by Various (Author)
The Working Dog Vol. II - A Complete Anthology of the Dog gathers together all the best early writing on the breeds from our library of scarce, out-of-print antiquarian books and documents and reprints it in a quality, modern edition. This anthology includes chapters taken from a comprehensive range of books, many of them now rare and much sought-after works, all of them written by renowned breed experts of their day. These books are treasure troves of information about the breeds - The physical points, temperaments, and special abilities are given; celebrated dogs are discussed and pictured; and the history of each breed and pedigrees of famous champions are also provided. The contents were well illustrated with numerous photographs of leading and famous dogs of that era and these are all reproduced to the highest quality. Books used include: The Illustrated Book Of The Dog Vero Shaw (1879), The Show Dog by H. W. Huntington (1901), About Our Dogs by A. Croxton Smith (1931) and many others. The breeds in this Volume include: The Newfoundland, the Schnauzer and the St, Bernard.