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| The Australian Cattle Dog: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet | 
 enlarge | Author: Katherine Buetow
Publisher: Howell Book House
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 466936
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0876054467
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.737
UPC: 021898054463
EAN: 9780876054468
ASIN: 0876054467
Publication Date: March 23, 1998
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Condition: Will ship in 24 hours. Book in great condition.Will be shipped in bubble mailer.
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
This is our seventh set of Happy, Healthy Pet titles. These latest additions will bring our series up to fifty-five titles, and like the others, they are books pet owners can turn to for the essential information they need to raise a healthy pet. All books contain information on: - feeding
- housing
- grooming
- health care
- what to expect from the pet
- basic training
As our series expands and focuses on different kinds of pets, the emphasis remains on making the pet a companion. In addition, owners of more unusual pets will particularly appreciate the expert advice in these books because professional care for their animals may be difficult to come by. As always, the instruction is from expert—people who know their pet intimately, but also remember what it was like to have one for the first time. Happy, Healthy Pet guides are rich with professional quality color photos and are designed to be enjoyable and easy to learn from.
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| Customer Reviews:
 A missed occasion April 24, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I own an ACD and am interested to know as much as possible about this fascinating kind of dog, in terms of behaviour and peculiarities.
I have to say that, apart a couple of info in the first 3 chapters (roughly 35 pages), the rest of the book has only 20 good colour pictures of ACD and nothing else focused on this dog!
It is more a normal guide to a happy healthy dog than a book on ACD. It would have been much more correct to specify this general approach.
The price is right but this is not enough.
 Half on ACDs, half on dogs in general July 31, 2003
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this book, but didn't realize until I received it that only half the book is devoted to ACDs. The other half is about dog/puppy care in general and seems to be universal to this series of books. Good information, just not specific to ACDs as I had hoped.
Lots of pictures of adorable ACD puppies, as well as full-grown dogs. Good information about techniques for keeping an ACD busy and active, too. Medium-size puppy Kong toys filled with kibble, peanut butter and topped with a treat have helped my ACD stay in her crate all night without complaint, and saved my sanity!
Another quibble, the book tends to assume that you selected your puppy from a reputable breeder. The author doesn't seem to acknowledge owners who rescue pups, who have found an ACD pup by chance, or who have a mixed-breed, part-ACD pup.
 An excellent read for the cattle dog owner September 27, 2001
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book really covers the temperment of the breed. Offers training and what to expect of living with a cattledog. I had a hard time putting the book down.
Excellent book especially on training! June 14, 1999
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
As a first time Australian Cattle Dog Owner we were unprepared at how to care for and deal with the cattle dog that adopted us. This book has lots of good information on caring for cattle dogs and is the only one that had information in it on leash breaking our dog. All in all an excellent book for people new to dogs and Australian cattle dogs in particular.
 A very informative read for owners new to the breed. April 23, 1998
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
As a new owner of an ACD pup, I felt that I needed to know more information about the breed as a whole so that I could obtain insight on how to deal with my dog. This book was very informative and gave a good description of the ACD. I feel now that I better know how to handle my dog, but also how to make him the happiest. It gave great ideas on how to spend quality time with your dog using activites that they enjoy. I feel that our bond has definitely improved after reading this book. Read the book, get ready for some fun, and by all means go buy a can of tennis balls.
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