Kelpie The definitive guide to the Australian working dog

by Parsons, Tony

• ISBN13: 9781761045677
• ISBN10: 1761045679
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2022-06-01
• Publisher: Viking Australia

Summary

Set to become the classic work on the breed for many years to come, Tony Parsons' The Kelpie is the culmination of sixty-five years of experience in breeding and training Kelpies, while also researching their origins and promoting the breed worldwide. This fully illustrated and authoritative work contains everything you might want to know about this renowned dog. Some of the many areas of Kelpie lore and practice covered include: - The Kelpie's origins and evolution – theories and furphies - The role of genetics and selection in breeding stock - Practical advice on loyalty, temperament, obedience, commands and developing control - Preparing the Kelpie for trialling - The Karrawarra stud and the increasing popularity of the working Kelpie in the US - Famous Kelpies of today and yesterday, as well as breeder profiles - A section on health and nutrition by Dr Alistair Webb – from general care to emergency treatment - Over 250 colour and black-and-white photographs, many of them rare and historic. On virtually every page of this book Tony Parsons reveals his deep respect and affection for this great Australian dog.

Author Biography

Tony Parsons left school at sixteen and his first job in journalism was at the New Musical Express. His first journalism after leaving the NME was when he was embedded with the Vice Squad at 27 Savile Row, West End Central. The roots of the DC Max Wolfe series started here. Since then he has become an award-winning journalist and bestselling novelist whose books have been translated into more than forty languages. The Murder Bag, the first novel in the DC Max Wolfe series, went to number one on first publication in the UK.