Product Description

This book is a must for anyone considering a canine addition to the family. Nearly 150 breeds are presented with a full photo for each and a complete checklist including personality and physical characteristics, as well as both possitive and negative attributes. Never before has there been such depth of truth and authority collected in one comprehensive volume.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #758737 in Books
• Published on: 1996-09-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

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The most authoritative book of its kind. Nearly 150 breeds are presented with a full photo for each and a complete checklist including personality and physical characteristics, as well as both positive and negative attributes. Never before has there been the depth of truth and authority that is given here, highlighting each breed's unique qualities along with a look at who should not own the breed. Photos.

From the Back Cover
Choosing the Ideal Canine Companion Has Never Been Easier! If you are considering a canine addition to the family, The Perfect Match is the perfect guide. The most authoritative book of its kind, it is the only one to utilize experts in every breed profiled. Written by Chris Walkowicz, a nationally acknowledged, life-long dog authority, this book is filled with the expertise of those specifically involved with each one of the over 160 breeds included. A photo accompanies every breed outlined, along with a complete checklist including personality and physical characteristics, as well as both positive and negative attributes. Never before has there been the depth of truth and authority that is given here, highlighting each breed's unique qualities along with a look at who should not own the breed. Because this is in the truest sense matchmaking, The Perfect Match provides a broad spectrum of in-depth information for each breed in a user-friendly format, including:

• grooming requirements
• activity level
• life expectancy
• size
• character
• shedding
• whether good with children
• genetic health

About the Author
Chris Walkowicz has had a lifelong involvement with dogs as a breeder, trainer/behaviorist, lecturer, writer, and now judge of purebred dogs. She is the co-author of Old Dogs, Old Friends, and Successful Dog Breeding.

Customer Reviews

Buy the author's other book!
I rated this book only three stars because the same information, expanded and updated, appears in "Choosing a Dog for Dummies," by the same author. The newer version is worth four or five stars, I believe. Both are easy to use, thanks to the telegraphic evaluations preceding each write-up. Despite there being no color pictures, this is a good reference for the price.

The Indispnsable Book
In my years as breeder referral chair for a local kennel club I just about wore out my copy of this book. It has all the pertinent information arranged in chart and narrative form for each breed.
The articles have the ring of veracity. Authors who really know the breeds are telling it like it really is. It is simply the most useful dog book I ever bought, and I have bought many.

John Culleton
Wexford Irish Terriers

This is all surface tension
For years I have been trying to find a book to replace, The Right Dog for You, by Daniel F. Tortora, because his book now does not include an number of breeds. I thought The Perfect Match might be the one. What a disappointment. I wanted to learn about the breeds and how they react and interact in their environments. Some breeds have more information, but there are no cautions about puppy mills or the effect they have on the breed. There is no consistent information about heriditary defects, the life-span. This is not a buyers guide, it doesn't give you the information to make the educated decision a buyer of this book is hoping to make. I wish Tortora would write another book.