Record details

• ISBN: 0789441969
• ISBN: 9780789441966
• ISBN: 0789405695
• ISBN: 9780789405692
• Physical Description: 80 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
• Edition: First American edition
• Publisher: New York, N.Y. : DK Pub., 1999.
• Distributor: Boston : Distributed by Houghton Mifflin Co..
• Copyright: ©1996

Content descriptions

General Note:

First published as a DK paperback in 1999.

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Breed Characteristics 10 -- Behavior Profile 12 -- Coats and Colors 14 -- Sex and Type Differences 16 -- Finding the Right Dog 18 -- Puppy Care -- Your New Puppy 20 -- Early Training 22 -- Introducing Outdoors 24 -- First Routines 26 -- Come, Sit, Down, Stay 28 -- Training to Heel 30 -- Care of the Adult Dog -- Indoor Training 32 -- Outside the Home 34 -- Travel and Boarding 36 -- Constructive Play 38 -- Good Control 40 -- Feeding Your Dog -- Foods for Your Dog 42 -- Healthy Eating 44 -- Grooming Your Dog -- Basic Body Care 46 -- Maintaining the Coat 48 -- Your Dog's Health -- Basic Health 50 -- Common Problems 52 -- Breed-Specific Problems 54 -- Foreseeing Dangers 56 -- Emergency First Aid 58 -- Minor Injury and Illness 60 -- Breeding Your Dog -- Origins of the Breed 62 -- Reproduction 64 -- Pre- and Post-Whelping 66 -- Showing Your Dog -- Preparing for a Show 68 -- What Happens at a Show 70 -- Working Dog -- Specialized Training 72 -- Assistance Roles 74 -- Breed Standard 76.

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Subject:

Labrador retriever.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

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