The Newfoundland Puppy: Early Care, Early Training by Judi Adler |
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This best-selling manual is the perfect resource for the Newfoundland puppy owner. It features over 100 photos and dozens of sketches, and has in-depth chapters on grooming, feeding, and veterinary care. It has common sense advice on how to choose a suitable puppy. Extensive chapters help the new owner be successful when training for water work, obedience, puppy kindergarten training, draft (carting) work, backpacking, conformation and tracking. Plus much, much more! An extensive source guide lists dozens and dozens of books, magazines, supplies, dog clubs, and miscellaneous products suited for this wonderful breed. Breeders nationwide agree it’s by far the best book available for the new puppy owner.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | 2 |
| Table of Contents | 3 |
| The Silas Letter | 4 |
| Is It A Match? | 5 |
| Basic Care | 7 |
| Feeding | 9 |
| Shelter | 11 |
| Housetraining | 15 |
| Grooming | 18 |
| Veterinary Care | 27 |
| Companionship | 38 |
| The Birds and the Bees | 41 |
| Choosing The Perfect Puppy | 44 |
| Nine No’s In A Nutshell | 52 |
| Some Thoughts on Training | 53 |
| Obedience | 64 |
| Kindergarten Puppy Training | 79 |
| Conformation | 98 |
| Water Training | 113 |
| Carting & Sledding | 124 |
| Tracking | 134 |
| Backpacking | 143 |
| Agility | 147 |
| We're Bored. What'll We Do Today? | 157 |
| Source Guide | 164 |
| Anatomy of a Newfoundland | 167 |
| Appendix | 168 |
| Index | 171 |
Fourth Edition, 1998. Softcover, 170 pages
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