Breeds Books

Nancy does a nice job of educating new owners on how to raise and care for their Lhasas in this book. She covers everything from picking a pup to grooming, traveling and basic health care and diseases. The Lhasa's personality traits are covered nicely as well. The pictures are entertaining and helpful. I highly recommend this book to new Lhasa Apsos owners or others researching the breed.

Having impulsively adopted a 9-month old male pekingese puppy, I was searching for all the information I could get about the breed. I purchased several books on the subject and found this to be the most comprehensive, without being complicated. I found the sections on training and grooming particularly helpful, and the pictures demonstrated how a well-bred and well groomed "peke" should look. I recommend this book to those unfamiliar with the breed. It has been an enormous help to me.

I have been able to trace parts of my toy poodle's pedigree back 32 generations. I could find pictures of 15+ ancestors of my dogs. I wish Mr. Irick would do another one.

I am an avid reader. I love this book because it is very informative. It has pictures to help get the author's point across. Discusses some history of the breed, showing, breeding, colors, grooming, working trials, eye diseases, and great show dogs from the past. Not an easy read, discusses too much in detail.

Nine Dog Winter: With more courage and energy than common sense, two young Canadians recruit nine rowdy sled dogs, and head out camping in the Yukon as temperatures plunge to Sixty Below and colder!
Batchelor has done it again. A fascinating story and a great read.
we recommend it highly. Ellen and Arnold Reisman

Recommend this book inna heartbeat. Well written, easy to read, opens the heart. Keep kleenex handy, but they're easy tears, from feeling all the love, not hard tears. Critters are a bargain, for just a little food and shelter, you get all that love. If you know anyone who abuses their Critters, tell them to stop, okay?

The late Joan Read (Chidley Norfolk) did a great service to Norfolk owners worldwide. Not only is this the best Norfolk book but it is among the best breed-related books, period. Norfolk owners are fortunate that such a book exists given the rarity of the breed. Edited by Nat LaMar (Reidmar Norfolk) this is a well written, carefully constructed encyclopedia of the Norfolk Terrier. There have been three editions of this book with the first now being scarcer than hen's teeth. The second edition added a bit of updated show results and the third edition is essentially the same as its predecessor except for the cover.

This book is a complete guide to the breed. The first section discusses the breed's origins in the UK and later in the US. Even though the breed is a relatively new one its background is still murky. But somehow Mrs. Read was able to secure copious photographs and drawings of early Norwich (the drop-eared type later to become Norfolk) Terriers and thus deliver a detailed history. This part of the book is timeless and will educate future Norfolk owners for generations to come.

The next part of the book covers more recent history, dovetailing into the predominant breeders circa 1989. Unfortunately contractual entaglements in Mrs. Read's estate prevent any modification of the book's content so this section will not updated in the forseeable future.

The other chapters were written by prominent fanciers. There are chapters on Norfolk behavior, breed idiosyncracies, involvement in non-conformation events, the breed standard, and health issues. The latter is particularly well-written and still relevant. Unfortunately the genetics chapter reflects what was known in 1989 and is of little value today. This is the book's only limitation.

The Norfolk Terrier is a "must-have" book for anyone who owns a Norfolk. It should be required reading for those who wish to judge the breed. Thank you Joan!

This book is a bible for selecting northern breeds.Very informative and expertly presented. We chose an Alaskan Malamute for our northern breed. An excellent book for anyone contemplating having an Northern Breed Dog.

Very comprehensive and thorough look at the Norwegian Elkhound breed. Gives the history of the breed as well as an excellent discription of the breed and their temporament, both positive and negative points. Great book to have if you are considering an Elkhound, or, already have one.

This book was recommended to me by my breeder as the "go to" book for Norwich Terriers. I found it well-illustrated and extremely informative. It covers topics such as the history of the breed, what to get prior to your puppy's arrival, training tips, and development benchmarks. Our Norwich is now 3 months old and we refer to it often. - CTM