The Company use Cookies to identify user and prevent users and their exercise of rights/services from unauthorized or illegal use against user’s data from third party. Each and every entry includes glorious photographs and fact-packed profiles detailing the individual character, compatible owner traits, and breed-specific advice. Gland-lined sacs, housed internally on either side of a dog’s anus, produce a scent that contributes to each dog’s unique odour profile. That is, breeding a purebred Irish Setter to another purebred Irish Setter will always produce dogs instantly recognizable as Irish Setters.

More than 400 dog breeds are introduced, from primitive dogs and working dogs to companion dogs and scent hounds. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

That's why we create books for everyone that explore ideas and nurture curiosity about the world we live in. At the back of the book it gives you a care guide with tips on how to look after your dog in all stages of its life and a few tips at training.

It exactly what you think of when you remember Dk books when you were a kid, big, loads of facts and beautiful photographs. The catalog introduces more than 400 dog breeds arranged in traditional categories, including primitive and working dogs, companion dogs and scent hounds. This perfect pooch package is an indispensable owner's guide and invaluable reference for budding dog whisperers. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).Once approved by the AKC, a standard becomes both the breeder’s “blueprint” and the instrument used by dog show judges to evaluate a breeder’s work. Although details about the evolution of dogs are uncertain, the first dogs were hunters with keen senses of sight and smell. DK produces content for consumers in over 87 countries and in 62 languages, with offices in Delhi, London, Melbourne, Munich, New York, and Toronto. A celebration of the canine world, combining history with practical information on dog breeds, health, care, and trainingExplore the history and variety of our most faithful companions in this visual guide to over 400 different dog breeds. From Beethoven to Toto, dogs have a special relationship with humans and are forever known as man’s best friend.

From Beethoven to Toto, dogs have been adored for their unswerving loyalty and companionship throughout history and The Dog Encyclopedia is the perfect celebration of man's best friend. Explore the history and variety of our most faithful companions in this collection of over 400 different dog breeds. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The Company uses Cookies on the Site to collect data from those who visit the Site and use services on the Site. It was a process that unfolded over thousands of years—likely involving dog populations that appeared in different parts of Eurasia at different times, with dogs and wild wolves continuing to interbreed with one another and with early dog populations being replaced by later ones.Explore the history and variety of our most faithful companions in this visual guide to over 400 different dog breeds. Therefore, any use of Cookies for collecting personal data will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Personal Data Protection Policy of the Company. This book includes photographs and profiles detailing character, compatible owner traits, and breed-specific advice. In case of no Site Owner’s Cookies or you choose to disable function of these Cookies in your browser, it may result in malfunction of the Site. Also, the aging rate of some breeds, such as beagles, differs from that of other similarly sized breeds.

Characteristics of loyalty, friendship, protectiveness, and affection have earned dogs an important position in Western society, and in the United States and Europe the care and feeding of dogs has become a multibillion-dollar business. For centuries, dogs have been adored for their unswerving loyalty, and this new edition of The Dog Encyclopedia perfectly celebrates the special relationship that binds humans with our four-legged friends.Starting with their history, evolution, and anatomy, this lavishly illustrated book puts on a show of dogs in art and advertising, sport and service, and religion and culture, as famous dogs in fiction line up alongside heroic helpers.