Dog: The Definitive Guide for Dog Owners - Hardcover

Fogle DVM MRCVS, Dr. Bruce

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1554077796 ISBN 13: 9781554077793

Publisher: Firefly Books, 2010

Synopsis

A famous vet's complete guide to dogs and their behavior.

This handsome book celebrates the close and complex relationship between humans and dogs, and it examines dogs in the contexts of behavior, anthropology, history, literature and genetics. Dog reveals the essential nature of the human-dog relationship and gives insight into how that relationship has changed and what its future holds.

Topics include:

• The ancestry of the modern dog
  
• Dog breed classifications
  
• The modern dog owner
  
• The modern dog
  
• The development of a dog from puppyhood into old age
  
• Living with dogs
  
• Feeding, training and caring for a dog
  
• Health and welfare
  
• Coping with the loss of a beloved pet

Dr. Bruce Fogle provides expert advice and thoughtful essays based on his years of experience as a veterinarian, highlighted with personal anecdotes and more than 600 beautiful color photographs. Illustrated how-to spreads focus on practical topics related to dog care and training.

Beautifully presented, compassionate and full of useful information, Dog can be the book that dog owners will turn to throughout their pets' lives.

About this title

About the Author

Bruce Fogle, DVM, MRCVS, is internationally renowned for his expertise in animal health and behavior. He is the world's leading author of pet care books, which include New Dog.

Reviews

*Starred Review* Fogle (Encyclopedia of the Dog, 2007) may have produced the single best dog book of the decade. Written in a conversational tone, as if reader and author were just sitting around discussing dogs, and full of personal anecdotes drawn from Fogle’s veterinary practice as well as about his own dogs, this is not only a reference resource but also a book any dog lover would happily read cover-to-cover. Introductory chapters on the evolution of dogs, dog breeds, and dogs’ physical characteristics lead into the meat of the book, concerned with how dogs and humans form a pack, understanding each stage of a dog’s life, and the most appropriate ways to train a dog at each stage. The chapter on how to choose a dog, which discusses the multiple questions potential owners must ask themselves and the breeders, is particularly insightful. The physical and behavioral changes during each stage of a dog’s life and how an owner should respond to these changes culminates in a final chapter on the dignified end of life. From the cover shot of a noble Chesapeake Bay retriever to the back cover portrait of Fogle playing with a pup, the photographs and drawings further illustrate the message Fogle would like to leave us with, that dogs are our faithful companions, and we owe it to them to be their best friends. --Nancy Bent

Edition details

• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1554077796
• ISBN 13: 9781554077793
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384