Breeds Books

This book has lovely photos and very detailed information about the Bernese Mtn Dog breed.

Newbie Pet Owners will be impressed by the information and photos, but may find about 1/2 of the book to be relatively useless for them.

However, this book should be incredibly useful to serious Berner people wanting a comprehensive study on Berners in the USA, along with top quality breeding information and study.

The sections on USA Berners, breeding and showing information is incredibly nice to have to study and as a ready reference.

This is a wonderful, lovely and very well written book that every Hardcore Berner person should have!

I had a great Berner as a companion for 10.5 years before she died. This book is a wonderful tribute to the breed with a detailed history of the breed in this country. It will need to be updated to remain current with activities in the breed, especially genetic testing that is ongoing, but is does a great service to pet owner and breeder with its great descriptions of the standard and discussions of other pertinent matters for breeders, owners, and admirers.

When my nieces come over to visit, this is the book that lures them into a half-hour or hour of quiet reading. It is beautifully illustrated with over 600 color photographs of horses and ponies that are the top representatives of their breed (a stallion, if possible). Each breed is lovingly described with a short history, a conformation and color section, and a paragraph of 'interesting facts'. Only the most dedicated horse lover will have heard of some of the breeds that appear in Draper's book, e.g. the Ariegeois, the Oldenburg, or the Missouri Fox Trotter. There are also chapters on 'Buying a Horse' and 'Keeping a Horse'.

I wish this marvelous book hadn't gone out of print. My nieces are gradually 'loving' my copy to death!

The is a great book for anyone who owns or would like to own a horse. It talks about many different breeds and what is involved in buying and taking care of a horse. I wonderful book for someone who would like to learn more about the horse.

This book is the most acurate,informative book on Border Collies Ive ever seen and as I own Border Collies I find it excellent.
It tells you all you need to know from how to train/feed/raise a puppy, to breeding a litter of your own, how to show a Border Collie, Genetics, explaining everything in a clear easy to understand way.
I frequently delve into to my copy if I need to find something specific or just to go over a part again. I recommend it very highly to anyone who owns a Border Collie as you will enjoy it over and over again.
The author is speaking from many years experience and is very down to earth.

This is a very concise and informative book about a wonderful breed of dog, the Border Collie. From basic obedience training to breeding and genetics, there is everything you need to know. Excellent information for raising a puppy and a guide on stages of development. I bought this book when I became the proud owner of my first pedigree Border Collie and found it invaluable. I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about this breed. Many thanks to Joan Bray for sharing her knowledge with the world.

This book was one of the best books I have come across for dogs and border terriers combined. I was very imformative on all subjects (History, Characteristics, Breed Standard,Puppy Infomation, Training, Health Care, Senior Infomation, Showing, and Behavior). I do however advise this for singularly Border Terrier owners simply because all of the training tips, feeding tips, history and breed standard are all for this breed in particular. All of the infomation is clear and understandable. There are color photos through out (and that was something I was looking for!) and it was generally a wonderful read. It showed how to groom your border and clean him up each week. I advise ANYONE looking for a book on borders buy this straight away! It is a life long, practical, and highly comprehendable book for all ages.

This book prepared me for my Border Terrier puppy. We have her now and I refer to the book when I need to and it's very helpful. I highly recommend this book to anyone considering a Border Terrier. They are wonderful dogs!

Those of us who play goal know what unique characters we are. This book highlights all the greats from the early days of the sport up to now. Pictures galore. Spreads of early equipment. Full head shots of masks, old and new. Profiles of many of the greats to ever play the position. The innovators and the champions. A well rounded history of the insanely brave men who guard the cages. I reccomend it to all into the sport or the position.

This is a fabulous and very detailed book about the history of goaltending. The book spans from the very first goaltenders all the way to today's goalies. The book has many great pictures along with stories and interesting facts. The book got me interested right away. It shows pictures all the way from before the 1900's and up to today. Famous goalies such as, Jaques Plante, Terry Sawchuck, and many others. I highly recoment this book for just about anyone. This would be a fabulous book for any goaltender currently playing on a team. The book is so well done and easy to read and follow it really brings you into the time of the earlier goaltenders. Just overall...a great book

I recently adopted a seven year old Brittany Spaniel from The American Brittany Spaniel Rescue. I found the book to be full of great information on Brittanys. It was very helpful to me.

As the cover states the book provides a comprehensive guide for Brittany owners. It cleared up misconceptions about the beginning of the breed that I acquired from other "authoritative" sources. For any one interested in a highly energenic affectionate companion dog this book and contact with good examples of the breed will bring pleasure to your life.

Dachsunds Rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have this, and I get more great comments on this little daily planner than anything! Everyone loves looking at the great pictures of the cute little weenie dogs!

Excellent, concise product-
wanted an overview of cows without tons of "filler"
We got just that !
A nice plastic coated piece the size of most fold-up maps.
The children enjoyed taking it with us on our trip.

We all enjoy having this field guide along when we drive through the country. The color illustrations are of very high quality and it really helps in identifying the many different breeds.

