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| German Shepherds for Dummies | 
 enlarge | Author: D. Caroline Coile
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
List Price: $15.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 50767
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 0764552805
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.7376
EAN: 9780764552809
ASIN: 0764552805
Publication Date: September 15, 2000
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| Customer Reviews:
 THE WORST BOOK ON GERMAN SHEPHERDS....EVER !!!!!!!!!!!! January 29, 2006
26 out of 27 found this review helpful
I'll tell you why.:
Little story, my husband surprised me with a GS puppy last year when I came back from a weeklong vacation. I did not want a puppy yet because I've never owned a dog before and I wanted to do some reading on the subject, especially with a GS. It's not the kind of breed that you can just buy and say "ok, we have a cute puppy" and that's it. Every dog deserves a well informed owner. But I ended up using my intuition and common sense to do the majority of training for my dog (who I now love dearly). This book taught me nothing that I hadn't already figured out on my own. And I must add that there is only about 10% of this book that is actually geared towards GS's. It's a very broad based book on how to train a dog, not just a GS. There are many other books out there that will tell you about the breed and what to expect about there intelligience, personality and the AKC standards for this breed. I learned more things browsing through GS magazines at PetSmart. DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK !!!! There are MUCH better books about German Shepherds !!!!!!!
 Hell, Fire, and Brimstone December 13, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I am well aware that owning a pet of any kind is a HUGE responsibility, I don't need it shoved down my throat every other paragraph. Furthermore, the author had a grim way of reinforcing the fact that neglected Shepherds would indeed be problematic...well, duh! Sardonic predictions and lack luster descriptions of this beautiful animal made me doubt if indeed the author had ever actually owned a German Shepherd.
That being said, if there are individuals out there that don't know that a dog of any kind is a huge undertaking, this wouldn't be such a bad read.
 A Champion Read ! December 13, 2003
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
= A Champion ReadAs a German Shepherd owner in northern Ontario, Canada, I found this book of valuable assistance. There is little help in a practical sense for animals in this part of the world, but this book has really helped. Chapters 12 and 13 on pet care are the best chapters in the book: they help you to dedect ailments early on and so you can avoid expensive trips to vets or even losing your loved animal.
Each chapter is clearly set out and has spacing between main paragraphs and sections. It is obvious that this book is written by a true professional: it is thorough, yet not boringly over detailed. It mentions in one chapter about dominant aggression of the dog, but also, as always, goes to the root cause of the problem , which, of course, helps the breeder or owner alike, to be beware and maybe prevent such behaviour from happening in public. As I say, it is a very practical book. It starts with a practical plan of how much it would cost to keep a German Shepherd at your home and then goes on to point out how it would fit in the family, how to house it etc. In another chapter, it gives really good advice on what to do with the "undesirables" such as how to remove a stink from your home to removing ticks from the dog. Beautiful black & white as well as colour photos accompany the chapters. Only a dummie would skip buying this book ! Glen M Darlow
The best!!! March 19, 2003
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is the most useful and user friendly of all the GSD books I have in my library! It has a lot of information none of the other books have.
 If You Haven't read any other books may be you will like. February 12, 2002
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
Well, for a start this has all the details that anyone would write about GSDs. Nothing unique in details. Not sure if the author is expert on THE GSDs. Having read few other books, I found this is not much unless this is your first book, if this is your first book then you will definitely be encouraged to read more about GSDs - thats the only good point as far as i can see.
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