Simon and Schuster's Guide to Dogs

I absolutely love this book along with it's full color pictures. Gives a brief history of the breed as well as temperament, size, and anything else you might want to know before bringing home that new puppy.

I bought this book about 6 years ago and it's still interesting to look at today. It is a good reference for anyone who is interested in getting a dog of a certain breed or a mix of certain breeds. It has personality traits which I found to be very helpful and it has interesting information about origins of certain species, my favorite story being of the Bernese Mountain Dog. It also has general information before breed profiles in the beginning of the book which is helpful has well. This book is reccomended to anyone who's interested in owning a dog.

I have been training dogs for six years now and out of all of the breed reference materials that I have used, this is one of the easiest that I have found. Its size makes it easy to carry with me to the office and out in the field. Its pictures are excellent for identification and its provided history on each breed is a great help for understanding each breeds behavior drives in training. In the front it offers a wonderful story as to how dogs as we know them came to be, and a unique look on how man domesticated the dog. This is a book that no dog trainer or dog owner should be without.

we have turned to this particular book time after time for our own information as well as when making a recommendation to a friend who is interested in deciding upon a dog to adopt or buy. we have been using this book for over 15 years and have gone through 2 copies of our own as well as having bought it for gifts for others.

This book has what is probably the largest listing of dog breed profiles in print. Along with neat consise breed descriptions.