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| Pedigree Points: Dogs: A Handbook of What Judges Look for in Over 100 of the Most Popular Breeds | 
 enlarge | Author: Emma Eustace
Brand: Barrons Books
Category: Book
List Price: $22.95
Buy New: $2.94
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1867118
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Us
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 10 x 7.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0764154648
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.70811
UPC: 027011054648
EAN: 9780764154645
ASIN: 0764154648
Publication Date: August 10, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: HARDCOVER, STORE DISPLAY COPY, UNREAD NEW BUT HAS A TAD BIT OF SHELFWEAR FROM STORE DISPLAY, OTHERWISE VERY NICE, CLEAN, COMPLETE
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| Customer Reviews:
 MAJOR Disappointment September 11, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
In short, the information you need on the breeds can be found in the AKC Complete Dog Book. The photos are horrible and do not represent the breeds as they should be represented.
 Disappointing, especially the photos June 29, 2003
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This COULD have been a great book. The concept is wonderful: a book of "illustrated standards" for the dog-showing-going public, the serious dog fancier, or the merely curious. Unfortunately, the execution is very disappointing. The dogs that were chosen for the photograph of each breed are decidedly NOT stellar examples of breed conformation. In addition, the dogs are not posed ("stacked") to show off what qualities they do have. This is a puzzlement. Why put together a book of illustrated standards and then so poorly illustrate them? At times, the text of the standards says one thing and the photograph shows something different. (Example: Belgian Sheepdog hindquarters "Length and substance well proportioned to size of dog" but photo shows a fine boned, leggy specimen.) In addition, readers should be aware that in some cases this book illustrates the British interpretation of breed standard. (Example: the Shetland Sheepdog pictured is of the decidedly finer boned and "snipey" type, not the dog of substance and angles that is more commonly strived for in the United States.) It must be said that the text is VERY well presented--in the style of Richard Saul Wurman (of the "Access" travel books fame). This book WOULD be an extremely useful reference, if not for the poor, and downright misleading, photographs. In short: not recommended.
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