user-friendly. It lacks color pictures, high-end typography, etc. But it does offer a more detailed approach to thinking about breed than ANY other book I've seen. On the issue of a breed's supposed "aggressiveness," for example, Tortora insists that you need to be more specific. Aggressiveness within the family, or agressiveness to strangers? Agressiveness to passive as opposed to dominant family members? Aggressiveness to familiar children, or more so to unfamiliar children? Concerning pit bulls, then, Tortora says he would not leave one alone specifically with children that the dog was not familiar with. Some pit bull fans might call that breed-slander, I suppose, but I see a writer willing to give the breed lots of credit while also cautioning about a very specific danger-zone that obviously gets plenty of confirmation in the press.
This approach to breeds can also inspire you look into breeds about which you knew little or nothing. For my part, I found that the Brittany seems ideal for us--size, temperament, degree of shedding, exercise preferences, and so on. But I had never heard of the breed before.
 Good book but too few breeds covered August 8, 2007
Warren (Washington State)
Check this book first to see if the breed(s) you are interested in are covered.
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