Original Dog Bible

If your a dog expert or a dog beginner this book is a must have! It has an answer to every dog queestion!

It really does have everything a dog owner, dog lover or a person thinking of getting a dog needs. It has over 200 different breeds with basic info on each. Information ranging from an extensive history on dogs, how to choose a new dog and traveling with one, many health problems, training and behavior plus many dog jobs, which I think is really neat. It is full of wonderful, colorful pictures and little boxes full of bonus information like the most popular breeds of a certain year. Highly recommend for all.

The title says it all. Everything you need to know: (condensed from the back cover.) Section 1: Dogs, domestication and Developement: Dogs from the beginning to the present. The history of our canine friends. Section 2: A New Dog: Finding the right dog and making a home for him. Breeders, Rescues and what to look for. Preparing for a new puppy. Section 3: Life with a Dog: Making your dog a part of your family. What activities does your dog enjoy as much as you? What should you consider in planing a canine-friendly vacation? Section 4: Breeds: Essential information on more than 250 breeds. (Done in categorical sense: herding, working, hound, gun, companion. Every dog breed that is AKC affliated.) Section 5: Health: Diseases that can affect your dog and how to provide a life time of good health. What to look for in a vet. Preventative maintence you can do at your home. Section 6: Care: Interperting your dog's body language and techiniques for training. Section 7: Training and Behavior: Why dogs act the way they do and how we can teach them a better way. Section 8: Dogs and jobs. From canine companions to search and rescue heroes. Section 9: Resources: The one stop shop for all the canine particulars you need, including rescue organizations, pet loss hot lines & web sites, breed clubs, supplies and dog travel web sites. I am a dog-nut person who has been doggie shopping for the last 3 years for the next addition to our family. (We have a lab.)who owns a variety of All-Breeds kinda books that I pretty much read on a weekly basis in my quest for the Ultimate Dog (tm) and though I love books like this, I pretty much am all about rescues and mutts. I love dog books and getting the info on the breeds from the popular to the rare. This book is am amazing resource for anyone who is either dog crazy ( like me!) or doggie shopping ( like me!) or who wants to educate themselves on our canine friends ( like me!) And who wants to be a better dog owner. ( Like me!) or is happily enslaved by their dog ( like me!) So, if you want to be more like me ( and really, who doesn't :) ) I cannot recommend this book any higher! The only thing that could make it better is if it came coated in chocolate.

I never thought I would find a book like this. I own a couple of og-encyclopedia type books, and they're great for breed descriptions. But this Dog Bible is like 5 more books rolled into one. It covers so much that I very much doubt I will ever need another book on dogs again. For roughly $20 after shipping this is a steal, and you will never spend $20 more wisely than this amazing resource. I was disappointed by the shortsightedness of the reviewer below who didn't give this book a chance because it wasn't all about Pugs. Please disregard the comments he made. This book has information on EVERYTHING, and is not intended to be a breed only title. I for one would rather know everything about dogs and a lot about pugs than nothing about dogs and everything about pugs...

The writers at Bowtie continue to amaze me with the quality books they put on the market. I just purchased this book last week and I am incredibly impressed by the volume and quality of information in it. Every Dog owner MUST HAVE one of these!