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Border Collies (Complete Pet Owner's Manual) | 
 enlarge | Author: Michael Devine
Brand: Barrons Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 713653
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 120
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 6.4 x 0.3
ISBN: 0812098013
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.7374
UPC: 027011098017
EAN: 9780812098013
ASIN: 0812098013
Publication Date: July 1, 1997
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Product Description
The border collie has only recently been recognized by the AKC as a separate breed. Here is extensive description of this high-energy, highly intelligent working dog's physical and emotional traits and suitability as a pet. Here too is advice on purchase, training, health care, exercise, feeding, and much more. Paperback / 120 Pages / 6 1/2 x 7 7/8 / 1997
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 Great reference July 17, 2008
This book is a concise little reference book and a quick read. It's not very detailed but for that I'd recommend "Your Border Collie's Life" by Kim Dearth. What I like about this book are the nice quality pictures of Border Collies and the easy-to-find topics.
 Why should I buy this? April 29, 2007
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
Like many breeds, the Border Collie deserves understanding by potential and current owners. I don't feel however this book was intended to do that. A basic dog care book would suffice for most of it and in spending too much time on this, diminishes the challenge and understanding this breed demands of its owners.
The contention of the author that the Border Collie is relatively a new breed is, in my mind patently dishonest. Border Collie records are well documented and go back well over a hundred years, but for the AKC, that decided to recognize the breed recently, it is "recent" and, I presume that is the authors perspective in writing this.
On this point, it should also be noted by the author (but is not) that registered AKC Border Collies were created based on "looks like" and not on herding or intelligence or even the historical records for the breed.
Today, there are two registries that exist competing with each other. Those that are recognized to be Border Collie workding dogs and those that are recognized by the AKC.
 New Border Collie Owner March 14, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a very interesting book with a lot of specific information about Border Collies. I have found it to be very helpful, and refer to it on a daily basis regarding the many questions I, as new owner of a BC, encounter when dealing with my young BC. These are very complex dogs, not to be taken on casually, and this book acknowledges their potential difficulties, but also their extreme intelligence and need to work.
affectionate discussion of border collies February 23, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is clearly written by a border collie lover. The photographs are good and have cute captions, there are a number of drawings of the dogs, and the issues of living with a border collie are straight-forward and informative. I loved this book. I keep returning to some of the pictures I enjoyed most.
Border Collies (Complete Pet Owner's Manuals) November 10, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Excellent book which taught me all I needed to know about my new Border Collie. Highly recommended.
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