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Good, but it "bites" at you?
Pet stores get puppies from "good breeders"? PuhLEEZ!
A waste of money
Shsi Tuz Complete Owner's Manual - Little money well spent

Shih Tzu Complete Owner's Manual
Jaime Sucher
Manufacturer: Barron's Educational Series
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Living with a Shih Tzu

ASIN: 0764110438

Product Description

This tiny, affectionate dog craves lots of love and attention, and its long, thick coat requires daily grooming. Shih Tzu owners will find all the information they need in this volume to keep a happy, healthy dog. Books in the Complete Pet Owner's Manuals series present basic information about pets for new or soon-to-be owners. Advice and instruction covers feeding, housing, health care, training, grooming, protection against hazards, and more. Texts emphasize pet care basics and are easy for all readers to understand, but most titles in this series also present facts that even experienced pet owners and breeders will find new and useful. All books in this series are filled with high quality full-color photos and instructive line drawings. Length averages between 64 and 104 pages. Paperback / 96 Pages / 6 1/2 x 7 7/8 / 2000

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Good, but it "bites" at you?.......2005-04-25

I am in the process of purchasing a Shih Tzu puppy, and for that reason, this book WAS helpful. It was helpful in a generic sense about the pros and cons of puppies vs. adult dogs, purchasing from a responsible breeder, the expense associated with a puppy, etc., all of which I've seen in other general dog guides. The book outlines roughly the history and orgin of the Shih Tzu, but I found it a bit sparse and was dissapointed. However, there was a very good section on very basic dog training that is sensitive to the Shih Tzu breed. The photos and drawings in the book were a very good bonus. The one thing that I recoiled from was the almost harsh, scolding nature of the author as to who is qualified to add a Shih Tzu to their home, almost using scare tactics and extreme scenarios to frighten people away from the breed. While it is a valuable point that has it's place in any dog breed book, I found it was a bit much. I appreciated the clearly designed chapters and the sections on housetraining and health maintainence.

Pet stores get puppies from "good breeders"? PuhLEEZ!.......2004-03-04

No matter what the rest of the information in this book is like, the mere statement that "Well-run pet shops generally obtain their puppies from good breeders (page 9)" earns the book one star only because there's no way to give it a minus-10 rating. NO good breeder will sell a puppy to a pet store. Pet stores obtain their puppies from puppy mills; now that a lot of people know how appalling the puppy mills are, pet stores will tell people pups come from "local breeders" which just means a LOCAL puppy mill. I could not understand why the author would write such a thing until I read his bio. He works for a manufacturer of pet products. Never, never, never buy a dog or a cat from a pet store unless you enjoy supporting a traffic in animal cruelty.

A waste of money.......2003-04-22

I truly hate to give a book a bad review, because I know the work that goes into one, but this book truly .... It could pretty much be about any breed of dog, it has such a paucity of information about the shih tzu. I bought it because I had just adopted a shih tzu and wanted any help or tips I could get about the breed, and I learned nothing. Please don't waste your money on this book.

Shsi Tuz Complete Owner's Manual - Little money well spent.......2000-11-28

I am a first-time owner of a Shih Tzu puppie. I found this book extremely informative - from choosing your puppy, to crate training, to feeding, to what to expect from your puppy when you first take it home. It also details the breeding process and whether or not breeding is for you. The book is well worth the price.

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The Complete Shih Tzu
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The Complete Shih Tzu
Victor Joris
Manufacturer: Howell Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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The Complete Shih Tzu.......2000-02-23

I was looking for more of a book about care of the dog. This book had very in-depth history about how the breed got started and progressed. It is good for those who want to show the dog or for a historian, not a new pet puppy owner.

great.......1999-04-06

lots of info. on the breed. like an encyclopedia on Shih Tzus

The Complete Shih Tzu (Book of the Breed Series)

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Shih Tzu

The Complete Shih Tzu (Book of the Breed Series)
Juliette Cunliffe , and Juliette Cuncliffe
Manufacturer: Ringpress Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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A New Owner's Guide to Shih Tzu (JG Dog)

ASIN: 0948955473

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Shih Tzu.......2007-01-19

As a first time pet owner, this book was helpful. I love Shih Tzu breeds even more.

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Shih Tzus: a Complete Owner's Manual
Jaimie Sucher
Manufacturer: BARRONS (GBS)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000GWIC8Y

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