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| Legacy of the Puppy: The Ultimate Illustrated Guide (Legacy of the) | 
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| Author: Hiromi Nakano
Creators: Hiroyuki Ueki, Toyofumi Fukuda
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 322435
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 248
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.8
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 8.6 x 1
ISBN: 0811845346
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.707222
EAN: 9780811845342
ASIN: 0811845346
Publication Date: December 2, 2004
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Product Description
Nipping at the heels of the best-selling Legacy of the Dog, Legacy of the Puppy presents page after page, paw after paw, and ooh after ah of adorable full-color photographs of over 100 breeds in all their puppy splendor. From everybody's favorites to rare varieties, each breed portrait includes in-depth information on breed standards and history, temperament, coat care, special talents, and favorite sports to help prospective owners choose which puppy is the right fit. Legacy of the Puppy also gives extensive advice on training and raising puppies and addresses any health concerns new owners might have. The perfect book for breeders, new puppy parents, or puppy parents-to-be, Legacy of the Puppy is both a solid resource and an utterly charming collection of puppies.
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 Simple & Sweet December 29, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is wonderful for those who are into puppies in general. This is a great learning guide for children, or people of any age that can appreciate the playful innocence of young pups. This book as an informative reference falls somewhat short, but gives a decent overview of each breed. Each page has a generous amount of pictures of a specific breed of puppy, then a picture of the corresponding breed as an adult, which is nice. The photographs are well taken and the silly poses the puppies fall into will definitly draw a smile or laugh from any reader. It's undeniably adorable and a fun book to have on the shelf. Caution: this book will create an overwhelming desire to buy a dog! ;)
good puppy stuff, ignore the zoolgist March 14, 2005
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
The information about the various puppies is fairly simple and probably a good start for deciding which breeds to look into.
The pictures are excellent.
The text by "Tadaaki Imaizumi, zoologist" makes me question whether the person actually has a degree. Unlike the authors claims, dogs do indeed share morphological traits with wolves, seeing as how dogs technically share some morphological traits with humans.
The information about raising puppies at the back of the books is also fairly helpful.
If children are reading the book, especially ones interested in dogs and wolves, parents may need to explain that, contrary to what the book seems to imply, dogs are indeed canids. Not just descended from them but are actually in the Canidae family.
 Following in the pawprints of "Legacy of the Dog"... December 27, 2004
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
Several years ago I bought "Legacy of the Dog"; yesterday, I bought "Legacy of the Puppy," having instantly recognized it as the follow-up to the first--same style, same beautiful glossy book, another picture of a terrier on the cover (this time Airedale instead of Irish). The primary reason I like this book is that it's a good one to coo over with your dog-loving friends; normally we don't get to see much of what all these breeds look like as puppies. At least, not all in one book. Not as many breeds are represented, but with over 200 pages, enough of them are, and not all are AKC-recognized. Basically, every set of pages shows pictures of a mother dog with a variety of beautiful, representative-of-breed puppies around with their ages next to them; most of the breeds follow this general format. The text is essentially the same as you'd find in any dog-breed book but is useful nonetheless; I haven't found major errors in it so far. The text also centers, of course, around the puppies of each breed but also covers what they will likely grow up to be and what to expect. Also, it includes new features like words from actual owners of each puppy breed, offering insight into what it's like to really live with one, & a handy 'diseases by breed' chart.
Looking through these pages and choosing a puppy based on which one you think is cutest is NOT the way to do it and not what the book's intended for, but when used responsibly, or just for fun, it's a great book. The maltese, Great dane, and Brittany puppies look just like my current dogs when they were tiny. My very favorite breeds--afghan hounds, borzois, salukis, and Bedlington terriers--are all represented. The book is wonderful for seeing the whimsy and curiosity of young puppies. Some of the pictures are truly excellent; the little border collies and beagles and Irish setters, for instance, are gorgeous. The Dachshunds are portrayed in a variety of uncommon and common colors, including my favorite adorable long-haired brown and blue merle combination. The Lakeland terrier 'group shot' looks like they're all smiling. One of the 55-day-old Akita puppies looks like Angel from "Lady and the Tramp 2," proving how seeing the puppy version of a breed can change your perception of how a dog will look full-grown; I'd never considered her an Akita pup before! The husky pups have sapphire blue eyes, the Shiba Inus play with pinecones, one of the French bulldogs has the greatest expression on, the Bichons and Schipperkes are precious--well, they all are, ne?
This book is the ultimate look at the cute, happy playfulness of puppies. The kind you leave out and guests will want to go through. It's great, I recommend it.
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