anyone read this book? - Page 1

http://www.amazon.com/Working-Dogs-Shepherds-Combines-Conformation/dp/1929242220%3FSubscriptionId%3D0JMRCC8VR4XB2VF5HPG2%26tag%3Dhttpwwwfreedo-20%26linkCode%3Dsp1%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1929242220

Working Dogs: An Attempt To Produce A Strain Of German Shepherds Which Combines Working Aability And Beauty Of Conformation (Paperback)

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This book is fascinating. Anyone even considering breeding dogs in general and the German Shepherd Dog in particular should read this and keep it for reference. The authors prove wrong anyone who says bloodlines are not important when deciding what to breed to what and explains how it takes careful study and several generations of dogs to determine what traits your foundation stock is passing on. It also has much on the psychological traits and temperment that most inexperienced or back yard breeders over look completely in favor of just trying to produce "pretty dogs" or the current fad in conformation or color. I have already lent this book to a friend so I don't have the original publish date handy but it was originally printed in the early 1900's but it certainly is not dated except in some areas such as feeding and the loss of many puppies to contageous disease as there were no vaccines then, although this was somrtimes considered a positive as the ones who did not contact the disease even tho exposed or the ones who recovered were deemed a case of survival of the fittest. I believer this is the best book I have read on dog breeding by far.

Nope but it looks interesting. If you click the link, you can read the first 6 pages.

Book was orginally published in 1934 and by Humphrey and Warner discussing the Fortunate Fields breeding project done in the 1920's.

There is reference to this study by Malcom Willis and, earler, by Clarence Pfaffenberger (The New knowlege of Dog Behavior). It is also discussed in the novel The Story of Edgar Sawtell.

 very good book. Details about the Fortunate Fields Project

regards

I'm going to put it on my wish list too!

Thanks for the insight!

Sitas Mom
I will put it on my wish list, looks a good book  but i will still have to buy it for  myself, for i have no one else who will
Steve1

I found it to be an excellent book.