Every Dog: A Book of Over 450 Breeds – Comprehensive Dog Breed Encyclopedia, Illustrated Canine Reference Guide, Pedigree & Mixed Breed Identification, Family Pet Care Gift Book

This book is very well written and informative. There is a double page spread for each breed of dog with clear photographs and excellent information. It rates the different breeds in categories such as good with children, good with other dogs, amount of exercise, ease of training, etc. My daughter absolutely loved this book and said it was the best present ever.

The "450 breeds" had me intrigued, as there are only 213 UK Kennel Club recognised breeds to date. I like to think I am a bit of an aficionado on dog breeds, having been raised by parents who had a big dog breeding/training/boarding/security business, but I was really surprised to find quite a number of dogs breeds I had never heard of. Each breed page shows a range of info about it as well as health and interesting history facts, which I will find it invaluable for my work of needle felting breeds of dog. You can see my work on FB, Instagram and .com as "ChicktinCreations." I can only think of one little negative and that is, although most of the breeds were shown standing and side-on, I wish all photos of the breeds were shown standing and side-on, so you could see their body shape much better for reference. Not easy to see the shape of a dog when sitting or laying down. That said, I am really pleased to have this lovely book in my reference section now and will be regularly used for my work and will be highly recommending it to others.

I realised my knowledge of dogs had started lacking again and wanted to have something I can keep next to me at work (doggy day care) and it’s become very handy. Other employees even read it! Although I do find it interesting the Borador can live to 16!! I have two 12 year old boys and that made me really happy to read that. Although I wouldn’t call them a designer breed, they’re very much companion dogs like the lab

Good book but due to its size I guess does not have much detailed information on each breed. Also noticed some mistakes - most noticeable one in the description of a bloodhound. Look at the top right bubble description referring to its name origin and then the sentence regarding name in the middle of the main paragraph - completely contradicts itself. So will be reading the rest with a little pinch of salt and some external resources

This is the first truly extensive dog breed book since the Macdonald Encyclopedia of Dogs was last printed in 1986. Like its predecessor the focus is on giving a comprehensive snapshot of all the main dog breeds available today rather than an in depth study of particular breeds. It's like the old "Eye Spy" books and is great fun for any would-be dog spotter. It is an American publication and the breed standards are those of the AKC, not the English Kennel Club, but that's a minor issue. The illustrations and brief stats are superb and ideal for younger readers to get hooked on identification.

Easy to read & informative book. My 11 year old granddaughter hasn't but it down since Christmas day...having to wait for my turn

The book is great, The only thing I would criticise is that it's in breeds and not alphabetical - I wasn't sure where the Great Dane was to be found, eventually I worked it out, so apart from that it's a smashing book. Good value too, loads of useful information.

Good book for anyone thinking of purchasing a new dog

Very helpful as a research tool for dog adoption. It provides thorough details on size, weight, behaviour, trainability, health issues, and (important to me) shedding.

I am happy with the quality of the product, it explain easily about the breeds and there are picture too.

nice , good book, lots of info, good pics. Small, handy, covers all the breeds.

Very Informative, good pictures.

My daughter has a great interest and love for dogs. I'm happy to add this book to her collection of dog books. It provides information about so many dog breeds. The size and quality are below my expectations. However, I recommend it for its content.