Product Description

Whether you're new to showing dogs, or are a breeder sending a show puppy to a new home, here's an award-winning book that will help get your show puppy off to a great start! Raising a Champion is the complete handbook for people who show their own dogs! Raising a Champion has complete, detailed and fully illustrated instructions! Twenty five chapters contain step-by-step information about training for and competing in the show ring. The FAQs answer questions that every handler asks at some time. Counting championship points is carefully explained and illustrated with dozens of worked examples

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #117717 in Books
• Published on: 2001-01-01
• Released on: 2001-01-01
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Review
We award the blue ribbon for packing excellent information into to "Raising a Champion". It's a must-have book. -- Dog World Magazine, September 2002

We award the blue ribbon for packing excellent information into to "Raising a Champion". It's a must-have book. --Dog World Magazine, September 2002

About the Author
Meredith John and Carole Richards are breeders, trainers, teachers and handlers, each with more than 25 years of competing in dog sports. Between them, they have earned more than 50 AKC conformation championships with a variety of breeds, as well as titles in obediene, agility, tracking and field events.

Customer Reviews

Great book for beginner
Great book, really like this book it has helped me alot as I am just beginning in showing.What I really like about this book is it shows detailed pictures and information.It has alot of pages on stacking and gaiting it shows you step by step how to teach your dog to stack and gait.It has information on counting points, how to enter a show and everything you need to bring to a show and how a show works. Really great book for a novice, easy to understand.

Perfect book for the perfectionist in all of us!
I own three or four books on showing dogs and I have to say that this book is the most detailed book I've found on the "art" of the dog show. Major confidence booster because they don't leave out a single detail. There's nothing left to figure out, instead it is simply and concisely spelled out. For the novice (like myself) it's a live saver. I suspect that there are some valuable lessons for dog handlers of all levels.

Very Informative
I purchased this book and two others prior to showing my 9 mo. old puppy at a four day show with a Specialty in his breed. He placed Second in puppy sweeps on one day of the show and Reserve Winners on another day. In my opinion, my mentor and this book gave me a greater understanding of what the judges look for, how the point system works, how to work with my puppy in segments, and how to handle my dog in the ring. Some breeders at the show said I did fine, my puppy did fine, and that we were a team in the ring.
It was a very exciting and satisfying experience and I look forward to learning more from this book in the future. I am a beginner and there is much to learn.