The Labrador Retriever: The Dog That Does It All - Hardcover

Weiss-Agresta, Lisa; Weiss, Lisa; Biegel, Emily

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0876050445 ISBN 13: 9780876050446

Publisher: Howell Book House, 1998

Synopsis

President Clinton's Labrador Retriever is just one of 150,000 Labrador Retrievers registered each year. This is a book for pet owner, novice fancier and veteran alike. This book is part of Howell's new breed series more color, more interesting and more useful than all the competition.

About this title

About the Author

Lisa Weiss (left) has owned Labradors since the early 1960s, when her family acquired their first dogs from Ann Carpenter of Logeros Kennels. As a youngster, Lisa exhibited in both breed and Junior Showmanship. Her undying interest in Labradors gradually led her to a career as a judge, an author, and the breeder of approximately 30 champions under her Lobuff prefix. She and her dad, Col. Jerry H. Weiss, are one of only a few father-daughter judging teams. She considers judging Labradors in Finland and at the Westminster Kennel Club show in 1998 her greatest honors as a judge. Lisa has worked in several capacities for the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, and is currently pursuing her Master's degree in Special Education. She has three young children, who are all dog lovers. She expects at least one to follow the Weiss family tradition and carry on the Lobuff name!

Emily Biegel came to Labradors much later in life. After showing and breeding Dalmatians for several years, she went to work at the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind in 1977 and promptly fell in love with Labs. Although her kennel name, Toll House, reflects her first breed, Labradors are her only breed now. For 16 years, Emily directed the breeding program at the Foundation, producing hundreds of successful guide dogs, as well as show champions and specialty winners. She also found her husband, John, and her dear friend, Lisa, at the Foundation! Emily and her dogs have competed successfully in hunting retriever tests, obedience trials and agility, giving emphasis to the versatility and all-around abilities of the Labrador. Two Maine Coon Cats (who think they are really Labradors) also share the Biegel home.

From the Back Cover

The Labrador Retriever: The Dog That Does It All gives potential owners, new converts and veteran Lab lovers all they need to know about this perennial favorite. There are chapters on buying a dog, grooming, temperament, understanding the breed standard, breeding, health concerns and more.

Dog shows, hunting and obedience competitions, service dogs and all the other activities Labs can participate in are discussed. Five appendices include useful resources, important pedigrees and top dogs in the breed.
Howell Best of Breed Library

From the Inside Flap

The Labrador Retriever, America's favorite breed, is truly the dog that does it all. Labs have been valued since the breed was developed for their even temper, quick intelligence and versatility. These are lively, active sporting dogs, and there's nothing they like better than to do a job for you?whether it's retrieving a duck from a pond or your TV remote from the couch. Labs are wonderful family dogs, great with kids and sociable with others. They are also used widely as assistance dogs and in police work as bomb sniffers and drug detection dogs. The fact that Labs are so very willing to please, and enjoy working for praise, is why they are successful at just about anything they attempt. It's also why they are a very valued member of any family they join. From the dog in the White House to the dog in your yard, no other breed can fill so many niches, or please so many people with such different needs.

Edition details

• Publisher: Howell Book House
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0876050445
• ISBN 13: 9780876050446
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224