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| Breeding Dogs for Dummies | 
 enlarge | Author: Richard G. Beauchamp
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
List Price: $21.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 168946
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0764508725
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.7082
UPC: 785555085985
EAN: 9780764508721
ASIN: 0764508725
Publication Date: May 20, 2002
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 There are many reason for wanting to know about breeding March 25, 2003
21 out of 26 found this review helpful
My roomate recently rescued a pregant female dog and was literally unable to find a *single* book on dog reproduction in our strongly Animal Rights influenced community library so we bought this book. Might it ever occur to the writer of review 2 that there might be Humane reasons other than making money for wanting a book on dog breeding? Should the rescuers of pregnant animals be prevented from reading books that will tell them how to take care of their charges, safely deliver a litter, and care for the puppies afterwards? There are a lot of abandoned pregnant dogs needing new homes and thank goodness we are still allowed access to materials ( though we had to pay, the library was loaded with "adopt a dog" material, which we had *already* done and not a single book on how to help our adopted pregnant dog! )
This is a very good, detailed, informative book, and very HELPFUL. If we had listened to Reviewer 2's advice and not bought this book, we might have made mistakes in caring for our furry refugee, and what's humane about that?
Censorship is an attempt to control access to information. Censorship can hurt.
Only for those who want to breed top dogs June 2, 2002
28 out of 31 found this review helpful
Beauchamp, a highly successful breeder and judge, makes very sure your motives are right for breeding top class dogs and makes no bones (pun not intended!) about discouraging anyone who thinks they can do this for profit. Takes you step by step through finding the right mentor and selecting the best possible stock to establish a bloodline that will produce typey, healthy and mentally sound puppies. He makes genetics really easy to understand and how important they are in developing a breeding program. I show my own dogs now and I'm not actually a beginner but far from achieving the goals I've set. This book will be kept handy for a lot of years to come I'm sure!
I think what is especially responsible about this book is that it not only cautions against breeding without making sure suitable homes are waiting but gives some great tips on how to go about doing it.
 Please Stop Here. May 24, 2002
10 out of 84 found this review helpful
I'm really hoping after you read this you will really consider what a waste of money this is.
Please do not buy this book and think that it will show you step by step how to raise a healthy happy pup. It will only get you so far. If you've never bred before, more than likely you will run into many problem that this book cannot answer or you have trouble following the directions or whatever. You will more than likely end up with sick pups, and/or a dead mother. Please Please Please don't buy this book and think oh, now I'm going to breed. I dare you to take a walk into an animal shelter and look into the eyes of the many homeless dogs there and tell me you still want to breed. I know you've probably heard this, but millions of dogs die every year die because there just aren't enough homes for them all. So please consider adopting a homeless dog, or go to a breed rescue. 'Adopt One Until There Are None'
This book may be very well written, but I think I speak for many dog rescuers out there that this book is going to cause many problems because people are going to think this is a step - by - step way to have great dogs.
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