Successful Dog Breeding: The Complete Handbook of Canine Midwifery
Chris Walkowicz and Bonnie Wilcox, D.V.M., are both veteran dog fanciers who bring a wealth of personal and professional experience to every chapter. Covering topics from planning the breeding (should I or shouldn't I?) to problems encountered in breeding, delivery and neonatal care, the authors offer viable solutions to innumerable problems, whether old or new. Two highly extensive appendices on breed idiosyncrasies, compiled from correspondence with longtime fanciers as well as from research from veterinary journals, complete the abundance of information offered here. All of this is complemented by original drawings by the well-known canine artist Mary Jung.
A Dog Book of Distinction
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Book details
- Author
- Chris Walkowicz, Bonnie Wilcox
- Imprint
- Howell Book House, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 240
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Pets › Dogs › Breeds
- Topics
- whelping · puppy care · dog health · neonatal puppies · breeding planning
- ISBN-13
- 9780876057407
About the authors
CHRIS WALKOWICZ was an American dog breeder, AKC judge, and past president of the Dog Writers' Association of America who authored or co-authored numerous books, including Choosing a Dog for Dummies, The Atlas of Dog Breeds of the World and Successful Dog Breeding.
Walkowicz was a member of the Dog Writers' Association of America Hall of Fame. The first edition of Successful Dog Breeding won the DWAA Best Book of the Year award in 1985.
Beginning in 1965, Walkowicz showed and bred German Shepherd Dogs, adding Bearded Collies in 1977 under the Walkoway kennel prefix. She and her husband Ed bred nearly 50 AKC champions and approximately 75 performance-titled dogs.
Chris lived in East Moline, Illinois.
BONNIE WILCOX is a veterinarian and co-author of several books with Chris Walkowicz, including The Atlas of Dog Breeds of the World, Old Dogs, Old Friends and The Complete Question and Answer Book on Dogs.
By the publication of Successful Dog Breeding’s second edition in 1994, Wilcox had approximately thirty years of experience as a veterinarian and dog exhibitor.