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Breeding Dogs for Dummies  Packed with tips on breeding champion-quality puppies Start a breeding program that will ensure your dogs’ health and enhance their lineage Breeding puppies involves many responsibilities, but it can also be one of the most enjoyable and rewarding experiences you ever have. This friendly guide provides all the information you need to create a positive breeding environment for your dogs so that they produce happy, healthy offspring.
Author: Richard G. Beauchamp Paperback: 336 pages Company: For Dummies (2002-05-20) ISBN: 0764508725 List Price: $21.99 Amazon Price: $9.49 Used Price: $4.50 The Dog Breeder's Guide to Successful Breeding and Health Management  This unique resource offers a general overview of canine body systems and how each system affects the breeding process. Key topics include nutrition, pharmacology, microbiology, parasitology, vaccinations, genetics, and endocrinology, as well as normal anatomy and disorders of the male and female reproductive systems. **Full-color illustrations make important information more readily available and provide more accurate representations of actual clinical appearance. **Each chapter begins with frequently asked questions and answers, offering quick and easy access to key information. **Each chapter ends with a Test Your Understanding section that encourages readers to review what they have just read and apply it to real-life situations. **A first aid appendix offers quick access to information related to various emergencies, including what could have caused it, and how to handle the situation. **An appendix covering common problems seen in dogs lists symptoms associated with each problem, the possible causes, and how frequently the problem occurs.Author: Margaret V. Root Kustritz Paperback: 512 pages Company: Saunders (2005-12-08) ISBN: 1416031391 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $18.30 Used Price: $39.94 Successful Dog Breeding: The Complete Handbook of Canine Midwifery (Howell Reference Books)  Here, at last, is a revised and expanded edition of this award-winning breeders' reference. Successful Dog Breeding is a book for the first-time breeder and longtime fancier alike, no matter what the breed. Down-to-earth practical information is given to cover virtually every contingency associated with breeding and whelping. Presented in a humorous format, even the most serious information is made easier to understand. Chris Walkowicz and Bonnie Wilcox, D.V.M., are both veteran dog fanciers who bring a wealth of personal and professional experience to every chapter. Covering topics from planning the breeding (should I or shouldn't I?) to problems encountered in breeding, delivery and neonatal care, the authors offer viable solutions to innumerable problems, whether old or new. Two highly extensive appendices on breed idiosyncrasies, compiled from correspondence with longtime fanciers as well as from research from veterinary journals, complete the abundance of information offered here. All of this is complemented by original drawings by the well-known canine artist Mary Jung. Canine Reproduction And Whelping: A Dog Breeder's Guide  Author: Myra Savant-harris Paperback: 77 pages Company: Dogwise Publishing (2006-01) ISBN: 1929242379 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $15.55 Used Price: $16.53 Dog Breeders Professional Secrets: Ethical Breeding Practices  Author: Sylvia Smart Paperback: 188 pages Company: Dogwise Publishing (2008-08-04) ISBN: 192924259X List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $12.43 Used Price: $13.50 Breeding Better Dogs  The text focuses on the fundamental aspects of producing better dogs. It was written for those interested in upgrading their stock and producing quality animals. The author anticipates the type of information that most breeders need and presents it in a clear and easy-to-understand style. Some of the unique methods which have proven to be of great value are the color charts and stick dog figures that are designed to help breeders plan their future breeding on paper to see what they are likely to produce. The pedigree charts and stick dog illustrations provide an easy method for interpreting the pedigrees of potential dams and sires, and for predicting the qualities in their expected litters. The Technique of Breeding Better Dogs (Book of the Breed S)  This scientifically accurate, wonderfully detailed book, written by a veteran dog breeder, is enhanced by spectacular photos that take the reader through every step of the dog breeding experience. 144 photos. 2 8-page color inserts.Author: Dieter Fleig Hardcover: 174 pages Company: Ringpress Books (2002-10) ISBN: 1860540554 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $15.64 Used Price: $30.84 Successful dog breeding Author: Chris Walkowicz
Hardcover: 218 pages Company: Arco Pub (1987-03) ISBN: 0668061340 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: Used Price: $3.72 The Complete Book of Dog Breeding  A veterinarian with many years of canine practice experience offers guidance to novice and professional dog breeders, emphasizing the responsibilities of reputable breeders to their dogs and to the buyers of the puppies they produce. Topics covered include: the choosing, health, quality, and conditioning of brood stock; practical DNA use, and Canine Health Information Center (CHIC) surveys and data storage to scientifically improve the selection of healthy brood stock and puppies; potential breeding problems; artificial insemination; pregnancy and its duration; embryonic and fetal activity; pregnancy nutrition; physical changes during pregnancy; stages of labor; normal and Cesarean-section births, and how to assist in both; nutrition of dams and puppies and how to recognize and prevent potential problems in both; neonatal puppy care; lactation and weaning the puppies; socializing the puppies; pedigrees, registration, and titles; and much more. Filled with color photos and line art.Author: Dan Rice D.V.M. Paperback: 184 pages Company: Barron's Educational Series (2008-11-01) ISBN: 0764138871 List Price: $11.99 Amazon Price: $7.31 Used Price: $8.19 The Joy of Breeding Your Own Show Dog (Howell Dog Book of Distinction)  Back by popular demandthe only breeding book endorsed by top breeders "There are many books on breeding dogs, but Ann's book is so on-target and comprehensive that it has become a bible among successful breeders. The news that Howell is making this modern classic available again is to the benefit of both new and future generations of aspiring breeders." -- From the new Foreword by Wendell J. Sammet, The American Kennel Club's first Breeder of the Year (2002) The bible of quality dog breeding, The Joy of Breeding Your Own Show Dog is a must-have for novice and veteran breeders alike, covering everything from developing a viable breeding program to genetics to whelping, raising, and socializing puppies. Written in easy-to-understand language by renowned dog breeder Ann Seranne, this classic takes you step by step through the entire process of breeding a successful litter, from the moment of conception to a dog's first show. You'll see how to select a method of breeding, evaluate your own breeding stock and the potential of a litter, avoid the pitfalls of whelping, and properly care for the litter until the puppies are ready to go to their new homes. Ann Seranne's deep love of dogs, her vast knowledge, and her expertise make this the only guide you will ever need to become a successful breeder. Author: Ann Seranne Hardcover: 256 pages Company: Howell Book House (2004-12-03) ISBN: 0764573020 List Price: $34.99 Amazon Price: $19.58 Used Price: $19.60 |