Breeders Books

I found this book very helpful. If you are thinking about bringing a great dane to your house, I would recomend that you read this book first.

I am a dog lover, I couldn't beleive the mistreatment of the animals and the love of these animals portrayed by this book/author. Very good read, reminds me of Jilly Cooper, I am an American and enjoy a good british read. Dont' pass this by.

Priceless to those of us who study pedigrees in depth. Invaluable to my breeding program.
With Chesapeakes being my breed of choice I was delighed to get this addition to add to my CBR titles which include fact as well as fiction.
Unfortunatly many of the pictures are very dark and hard to make out and the copies could have been better for all the information pages.

Shannon

This is quite a good book BUT as other Breed books it dwells mainly on the young dog. It would be an improvement if there was more on the adult Chow ie. Grooming, feeding, prefered weights etc.

John Cunningham has been invalided out of the army. He caught a tropical virus while serving in the Falklands War. With his pension, savings, and a partner, he is striving to make Three Oaks Kennels a going concern. He trains the dogs, his partner Isobel handles them at field trials, and Beth, John's significant other acts as both kennel maid and nursemaid to them both. In this novel, Beth's uncle, the famous artist, George Muir, is killed in an explosion and has left Beth a painting and his Labrador puppy, Jason. John and Beth travel north to collect both and visit with the widow, Aunt Hattie. John isn't satisfied that the explosion was an accident, and notifies the local police, but doesn't tell Beth or Hattie. Other family problems arise involving the inheritance and Muir's other paintings.

There is more than enough going on in this mystery to keep anyone happy. Family squabbles, murder, swindlers, and goodness knows what else. I was a little offended by the author referring to Beth as John's mistress, but other than that, I enjoyed the mystery thoroughly and hope to work my way through the whole series.

Lefko is a Toronto based sports journalist, who has assembled agreat history of the breeders cup, both in terms of how it came aboutand the first ten runnings. Great pictures, and insight into many of the sports stars both equine and human. A must have for any horseracing enthusiast. END

Hank Wiescamp ultimately breed some of the greatest horses from four registeries - Quarter, Appalossa, Palomino, and Paint. "The Hank Wiescamp Story" allows the reader to understand how and why Hank made many breeding decisions to create the great "Wiescamp horse". After this book, you too will appreciate what Hank Wiescamp has done to create many of the modern breeds.

Hats off to Hank...... Highly recommend this book for all. Pictures, pedigrees and stories. However, 207 pages could not begin to touch the surface of the 70 years it took to create the "Wiescamp horse".

"This ingenious attempt to explain the mysteries of Chinese politics to Western readers has two unusal features...a kaleidoscope of photographic images for which [the author's] lucid text serves as a kind of continuous caption. ...It provides as vivid a sense of the complexities of Maoist China as any book yet published. ...should help to clarify the traditinal image of China in the American mind, an image that has often swung capriciously from sentimental enthusiasm to angry disappointment and back again" Richard Bernstein; TIME Magazine, September 6, 1976

This book was very through in explaining the breed. It was eazy to understand and follow. Would recommend this book to people thinking of breeding or showing. It was very informative.

Betty Whelen was one of the first Americans to breed and show shelties, and she was continued to be a force in the breed up until her death last year. A wonderful book for anyone whose life has been changed by dogs.