Dogs as pets

The Cocker Spaniel is a merry, compact gundog bred to flush and retrieve game birds, and one of the best-loved companions of its day.

SPANIELS AND THEIR TRAINING THEIR BREEDING AND REARING BENCH SHOW POINTS AND CHARACTERISTICS By Freeman Lloyd A VINTAGE DOG BOOKS CLASSIC REPRINT Originally privately published in the early 1900s, this scarce work on the Spaniel is both expensive and very hard to find in its first edition.

Originally published in 1920, this extremely rare early work on the Bulldog is both very expensive and very hard to find in its first edition.

This rare book was one of the few early 20th century dog books to deal solely with the true `Working Terrier'.

A sturdy white working terrier developed in Pembrokeshire, Wales, the Sealyham was bred to tackle badger, otter and fox.

Developed in nineteenth-century England from bulldog and terrier stock, the Bull Terrier is a powerful and famously good-natured companion.

Developed in nineteenth-century England from bulldog and terrier stock, the Bull Terrier is a powerful, courageous and famously good-natured companion.

The Great Dane is the giant Apollo of dogs, a German boarhound of noble bearing and gentle temperament.

The Great Dane is the giant Apollo of dogs, a German boarhound of noble bearing and gentle temperament.

The toy breeds - Pekingese, Pomeranian, Toy Spaniel and their kin - are the little companion dogs bred purely for the pleasure of their company.

America's own breed, the natty Boston Terrier - the American gentleman - was developed in New England from bulldog and terrier stock as a companion.

The Basset and the Beagle are low, tireless scent hounds bred to hunt hare and rabbit in full cry.

The Scottie diehard and the fiery Irish daredevil are two of the great game terriers of the British Isles.

Originally published in 1878 while the Rev.

Originally published in 1923, this extremely scarce early work on Guard Dogs is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition.

Originally published in 1848, this book was so well received by sportsmen and dog owners alike, that several more editions were published in ensuing years.

Originally published New York 1925, this scarce early work on theGerman Shepherd Dog (G.

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Bred for generations to work the flock with intelligence and tireless energy, the Collie is the classic sheepdog of Scotland and the north.

The Dingo is Australia's wild dog, an ancient free-living canine woven through the continent's landscape and lore.

A rough-coated Highland sighthound bred to course the red deer, the Deerhound is among the most ancient and stately of breeds.

Originally published in 1917, this entertaining book was written in memory of the authors old friend "e;Jock,"e; an Aberdeen or Scottish Terrier.

The colourful early history of the breed is here vividly told, while in the chapters dealing with breeding, rearing, exhibiting, field trials and police work the comments of leading fanciers will be found of great value to the novice owner and indeed to labrador lovers of longer standing.

Originally published in 1897 this was one of the rarest early monographs on this noble breed.

"e;Buff: A Collie And Other Dog Stories"e; is a collection of short stories by Albert Payson Terhune.

Off the Leash: A Dog's Best Friend rounds up a second selection of the best cartoons celebrating the unique friendship between dog and owner.

An ideal gift for dog lovers, Off the Leash: The Secret Life of Dogs showcases the best of Rupert Fawcett's brilliantly observed cartoons in book form for the first time.

Now a major film, starring Dennis Quaid.

One of the most ancient of breeds, the Saluki is the graceful desert sighthound of the Middle East, coursed by the Bedouin over sand and stone.

A massive guardian of the Himalaya, the Tibetan Mastiff has watched over flocks and monasteries for centuries.

Originally published in the early 1900s, this extremely scarce work on the "e;Sporting"e; Bull Terrier or Pit Bull Terrier is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition.

Robert Kaleski was the pioneer chronicler and standard-setter of Australia's own working breeds - the Kelpie, the Cattle Dog and the Dingo.

Thirty Years with Fighting Dogs (Vintage Dog Books Breed Classic - American Pit Bull Terrier) Originally published 1935, USA, this is a reprint of a fascinating historical document about fighting dogs.

The Unwritten Laws of Foxhunting - With Notes on The Use of The Horn And The Whistle And A List of Five Thousand Names of Hounds.

Pierce O'Conor was a highly regarded Terrier Man of his day.

Smart, game and endlessly energetic, the Fox Terrier - smooth- and wire-coated - was bred to bolt the fox and became a Victorian favourite.

First set down in Latin by the physician and naturalist John Caius in 1576, this is the earliest systematic account of the dogs of England, classifying them by kind and use.

The Mastiff is one of Britain's most ancient breeds, a massive guardian dog known since Roman times.

Bred from greyhound stock by the working men of northern England, the Whippet is a small, swift sighthound and a keen show dog.

Originally published in 1936, this book is extremely rare in its early editions.

The largest of the terriers, the Airedale - King of Terriers - was bred in the Aire valley of Yorkshire as a versatile working dog.

Bred by northern working men for rag-racing and rabbit-coursing, the Whippet is a small, swift sighthound - the poor man's racehorse.

A small, hardy working terrier of the Scottish Highlands, the Cairn was bred to bolt fox and vermin from the rocky cairns that give it its name.

Developed in Germany as a herding and service dog, the German Shepherd - or Alsatian - is prized for its intelligence, courage and trainability.

The retrieving breeds were developed to find and fetch shot game to hand, on land and in water.

The Dachshund - the German badger dog - is a long-bodied scent hound bred to go to ground after badger and fox.

Originally published in 1907 as part of "e;The Kennel Encyclopaedia.

"e;Bulldogs"e; was originally written by Henry St.

Ireland's national terrier, the soft-coated blue-grey Kerry was an all-purpose farm dog of the south-west before it took to the show ring.

Originally published in 1917.