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COVER PAGE
TITLE PAGE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CREDITS
NOTICE
THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB
SELECTING THE RIGHT PUREBRED DOG
INTRODUCTION TO THE TWENTIETH EDITION
PART 1
THE AKC BREEDS
DISQUALIFICATIONS APPLYING TO ALL BREEDS
HOW HEIGHT AND LENGTH ARE MEASURED ON A DOG
INAUGURAL AKC REGISTRATIONS
PART 2
GROUP I: SPORTING BREEDS
BRITTANY
POINTER
GERMAN SHORTHAIRED POINTER
GERMAN WIREHAIRED POINTER
CHESAPEAKE BAY RETRIEVER
CURLY-COATED RETRIEVER
FLAT-COATED RETRIEVER
GOLDEN RETRIEVER
LABRADOR RETRIEVER
NOVA SCOTIA DUCK TOLLING RETRIEVER
ENGLISH SETTER
GORDON SETTER
IRISH SETTER
AMERICAN WATER SPANIEL
GROUP II: HOUND BREEDS
AFGHAN HOUND
BASENJI
BASSET HOUND
BEAGLE
BLACK AND TAN COONHOUND
BLOODHOUND
BORZOI
DACHSHUND
AMERICAN FOXHOUND
ENGLISH FOXHOUND
GREYHOUND
HARRIER
IBIZAN HOUND
IRISH WOLFHOUND
NORWEGIAN ELKHOUND
OTTERHOUND
PETIT BASSET GRIFFON VENDÉEN
PHARAOH HOUND
RHODESIAN RIDGEBACK
SALUKI
SCOTTISH DEERHOUND
WHIPPET
GROUP III: WORKING BREEDS
AKITA
ALASKAN MALAMUTE
ANATOLIAN SHEPHERD DOG
BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG
BLACK RUSSIAN TERRIER
BOXER
BULLMASTIFF
DOBERMAN PINSCHER
GERMAN PINSCHER
GIANT SCHNAUZER
GREAT DANE
GREAT PYRENEES
GREATER SWISS MOUNTAIN DOG
KOMONDOR
KUVASZ
MASTIFF
NEAPOLITAN MASTIFF
NEWFOUNDLAND
PORTUGUESE WATER DOG
ROTTWEILER
SAINT BERNARD
SAMOYED
SIBERIAN HUSKY
STANDARD SCHNAUZER
GROUP IV: TERRIER BREEDS
AIREDALE TERRIER
AMERICAN STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIER
AUSTRALIAN TERRIER
BEDLINGTON TERRIER
BORDER TERRIER
BULL TERRIER
CAIRN TERRIER
DANDIE DINMONT TERRIER
SMOOTH FOX TERRIER
WIRE FOX TERRIER
GLEN OF IMAAL TERRIER
IRISH TERRIER
KERRY BLUE TERRIER
LAKELAND TERRIER
MANCHESTER TERRIER
MINIATURE BULL TERRIER
MINIATURE SCHNAUZER
NORFOLK TERRIER
NORWICH TERRIER
PARSON RUSSELL TERRIER
SCOTTISH TERRIER
SEALYHAM TERRIER
SKYE TERRIER
SOFT COATED WHEATEN TERRIER
STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIER
WELSH TERRIER
WEST HIGHLAND WHITE TERRIER
GROUP V: TOY BREEDS
AFFENPINSCHER
BRUSSELS GRIFFON
CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL
CHIHUAHUA
CHINESE CRESTED
ENGLISH TOY SPANIEL
HAVANESE
ITALIAN GREYHOUND
JAPANESE CHIN
MALTESE
MANCHESTER TERRIER (TOY)
MINIATURE PINSCHER
PAPILLON
PEKINGESE
POMERANIAN
POODLE (TOY)
PUG
SHIH TZU
SILKY TERRIER
TOY FOX TERRIER
YORKSHIRE TERRIER
GROUP VI: NON-SPORTING BREEDS
AMERICAN ESKIMO DOG
BICHON FRISE
BOSTON TERRIER
BULLDOG
CHINESE SHAR-PEI
CHOW CHOW
DALMATIAN
FINNISH SPITZ
FRENCH BULLDOG
KEESHOND
LHASA APSO
LÖWCHEN
POODLE (MINIATURE AND STANDARD)
SCHIPPERKE
SHIBA INU
TIBETAN SPANIEL
TIBETAN TERRIER
GROUP VII: HERDING BREEDS
AUSTRALIAN CATTLE DOG
AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD
BEARDED COLLIE
BELGIAN MALINOIS
BELGIAN SHEEPDOG
BELGIAN TERVUREN
BORDER COLLIE
BOUVIER DES FLANDRES
BRIARD
CANAAN DOG
CARDIGAN WELSH CORGI
COLLIE
GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG
OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG
PEMBROKE WELSH CORGI
POLISH LOWLAND SHEEPDOG
PULI
SHETLAND SHEEPDOG
THE MISCELLANEOUS CLASS
BEAUCERON
PLOTT
REDBONE COONHOUND
SWEDISH VALLHUND
TIBETAN MASTIFF
PART 3
JOINING A DOG CLUB
THE SPORT OF DOGS
DOG SHOWS
JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP
COMPANION EVENTS
PERFORMANCE EVENTS
CANINE GOOD CITIZEN
TRAINING
BASIC PRINCIPLES
PRAISE AND CORRECTION
HOUSEBREAKING
USING A TRAINING COLLAR AND LEASH
BASIC COMMANDS
BEYOND THE BASICS
GROOMING
COAT CARE
NAILS
EARS
EYE CARE
BRUSHING THE TEETH
ANAL SACS
RESPONSIBLE BREEDING
BREEDING RESPONSIBLY
GENETICS
REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY
CONTRACEPTION
BREEDING
PREGNANCY
BIRTH
WHEN TO CALL THE VETERINARIAN
NEWBORN PUPPIES
WEANING
MORE TO LEARN
PART 4
A HEALTHY DOG
SKIN
EYES
EARS
MOUTH
NOSE
TEMPERATURE
PULSE
ELIMINATION
WEIGHT
NUTRITION
CALORIC REQUIREMENTS
PREGNANT AND LACTATING BITCHES
HAND FEEDING NEWBORN PUPPIES
OLDER DOGS
COMMON ERRORS
THE OVERWEIGHT DOG
COMMON ILLNESSES
THE SKIN
THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
THE HEART
THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
THE EYES
THE EARS
THE MOUTH AND NECK
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
THE URINARY SYSTEM
THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
MULTISYSTEMIC PROBLEMS
CANINE FIRST AID
RESTRAINT
TRANSPORTING AN INJURED DOG
ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION
HEART MASSAGE
BLEEDING
SHOCK
FRACTURES
FISH HOOKS
HEATSTROKE
POISONS
BURNS AND TOPICAL IRRITANTS
DOGFIGHTS
VOMITING AND DIARRHEA
SEIZURES
ADMINISTERING MEDICINE
GLOSSARY
COPYRIGHT PAGE
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