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| Genetics: An Introduction for Dog Breeders | 
 enlarge | Author: Jackie Isabell
Publisher: Alpine Blue Ribbon Books
Category: Book
Buy New: $34.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 520024
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 322
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 10 x 6.8 x 0.8
ISBN: 1577790413
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.70821
UPC: 697987904133
EAN: 9781577790419
ASIN: 1577790413
Publication Date: February 1, 2003
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 Genetics: An Introduction for Dog Breeders July 22, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
relly nice book ,well written .Lots of informations
It is a must for a breeder in order to do a good job!!!
 Informative, but Heavy January 4, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Dog breeding is an art as well as a science, and this book gives a pretty good explanation as to why this is the case. It gives a thorough overview of what we know of canine genetics, discussing physical traits, genetic conditions, etc, and what we consider our best guesses are for the inheritance patterns of various alleles.
But unless your breed of choice happens to be Weimeraners, you won't find many specifics in this book. If the breed you're interested in has fairly typical canine genes, you'll find more here than if your breed is more obscure. Moreover, the book necessarily goes into Genetics fairly deeply; I've a degree in Biology and I have more genetics background than the average joe, and *I* found the book a little overwhelming. I think it would be heavy reading for most people, especially if they do not have some basic idea of how the mechanics of Genetics work.
It's a good reference, but nothing I'm just dying to read. I got much more out of certain breed-specific books.
Excellent book for any serious dog breeder. July 28, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book should be required reading for anyone serious about breeding quality dogs. Easy to read with lots of valuable information, but detailed enough for the experienced breeder.
UGH! FRUSTRATION!!! July 14, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I know the very subject matter of this book is difficult and involved, but unless you are at least slightly well versed in the subject or have a steel trap of a mind and remember everything you ever read, this will be very frustrating!
I was constantly re-reading to try to make sense of it all and trying to memorize the terms & their meanings. Even when I was successful, it was a short-lived accomplishment because the next paragraph introduced something else just as complicated or more often worse.
It isn't a total loss, though. There is some interesting dog/wolf history... even the history of science & genetics was interesting.
I don't think the average dog breeder looking for an introduction to genectics would find this an easy read or get a lot out of this book unless you use it more as a study mannual & had some to help guide you through it.
This one is on my shelf to be re-read at a later date.
I hope you have a better time of it than I did!!!
Invaluable resource January 30, 2006
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Every single dedicated breeder should have the knowledge found in this book.
In addition to important information on genetics, it has very interesting information on the evolution of dogs and a great chapter on behavior which even goes into detail on the stages of development in puppies and effects of environment on behavior.
There is excellent information about hereditary problems, genetic disorders, and even mate selection. There is a list at the back of every breed with their hereditary disorders listed and mode of inheritance when known, which should be especially helpful for breeders. There is also breed-specific information on coat colors and alleles- which, by the way, used to look like an exotic foreign language to me and now makes sense!
I had a very simple understanding of Mendelian genetics before I read this (from reading "The Joy of Breeding Your Own Show Dog by Anne Seranne- another great book.) This book made my understanding complete.
Before I read this book I thought that genetics were going to be difficult and boring to learn, but the author does a great job of keeping the subject interesting. The preface mentions that the author had her breeder friend, who was confused and intimidated by genetics, read the manuscript and point out areas that were especially confusing to a beginner or areas that needed clarification, etc. Maybe this is one of the reasons why this book is so effective.
A great, absolute must-have book that I highly recommend!
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