American Book of the Dog

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Animals

Authors: Various In Year : 1891

Book Language: English

Audiobook: American Book of the Dog

01 Preface and Introduction
02 The English Setter
03 The Irish Setter
04 The American Golden Setter
05 The Pointer, Part 1
06 The Pointer, Part 2
07 The Greyhound
08 The Deerhound
09 The Foxhound
10 The Basset Hound
11 The Dachshund
12 The Bloodhound
13 The Russian Wolfhound
14 The Beagle Hound
15 The Irish Water Spaniel
16 The English Water Spaniel
17 The Clumber Spaniel
18 The Sussex Spaniel
19 The Field Spaniel
20 The Cocker Spaniel
21 The Chesapeake Bay Dog
22 The Fox Terrier
23 The Bedlington Terrier
24 The Irish Terrier
25 The Bull Terrier
26 The White English Terrier
27 The Yorkshire Terrier
28 The Airedale Terrier
29 The Scottish Terrier
30 The Dandie Dinmont Terrier
31 The Skye Terrier
32 The Black and Tan Terrier
33 The Maltese Terrier
34 The Collie
35 The Old English Sheep Dog
36 The Great Dane (German Dogge)
37 The St. Bernard
38 The Mastiff
39 The Newfoundland
40 The Bulldog
41 The Dalmation Coach Dog
42 The Poodle
43 The Italian Greyhound
44 The Pug
45 The Mexican Hairless Dog
46 The Toy Spaniels
47 The Skiperkee
48 Some Canine Diseases, and their Remedies
49 Spaniel Training

Here is a period piece, covering 47 breeds, about the early days of dog breeding, the birth of the American Kennel Club (1884) which firmly established breed standards, and the development of bench shows and field trials. Each article, written by a premier breed expert of the day, sheds light on how today's breeds were sculpted from the best traits of dogs of yesteryear. Old dog training theory and methods of treating disease are discussed. Editor Shields called this book (as of 1891) “the grandest work on the dog ever published.” Its various authors were part of the movement importing canine stock from Europe, often at enormous expense, and organizing national breed clubs from the various private clubs they were part of. (Summary by Michele Fry)