The American Book of the Dog

Here is a period piece, covering 47 breeds, about the early days of dog breeding, the birth of the American Kennel Club which firmly established breed standards, and the development of bench shows and field trials. Each article, written by a premier breed expert of the day, sheds light on how today's breeds were sculpted from the best traits of dogs of yesteryear. Old dog training theory and methods of treating disease are discussed. Editor Shields called this book “the grandest work on the dog ever published.” Its various authors were part of the movement importing canine stock from Europe, often at enormous expense, and organizing national breed clubs from the various private clubs they were part of.

01 - Preface and Introduction 02 - The English Setter 03 - The Irish Setter 04 - The American Golden Setter 05 - The Pointer, Part 1 06 - The Pointer, Part 2 07 - The Greyhound 08 - The Deerhound 09 - The Foxhound 10 - The Basset Hound 11 - The Dachshund 12 - The Bloodhound 13 - The Russian Wolfhound 14 - The Beagle Hound 15 - The Irish Water Spaniel 16 - The English Water Spaniel 17 - The Clumber Spaniel 18 - The Sussex Spaniel 19 - The Field Spaniel 20 - The Cocker Spaniel 21 - The Chesapeake Bay Dog 22 - The Fox Terrier 23 - The Bedlington Terrier 24 - The Irish Terrier 25 - The Bull Terrier 26 - The White English Terrier 27 - The Yorkshire Terrier 28 - The Airedale Terrier 29 - The Scottish Terrier 30 - The Dandie Dinmont Terrier 31 - The Skye Terrier 32 - The Black and Tan Terrier 33 - The Maltese Terrier 34 - The Collie 35 - The Old English Sheep Dog 36 - The Great Dane (German Dogge) 37 - The St. Bernard 38 - The Mastiff 39 - The Newfoundland 40 - The Bulldog 41 - The Dalmation Coach Dog 42 - The Poodle 43 - The Italian Greyhound 44 - The Pug 45 - The Mexican Hairless Dog 46 - The Toy Spaniels 47 - The Skiperkee 48 - Some Canine Diseases, and their Remedies 49 - Spaniel Training