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| The Standard Book of Dog Breeding: A New Look | 
 enlarge | Author: Alvin Grossman
Publisher: Doral Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $26.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 472605
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 123
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 8.8 x 0.6
ISBN: 0944875181
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.7082
EAN: 9780944875186
ASIN: 0944875181
Publication Date: May 1992
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Condition: Used, very good with no writing or marks in text. This is an OVERSIZE book and can only ship priority or outside the USA by special arrangement.Ships within hours from Charleston, SC. Established seller with nearly 10 years of online history.
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 Good technical/medical info, pls ignore the in/line-breeding February 8, 2003
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
The book is excellent with regard to the technical aspects and considerations of health and whelping, but ignore the author's advice regarding genetic principles of inbreeding and line-breeding.
Do so only if you are an experienced breeder, and are intimately familiar with your line and what traits reappear time and time again in your dogs. Many undesireable traits are tied to the desirable ones. The other reviewer who cautioned disaster has a valid, informed point!
 Great book with excellent content March 22, 2001
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Dr. Grossman writes a very thorough book that is filled with good content. Many things that we know but need to be reminded and many things that are new (at least to me). Really enjoyed reading his work. Helped focus my objectives on how to begin a successful breeding/showing program.
 A blueprint for disaster March 11, 2001
9 out of 15 found this review helpful
This book tells you how to use inbreeding and linebreeding, and it teaches you the basics of Mendelian genetics, but these help to manage one or two traits at a time.The problem is that genes don't assort one trait at a time! Genes are linked to chromosomes. While we were all busy inbreeding and linebreeding to 'fix' the desirable traits of breed type and conformation, something else happened, and now we are producing a steady increase in unwanted traits that we call genetic defects. Time magazine has an interesting article on this problem...
The underlying advice is undisputable July 29, 1998
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
I particularly recommend the thorough reading and appreciation of the first chapter. Those who have sufficient experience will appreciate and endorse the many points which are made upon the early stages of ownership and the requirements of breeding.
Everthing you wanted to know about breeding July 29, 1998
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
A practical no-nonsense approach to dog breeding is the prime focus of this very readable book. Dr. Grossman writes for the novice and advanced breeder as well, spotlighting possible pitfalls and providing guidance...In short, everything you wanted to know about breeding a winner but were afraid to ask.
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