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| DOG EAT DOG: A Very Human Book About Dogs and Dog Shows | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jane Stern, Michael Stern
Publisher: Scribner
Category: Book
List Price: $22.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 1572526
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6.3 x 1
ISBN: 0684822539
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.70811
EAN: 9780684822532
ASIN: 0684822539
Publication Date: February 10, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Ex-library book with usually library markings, mylar cover, card holder, stamps Standard used condition. May have light reading/storage wear. Usually ships within 1 business day from Walpole MA.
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Product Description
"The Secret Life of Dogs" meets "A Good Walk Spoiled" in this behind-the-scenes look at the subculture of the professional dog-show circuit. "A year on the dog-show circuit with a breeder and show of bullmastiffs has all the melodrama of a soap opera".--"San Francisco Chronicle". of photos.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Must read for for inspiring dog exhibitor February 5, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very good stuff.Written in very language easy to connect.I had almost decided to give up showing dogs,and got this book.In the next month I had three of my terriers were on board.Yet I am sure I would not have been hurt as much as before the book even if they had not won.
An essential reader for anything thinking about showing or breeding dogs April 2, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Recently, a friend mentioned he was thinking about breeding puppies. Luckily, I was already reading this book. After mentioning the schedules, money, paperwork, heartbreak, and blood, sweat, and tears that goes into dog breeding, he said "never mind"
Not only is Dog Eat Dog a brilliant expose on dog breeding, it focuses on the world of show dogs, a complicated place in which the slightest bump on a dogs shoulder can make the difference between winning and loosing, and where wirehair dogs have to be groomed by having individual hairs pulled out.
Though many breeds and breeders are mentioned, the main focus is on Mimi Einstein and her All Star Kennels, which breeds and shows Bull Mastiffs, massive, loving guard dogs. Many of the stories are touching, some will make you cheer outloud and one made my eyes water.
It's fast moving, well paced, and though a real tale it has a happy ending.
If you're thinking about getting a pure bred dog, showing a dog, or breeding for profit, please read this book first!
Highest recommendations.
Fun Read! November 13, 2003
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is an easy read - very entertaining. These folks know the dog world inside and out; they present it in a hysterical light.
 Pretty good--fast read! July 2, 2002
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed this look into the world of dog shows. The author doesn't hide the truths of the ins and outs of the world of showing and breeding dogs. Quick read--I read it in a day. Very well-written. Great little book!
'Dog Eat Dog' is the 'Orchid Thief' of the dog show world August 16, 2000
13 out of 17 found this review helpful
'Dog Eat Dog' is the 'Orchid Thief' of the dog show world, but the obsession in this case is with Bullmastiffs, not orchids. Jane and Michael Stern have written an interesting, sweet, and sometimes sad book about the 'dog eat dog' competition in the American dog show ring. The sadness comes in when the authors describe the problems that we humans have wrought upon our best friends, by breeding for a particular and possibly arbitrary trait (size or hairlessness) and ignoring the consequences (hip dysplasia, deafness, birthing problems).The authors suffered from the purebred dog syndrome themselves: "Some couples dream of a house, others of a baby; we could think of nothing more enriching to our tender relationship than the companionship of a drooling, flatulent Bulldog." Richard, the Bulldog was an utter failure in the showring but if he was the genesis of "Dog Eat Dog", then he was a very successful Bulldog, indeed. Please read this book. It is a droll, ingratiating, doggy slice of Americana.
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