- Hardcover: 560 pages
- Publisher: Collins (Aug 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0062701363
- ISBN-13: 978-0062701367
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 19.2 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 564,850 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Format:Hardcover
Just like parents should have a comprehensive paediatric medical guide for their children, dog owners should have a comprehensive medical guide for their dogs. And, technically, this one certainly fits the bill.
This book is thick for a reason. It covers nearly every medical condition, disease and ailment that you can think of. It also provides solid information on normal dog growth and development, feeding, and home health remedies.
HOWEVER, if you are looking for a user-friendly, easy-to-read, "For Dummies"-type canine medical reference, THIS IS NOT IT. I strongly disagree with reviewers who say otherwise. "The Book of Dogs" rivals your average human medical reference guide -- full of medical jargon and technical terms. I cannot find my way through this book without constant use of the glossary and index in the back. And I find myself sifting through page after page trying to locate the exact information I'm looking for. Not user-friendly at all -- especially in an emergency.
Unless your dog has some kind of serious medical condition(s) -- my dog, for instance, has Sebaceous Adenitis, a rare auto-immune disease -- for which you need more detailed information, you don't really need this book. You (and your dog) are better off with a book like "What Your Dog Is Trying To Tell You: A Head-to-Tail Guide to Dogs' Symptoms And Their Solutions" by Stephanie Pedersen and John Simon.
Format:Hardcover
This book is well written and easy to understand. I get calls all the time from friends asking me to look up different symptoms for them. My neighbor is currently borrowing this book. I am lost without it. My only reason for not giving this book a 5 star rating is that I wish it went into much more explicit detail on symtoms from the mildest cases to the most extreme.
Format:Hardcover
This book has much good information but fails to cover even items that are currently being researched at UCD -- I was particularly disappointed to find nothing on HOD which has been a plague among the larger dog breeds.
Much information -- but far from as the title suggests -- "complete". Definately worth the price, however.
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