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Table of Contents
Introduction ...... 1
_ Part I: Living with Dogs 4
Chapter 1: A Dog for You and Your Family ...... 6 The Realities of Dog Ownership...... 6 Dogs Come in All Sizes, Shapes, and Temperaments...... 11 Finding a Puppy (or Dog)...... 18 Chapter 2: Bringing Your New Friend Home ...... 22 Before Your New Dog Comes Home ...... 22 Get Everything Ready ...... 28 Bring Him Home!...... 28 Socialization ...... 32 Chapter 3: Living with Your Dog ...... 35 Living with a Dog...... 35 Establishing Household Rules ...... 36 You Are Your Dog’s Leader ...... 38 Your New Dog and Your Kids...... 40 Your New Dog and Other Pets ...... 40 Making Time for Play ...... 41 Chapter 4: Keeping Your Dog Healthy...... 43 Choosing a VeterinarianCOPYRIGHTED ...... MATERIAL ...... 43 Canine Diseases and Vaccinations...... 44 Internal Parasites ...... 46 Spaying, Neutering, and Breeding...... 47 Basic Home Health Care...... 49 When to Call the Veterinarian ...... 52 Emergency First Aid ...... 53 A First-Aid Kit for Your Dog ...... 57 Disaster Planning ...... 59 02_009215 ftoc.qxp 7/11/07 7:13 PM Page iv
Chapter 5: Grooming Your Dog ...... 60 Caring for the Coat...... 60 A Daily Massage ...... 63 Keeping Eyes, Ears, and Teeth Clean and Toenails Trimmed...... 64 Combating Fleas, Ticks, and Mites ...... 67 Grooming Basics ...... 69 Professional Grooming ...... 71 Chapter 6: Training for Life ...... 72 Canine Communication ...... 72 Training Tools and Techniques ...... 75 Teaching the Basic Commands ...... 79 Using These Commands ...... 84 Have Fun as You Continue Training...... 85 Chapter 7: Preventing and Solving Problems ...... 90 What Can You Do?...... 90 Specific Problems ...... 95 When You Need Professional Help ...... 101 Chapter 8: Responsible Dog Ownership (and the Law) ...... 103 Leashing Your Dog ...... 104 Keeping Your Dog Safe ...... 105 Protecting Dogs in Vehicles...... 105 The Wastes Dogs Leave Behind ...... 106 When Dogs Bark (and Bark and Bark) ...... 106 When Dogs Bite ...... 107 Breed-Specific Legislation ...... 110
_ Part II: Breed Profiles 112 _A Affenpinscher...... 114 Alaskan Malamute ...... 122 Afghan Hound...... 115 American Bulldog ...... 123 Airedale Terrier...... 116 American Eskimo Dog...... 124 Akbash Dog ...... 118 American Foxhound...... 126 Akita ...... 119 American Hairless Terrier...... 127 Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog ...... 120 American Pit Bull Terrier ...... 128 Alaskan Klee Kai ...... 121 American Staffordshire Terrier ...... 130 02_009215 ftoc.qxp 7/11/07 7:13 PM Page v
American Water Spaniel ...... 131 Australian Kelpie ...... 135 Anatolian Shepherd Dog ...... 132 Australian Shepherd ...... 136 Appenzeller Sennenhunde ...... 133 Australian Terrier ...... 138 Australian Cattle Dog ...... 134 Azawakh...... 139 _B Basenji ...... 140 Black and Tan Coonhound ...... 160 Basset Hound...... 141 Bloodhound ...... 162 Beagle...... 142 Bolognese...... 164 Bearded Collie ...... 144 Border Collie ...... 165 Beauceron ...... 145 Border Terrier...... 166 Bedlington Terrier ...... 146 Borzoi ...... 167 Belgian Laekenois...... 147 Boston Terrier ...... 168 Belgian Malinois ...... 148 Bouvier des Flandres ...... 170 Belgian Sheepdog...... 149 Boxer ...... 171 Belgian Tervuren ...... 150 Boykin Spaniel ...... 172 Bergamasco Sheepdog ...... 151 Bracco Italiano ...... 173 Berger des Pyrenees ...... 152 Briard...... 174 Berger Picard ...... 153 Brittany ...... 176 Bernese Mountain Dog ...... 154 Brussels Griffon ...... 177 Bichon Frise ...... 156 Bulldog ...... 178 Black Mouth Cur...... 158 Bullmastiff ...... 179 Black Russian Terrier ...... 159 Bull Terrier...... 180 _C Cairn Terrier ...... 182 Chinese Foo Dog ...... 198 Canaan Dog ...... 184 Chinese Shar-Pei ...... 199 Canadian Eskimo Dog...... 185 Chinook...... 200 Cane Corso ...... 186 Chow Chow...... 202 Cardigan Welsh Corgi ...... 187 Clumber Spaniel ...... 203 Carolina Dog ...... 188 Cockapoo...... 204 Caucasian Ovtcharka ...... 189 Cocker Spaniel ...... 206 Cavalier King Charles Spaniel ...... 190 Collie ...... 208 Chart Polski ...... 191 Coonhound ...... 209 Chesapeake Bay Retriever...... 192 Coton de Tulear...... 210 Chihuahua ...... 194 Curly-Coated Retriever ...... 211 Chinese Crested ...... 196 02_009215 ftoc.qxp 7/11/07 7:13 PM Page vi
