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Books for novice pet owners that combine the most breed-specific information with loads of helpful tips and superb color photos. These are the books pet owners can turn to for the essential information they need to raise a four-footed family member. There are chapters on-- feeding-- grooming-- housing-- health care-- what to expect from the pet-- basic training-- teaching tricks-- getting active with your pet in the communityThe emphasis is on making your pet your friend, and the instruction is from experts, people who not only know the breed of the pet intimately, but remember what it was like to have one for the first time. People like the internationally renowned behaviorist Dr. Ian Dunbar, who wrote the chapter on training. People who've coached novice owners through the joys -- and frustrations -- of pet ownership and who know the consequences of no advice or bad advice, on the owner and the pet.