Breeding Dogs for Dummies.

Great starter book. Picked up a few pointers that helped me understand the next book which was definitely NOT a primer. Plus this book was easy to bookmark for future reference. Would recommend this title to anyone who is just getting started and also has a mentor to refer to.

This book has a lot of very good information. It is very well put together, and the author has a sence of humor.

I don't think this book will encourage people to breed their dogs. On the contrary, I think it will discourage many people, once they learn how much time and effort it takes to properly raise a litter. Once all the people who wanted to breed based on a flight of fancy or stupid reasons (i.e. I want my kids to see the miracle of birth) have been weeded out, the people left are ones who want to breed dogs because they want to improve the breed. And, might I add, there aren't too many of these people. I found this book well-written and helpful. It's a useful guide for someone who is seriously considering breeding, people who need a reality check of how much work it takes to raise a litter, and people who need immediate help on raising a litter.

My roomate recently rescued a pregant female dog and was literally unable to find a *single* book on dog reproduction in our strongly Animal Rights influenced community library so we bought this book. Might it ever occur to the writer of review 2 that there might be Humane reasons other than making money for wanting a book on dog breeding? Should the rescuers of pregnant animals be prevented from reading books that will tell them how to take care of their charges, safely deliver a litter, and care for the puppies afterwards? There are a lot of abandoned pregnant dogs needing new homes and thank goodness we are still allowed access to materials ( though we had to pay, the library was loaded with "adopt a dog" material, which we had *already* done and not a single book on how to help our adopted pregnant dog! )This is a very good, detailed, informative book, and very HELPFUL. If we had listened to Reviewer 2's advice and not bought this book, we might have made mistakes in caring for our furry refugee, and what's humane about that? Censorship is an attempt to control access to information. Censorship can hurt.

Beauchamp, a highly successful breeder and judge, makes very sure your motives are right for breeding top class dogs and makes no bones (pun not intended!) about discouraging anyone who thinks they can do this for profit. Takes you step by step through finding the right mentor and selecting the best possible stock to establish a bloodline that will produce typey, healthy and mentally sound puppies. He makes genetics really easy to understand and how important they are in developing a breeding program. I show my own dogs now and I'm not actually a beginner but far from achieving the goals I've set. This book will be kept handy for a lot of years to come I'm sure!I think what is especially responsible about this book is that it not only cautions against breeding without making sure suitable homes are waiting but gives some great tips on how to go about doing it.