Dan Rice West Highland White Terriers

Cartea West Highland White Terriers: Everything about Purchase, Care, Nutrition, Breeding, and Health Care

A fine hunter as well as a great household pet, this energetic breed is a perennial favorite among dog fanciers. All “Complete Pet Owner’s Manuals” are heavily illustrated with color photos and line art, and are filled with reliable, easy-to-understand information on pet care. The many titles in this series show and tell pet owners how to care for dogs, cats, birds, fish, reptiles, gerbils, hamsters, and virtually every other animal that is kept as a pet. The books give advice on purchasing and otherwise acquiring a pet, maintaining health care, housing, proper feeding, and where applicable, grooming and training. Clear, straightforward text comes with high-quality, full-color photos and anatomically accurate line art, as well as helpful tables and charts.

Dan Rice West Highland White Terriers
Dan Rice West Highland White Terriers

Table of Contents:

  • WESTIE ORIGIN AND HISTORY
    Background, Character, and Disposition
    Sociability
    Breed Standard
  • FINDING THE BEST WESTIE
    Good Westie Breeders
    Newspaper Ads
    A Family Dog; A Great Companion
    Westie Cost
    Age to Acquire Your Westie
    Adopting an Adult; Male or Female?
    Spaying
    A Happy, Healthy Puppy
  • PREPARE FOR YOUR WESTIE
    One Room at a Time
    Backyards
    Chewing
    Kennel and Run
    Boarding
    Identification; Crate
  • PUPPY STRESS
    First Days
    Diet and Feeding Schedule
    Building a Lasting Relationship
    Canine/Human Socialization
    Separation Anxiety
  • WESTIE PRIMARY EDUCATION
    Housebreaking; Paper Training
    Understandable Cues
    Crate Training
    Collars and Leashes
    Commands
    Constructive Exercise
    Fun and Games at Home
    Learned Behavior vs. Instinctive Traits
  • WESTIE GROOMING
    To Bathe or Not to Bathe
    Skin and Coat Care
    Teeth; Feet and Nails; Ears; Eyes
  • WESTIE NUTRITION
    Feeding Your Westie
    Consumable Chewies and Treats
    Human Food
  • HEALTH CARE
    The Veterinarian
    Preventive Care
    Parasites; Nonpreventable Diseases
    Heredity Conditions
  • WESTIE VOCATIONS AND AVOCATIONS
    Agility
    Conformation Showing
    Canine Good Citizens
    Obedience
    Therapy Dogs
  • YOUR OLD WESTIE
    Health Problems in Old Westies
    How to Make Life Easier for your Old Westie
    Euthanasia
  • INFORMATION
    Index

 

Author: Dan Rice
Language: English
Paperback, 95 pages
Published January 1st 2002 by Barron’s Educational Series