Going for the Blue: Inside the World of Show Dogs and Dog Shows

by Caras, Roger A.

• ISBN13: 9780756766290
• ISBN10: 075676629X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: DIANE PUBLISHING CO

Author Biography

Roger A. Caras was president of the ASPCA and a Special Correspondent for Animals and the Environment for ABC News. The author of more than seventy books on pets and wildlife, he was a syndicated columnist who contributed articles to magazines and newspapers across the country

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
What Is a Show Dog Supposed to Look Like?	p. 1
What Is a Purebred Dog?	p. 4
... And Not So Pure	p. 7
Early History	p. 9
Writ in Black and White	p. 12
Faults	p. 19
Random-Bred Dogs	p. 22
Showing Your Dog	p. 24
Politics in the Ring	p. 25
When It's Up to the Dog	p. 29
Rhonda and Snickers	p. 41
Class Act	p. 51
Conformation Showing	p. 53
The Classes	p. 57
The Final Judging	p. 62
The Mechanics of Showing	p. 63
O'er Land and Sea	p. 78
The Miscellaneous Class	p. 80
There Is a Breed for You	p. 87
Ouch! Biters	p. 97
Pick and Choose	p. 105
The Truth about "Papers"	p. 114
A Name for Those Papers	p. 118
After Your Puppy Comes Home	p. 119
Trials and Then Some	p. 123
Obedience Trials	p. 125
Field Trials	p. 130
Stamina Can Help You Survive	p. 134
Meet the "Competition"	p. 138
Coming and Going	p. 145
Kids, Too	p. 151
Details Worth Noting	p. 157
Built-in Faults	p. 163
Afterword	p. 167
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