"The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel in Fact and Fiction" is one of the great modern dog books, and certainly it was no surprise when this magnificent work won a Maxwell award for best breed book given by the Dog Writers Association of America at their annual banquet the night before the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. This is the third book by Cavalier-breeder and author Barbara Garnett-Wilson, a long time American breeder of winning Cavalier King Charles Spaniels at "Laughing Cavaliers", including the first Cavalier to win Best of Breed and a Toy Group Placement at the Westminster Kennel Dog Club Show. A well-respected show judge herself, Garnett-Wilson has served and currently is President of the Western Region of the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club of the USA, where she has tirelessly championed her beloved breed. (Ms Garnett-Wilson's earlier book, The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel in North America, is itself one of the best books on the breed.) Yet in this 2007 work Garnett-Wilson outdoes not only her own excellent previous work, but has produced a major lasting book on this happy and charming and most loving companion, the delightful dog that is the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.

Most dog books have their strengths and weaknesses: authors may know their breed backwards and forwards, but lack skills at writing. Some dog books offer well-written text without covering important subjects, or the author's work fails to utilize top quality reproductions. Dog books often use photos as mere window-dressing - a particular problem with such photogenic dogs as Cavalier King Charles Spaniels! And even if requirements for an excellent and helpful book are achieved, there remains certain intangibles, intangibles that mark a superior imaginative presentation. In Garnett-Wilson's work these often missing intagibles are everywhere, they literally can be found in super-abundance. Although on the surface her book seems at first yet another - admittedly glorious - example of a coffee table book, the reality is that this book, like the breed itself, is far more than a pretty face. This is a serious work filled to bursting with deeply informed experience founded on three decades of working closely with these dogs, listening and learning from the top breeders, and promoting the positives of this wonderful dog, the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, to many new fans.

One of the many virtues of Garnett-Wilson as author is not only fine writing skills put at the service of her vast experience with the breed, here unfolded in a exquisite series of chapters on all the basics of breeding and raising Cavaliers, but a remarkable generosity shown her fellow Cavalier lovers. Throughout the book are scores and scores of photos and stories highlighting other breeders and owners and their dogs. Rather than pack her book with photos of her own dogs, and she has had hundreds of dogs, and a limitless supply of photos, Garnett-Wilson instead opts to showcase the full range and richness of her beloved Cavaliers through a wide-ranging multitude of dogs and owners.

The book's chapters all offer a balanced match between text and images. Readers should be aware the book's lavish illustrations are not window dressing, but are frequently perfect visual guides for the author's narrative. The chapters on breeding, pregnancy and whelping, the nursery, and grooming couldn't be bettered. Garnett-Wilson also has the most up-to-date news on Cavalier health and wellness.

A list of the chapters goes as follows,

THE WONDER OF CAVALIERS
A HISTORY OF THE CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL
CHOOSING A CAVALIER
THE NEW CAVALIER PUPPY
A GALLERY OF CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIELS
THE VERSATILE CAVALIER
THE CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL IN ART
UNDERSTANDING THE BREED STANDARDS
THE CHALLENGE OF BREEDING
PREGNANCY AND WHELPING
THE CAVALIER NURSERY
GOLDEN OLDIES
TRAINING AND SHOWING THE CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL
GROOMING THE CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL
CAVALIER HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Appendices, contact information, favorite products, artistic credits,
I love my Cavalier contract.
Glossary
Index - a very fine one running to several pages of fine print.


The book is filled with over 300 color photos, including several reproductions also found in the author's book, "The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel: A Tribute in Art", published simultaneously. (This other book contains a very high standard of art reproductions - these are easily superior to most of what I see in my field of Art History. This companion work also was nominated for a prestigious Maxwell Award by the Dog Writers Association of America in 2007, an unheard of achievement for one author!)

Any Cavalier owner has to see "The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel In Fact and Fancy"! If you can find one for sale - grab it! You'll have a treasure that does justice to the wonder that is these bouncy adorable heart-throbs with spirit! As the author writes in her preface, "Enjoy your Cavalier. And if this is your first, don't be surprised if she's the first of many. They are a bit like potato chips. You can't, it seems, have just one."

Should the Amazon site listings be temporarily out of the book it may still be available by contacting Laughing Cavaliers at their website, or through the publisher, Cascade Publishers.

This is an absolutely fantastic book. I highly recommend it to anyone even the slightest bit interested in the breed. The photographs alone make it well worth purchasing, but Barbara Garnett-Wilson has also packed decades worth of experience into this volume. She has thoroughly researched the origins and history of the breed and has included spectacular examples of artwork from across the ages. This, coupled with practical information on every aspect of cavalier ownership from breeding to show (how exactly do you keep those long beautiful coats shiny and smelling fresh?...lots of product info and links included) makes it a must have for cavalier owners and potential owners alike.

As a 29 year breeder of Chesapeakes, this book is "MUST" reading for anyone thinking of adding a Chesapeake to their family or becoming a CBR breeder. I am using this book as my "textbook" for a mentoring class on the breed. Very, VERY good!!!!

This is a very well written, all encompassing book about a unique breed. It is one I often turn too while raising my two chessies, Max and Leo. The book goes over everything from a brief history, breeding, proper health care, maitenance, and training. If you are considering acquiring this breed for yourself or your family this book is a must before you purcahse and after.