Review: Picking the Right Dog for Your Family
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 13, 2013
Which Dog Breeds Make the Best Family Pet? is a great guide to choosing a new member of the family. The introduction explains all the important factors a family must take into consideration when deciding to add a dog to the household (behavior, finances, travel, lifestyle, etc.). The rest of the book outlines ten specific dog breeds and gives each breed adequate attention. Each chapter offers a picture of the dog (more pictures if the specific sub-breeds of the dog differ significantly), a history of its breeding, appearance, temperament, health and care. All this information, including for breeds of dogs that this reviewer hadn't even heard of, can arm a future pet owner with enough to make an informed decision regarding whether or not to purchase a dog for the family; if the answer is yes, the rest of the information can help that future pet owner decide just which dog is best for his or her family. With information like what sort of health risks certain breeds are susceptible to and how gentle the dog can be with small children (including an adorable video of a baby with a Newfoundland), this book gives an impressive amount of information regarding dogs, breeds, and what sort of addition they will be to any kind of family (active, sedentary, apartment-living, acreage owning, etc.). A must-read for anyone thinking about getting a puppy for their kids.