This is a thoroughly practical guide to caring for and living with a canine companion. The full-colour photographic approach shows you every answer to your dog-care queries. Dr. Bruce Fogle one of the leading authorities on pet behaviour explains how to choose the right dog for your lifestyle how to introduce a puppy to your home and the best approaches to feeding obedience training handling grooming breeding and showing. Hundreds of specially commissioned step-by-step photographs back up his expert advice and show you clearly all aspects of dog care. A key part of this book covers your dog's health. With the help of anatomical diagrams and charts the various disorders that can affect a dog - and how to recognise illness - are fully described. Expert advice is detailed on veterinary treatment and on home nursing. Emergency first aid is also fully illustrated and explained. This is the essential manual for anyone who already has a dog or who is interested in having one.