The Scottish Terrier - It's Breeding and Management With a Chapter on Cairns - Illustrated with plates (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781473330580)

This vintage book contains a detailed guide to owning and keeping Scottish terriers, with information on history, breeding, rearing, exhibiting, and more. Man has been keeping these small, delightful canines for hundreds of years, and this volume explores this relationship between man and terrier, as well as offering the reader tips on keeping and breeding them. Highly recommended for Scottish terrier owners and those with an interest in dog breeding in general. Contents include: "Origin and History", "Description and Character", "The Stud Dog and Brood Bitch", "Buying, Kennelling, Feeding", "Puppy Rearing and Training", "Exercise", "Grooming and Preparing for Show", "Specialist Clubs", "Standard of Points", "Things to Remember", and "Cairn Terriers-by Kate L. Stephen". Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on dog breeding.