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Summary: Great Pyrenees - Great Information at a Tiny Price!
Review: Great Pyrenees by Joan Hustace Walker is surely a delight in many ways. Her resources were obviously reliable, her photographer excellent, and her writing extremely intelligible. Ms. Walker presents the facts about this wonderful breed in a no-nonsense fashion, recognizing this dog's personality, needs, excentricities and the absolute need for early and continued training. The information on selection of a Great Pyrenees is invaluable! This book is an asset to Pyr owners, breeders and rescue workers, as well as those who are taking their first look at this fabulous dog! Congratulations to the author and publisher on a concise, valuable book!
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Summary: Great place to start
Review: I really enjoyed this book as a good place to start gathering information about the great pyrenees before making a final puppy purchase. The pictures were great and i have enjoyed looking at them several times!
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Summary: Not a helpful book for us
Review: Our family got a new Great Pyrenees puppy (9 months old). We wanted one good Pyr book that helped us with some basics; feeding him and training him. On both counts this book let us down. In "How much to feed:" the book described how to tell if your dog is overweight and had no information on quantity of food. For training the book emphasized sending the dog to training school. Our family does not recommend this book, however our children enjoyed the pictures.
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Summary: GREAT HELP FOR GREAT PYR OWNERS
Review: Owning a Great Pyrenees is not a simple task, but this slim volume was tremendous help in preparing for caring for a Pyr. Pyrs are huge, beautiful animals with some special needs, and no owner should acquire a Pyr without some professional guidance such as this book. It is one of the few, really well-written guidebooks for Pyr ownership available, as this is not one of the most popular breeds in this country.
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Summary: GREAT HELP FOR GREAT PYR OWNERS
Review: Owning a Great Pyrenees is not a simple task, but this slim volume was tremendous help in preparing for caring for a Pyr. Pyrs are huge, beautiful animals with some special needs, and no owner should acquire a Pyr without some professional guidance such as this book. It is one of the few, really well-written guidebooks for Pyr ownership available, as this is not one of the most popular breeds in this country.
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Summary: Unvarnished facts about the Great Pyrenees dog as a breed
Review: This book distills most of what I want my puppy buyers to know in one easy to read volume. I'll fill them in on details - what to feed, how to train - but this gives them both the pros and cons of owning a big white, shedding, barking, sometimes-aggressive dog. Some excellent pictures show the different styles of Pyrs, and the clean white show dog is contrasted by the tall, muddy working dog.This little book was reviewed and edited prior to publication by some of the most knowledgeable Great Pyrenees people in the country and its information is accurate. Pyrs practice "selective deafness", they roam without a good fence, and they shed enough each year to make a sweater - these "negative" facts are honestly presented, along with the beauty, protectiveness and intelligence of this wonderful livestock guardian breed. I consider it valuable enough that a copy goes home with every new puppy and Rescued dog.
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Summary: Great Pyrenees : Everything
Review: this is a great little hand book to give a beginner a complete overview of this magestic dog.
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