_D Dachshund...... 212 Dogo Argentino ...... 220 Dalmatian ...... 214 Dogo Canario ...... 221 Designer Dogs ...... 216 Dogue de Bordeaux ...... 222 Doberman Pinscher ...... 218 Dutch Shepherd...... 224 _E English Cocker Spaniel ...... 225 English Springer Spaniel...... 230 English Foxhound ...... 226 English Toy Spaniel ...... 232 English Setter...... 227 Entlebucher Sennenhund...... 234 English Shepherd ...... 228 Eurasier ...... 235 _F Field Spaniel...... 236 Fox Terrier (Smooth) ...... 241 Fila Brasileiro ...... 238 Fox Terrier (Toy) ...... 242 Finnish Spitz ...... 239 Fox Terrier (Wire) ...... 243 Flat-Coated Retriever ...... 240 French Bulldog...... 244 _G German Pinscher ...... 245 Gordon Setter ...... 254 German Shepherd Dog ...... 246 Great Dane ...... 255 German Shorthaired Pointer ...... 248 Great Pyrenees ...... 256 German Wirehaired Pointer ...... 249 Greater Swiss Mountain Dog ...... 257 Giant Schnauzer...... 250 Greyhound...... 258 Golden Retriever ...... 252 _H Harrier ...... 260 Hovawart ...... 262 Havanese ...... 261 _I Ibizan Hound...... 263 Irish Terrier ...... 267 Icelandic Sheepdog...... 264 Irish Water Spaniel...... 268 Irish Red and White Setter...... 265 Irish Wolfhound...... 270 Irish Setter ...... 266 Italian Greyhound ...... 271 02_009215 ftoc.qxp 7/11/07 7:13 PM Page vii
_J Jack Russell Terrier...... 272 Japanese Chin ...... 275 Jagd Terrier...... 274 _K Kai Ken ...... 276 Kerry Blue Terrier ...... 280 Kangal Dog ...... 277 Komondor ...... 281 Karelian Bear Dog ...... 278 Kuvasz ...... 282 Keeshond ...... 279 _L Labradoodle ...... 283 Leonberger ...... 288 Labrador Retriever ...... 284 Lhasa Apso...... 289 Lakeland Terrier...... 286 Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Dog. . . . 290 Large Munsterlander ...... 287 _M Maltese...... 291 Miniature Bull Terrier ...... 296 Manchester Terrier ...... 292 Miniature Pinscher...... 297 Mastiff ...... 293 Miniature Schnauzer ...... 298 Mi-Ki...... 294 Mixed-Breed Dog...... 300 Miniature Australian Shepherd...... 295 _N Neapolitan Mastiff ...... 301 Norwegian Lundehund ...... 305 Newfoundland ...... 302 Norwich and Norfolk Terriers ...... 306 Norrbottenspets ...... 303 Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever . . . 307 Norwegian Elkhound...... 304 _O Old English Sheepdog ...... 308 Otterhound ...... 309 _P Papillon ...... 310 Pekingese ...... 315 Parson Russell Terrier...... 312 Pembroke Welsh Corgi...... 316 Patterdale Terrier ...... 314 Peruvian Inca Orchid ...... 317 02_009215 ftoc.qxp 7/11/07 7:13 PM Page viii
Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen ...... 318 Portuguese Podengo ...... 327 Pharaoh Hound ...... 319 Portuguese Pointer ...... 328 Pointer ...... 320 Portuguese Water Dog ...... 330 Polish Tatra Sheepdog ...... 321 Pudelpointer...... 331 Pomeranian ...... 322 Pug...... 332 Poodle (Toy)...... 324 Puli ...... 334 Poodle (Miniature)...... 325 Pumi ...... 335 Poodle (Standard)...... 326 Pyrenean Mastiff ...... 336 _R Rat Terrier ...... 337 Rottweiler ...... 339 Rhodesian Ridgeback...... 338 _S Saint Bernard ...... 340 Silken Windhound...... 358 Saluki...... 342 Silky Terrier ...... 360 Samoyed...... 344 Small Munsterlander Pointer ...... 362 Schapendoes...... 346 Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier ...... 363 Schipperke ...... 348 South African Boerboel ...... 364 Scottish Deerhound ...... 349 Spanish Greyhound ...... 365 Scottish Terrier...... 350 Spanish Mastiff ...... 366 Sealyham Terrier...... 351 Spanish Water Dog ...... 367 Shetland Sheepdog...... 352 Spinone Italiano...... 368 Shiba Inu ...... 354 Staffordshire Bull Terrier ...... 369 Shih Tzu...... 355 Standard Schnauzer ...... 370 Shiloh Shepherd...... 356 Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog ...... 371 Siberian Husky...... 357 Swedish Vallhund...... 372 _T Thai Ridgeback ...... 373 Tibetan Terrier...... 376 Tibetan Mastiff ...... 374 Tosa Ken ...... 378 Tibetan Spaniel ...... 375 _V Vizsla ...... 379 02_009215 ftoc.qxp 7/11/07 7:13 PM Page ix
_W Weimaraner ...... 380 Whippet...... 384 Welsh Springer Spaniel...... 381 White German Shepherd Dog ...... 386 Welsh Terrier ...... 382 Wirehaired Pointing Griffon ...... 387 West Highland White Terrier...... 383 Wirehaired Vizsla ...... 388 _X Xoloitzcuintli ...... 389 _Y Yorkshire Terrier...... 390