The Perfect Last Minute Gifts – 4 Shopping Days Left
These books offer good choices for the dog lovers on your Christmas list.
The Winning Edge: Show Ring Secrets
By George Alston
The Winning Edge is the very first book to apply sports psychology to dog showing. Here, serious exhibitors, including the seasoned veteran, will have the opportunity to develop and polish the skills necessary to take a place in the winners’ circle. With award-winning author Connie Vanacore, George Alston shows us all how to gain consistent success in the only sport in which amateurs compete directly with the professionals. Chapters focus on the advantages of being an amateur and underscore the necessity for the mental preparation and psychology that are essential to every exhibitor’s success.
The authors cover every ingredient in the recipe for show ring success, with chapters on the perfect handler, the making of a show dog, psychocybernetics, where and how to focus when in the ring and learning from the competition.
The Winning Edge, an essential for every dog exhibitor’s bookshelf, now makes George Alston’s professional know-how available to everyone with the desire to win.
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New Secrets of Successful Show Dog Handling
By Peter Green & Mario Migliorini
New Secrets of Successful Show Dog Handling is the definitive book on the sport of exhibiting purebred dogs. From early training to ring strategy and promoting a special dog, this comprehensive, illustrated guide reveals the actual practices, procedures and etiquette involved in showing.
? What dog shows are all about ? Early show training ? Setting up your dog ? Baiting ? Ring procedures ? Conditioning ? Presentation and ring strategy ? Tricks of the trade ? The secret formula for success ? Publicizing your dog.
Gems From The Book: *Handling is the art of making dogs look their absolute best! *Handlers must convey a positive attitude: Those who doubt their ability to win are rarely mistaken. *A person who has never failed has failed to extend himself. *Subtlety can mean the difference between superior and merely adequate handling.
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Born to Win, Breed to Succeed
By Patricia Craige Trotter
The most important book on dog breeding and showing ever written just got bigger and better! Complete with new and updated content by Patricia Craige Trotter, who won her signature breed group at Westminster a record-breaking ten times, Born to Win, Breed to Succeed, 2nd edition is now the most inclusive how-to guide on dog shows ever written. This full-color edition feature s updated and revised information on everything from tips for breeders, owners, and handlers to the proper documentation of your breeding program. In addition to the expanded content, this book also contains more than 400 color photographs of historic and current show dogs with informational sidebars.
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Tricks of the Trade: From Best Intentions to Best In Show, Revised Edition
By Pat Hastings
In the show ring, judges assess the whole package, which is the sum of effective breeding, evaluating, rearing, teaching, conditioning, nutrition, grooming, care and presentation. Pat Hastings discusses all of these elements in this book and shares a variety of tips and tricks that she has found useful over her long career in the dog world. The revised edition is a significantly enhanced resource, with expanded text, more visuals and all-new illustrations.
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America’s Super Horse: The story of Rugged Lark
By Rebekah Ferran Witter and Carol Harris
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For the Love of Dogs
By Will Alexander
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For the Love of Dogs is a coming-of-age story, as well as a young man’s introduction to the sport of dog shows.
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