The Stone Guide to Dog Grooming For All Breeds
The Stone Guide to Dog Grooming For All Breeds presents the broad repertoire of the dog groomer's art for the pleasure and enlightenment of every reader.
Comprehensive and comprehensible, this is the widest-ranging work ever on canine beauty culture. Here is the history and development of dog grooming from the beginning to its present sophisticated state. Here are the Basics and the Tricks of the Trade the little secrets that make the big difference in the finished product.
The Stone Guide to Dog Grooming For All Breeds includes grooming instruction for all 125 AKC recognized breeds, mixed breeds and even cats! There are chapters on equipment, setting up a shop and developing a thriving grooming business. This reliable guidance shows how to get the most out of a grooming business and avoid the pitfalls at the same time. Dozens of Specialty clubs have contributed show grooming sections for their breeds, and hundreds of to-the-point photos, drawings and charts show what the authors say as they say it.
The graphic value of the Stone Guide fully matches the expert text. Whether you are an established groomer, a grooming student, an owner who wants to groom the family dog or a hobbyist seeking information on the professional side of dog grooming, you'll find the Stone Guide a constant, indispensable reference for every question you'll ever have on the subject.
Book details
- Author
- Ben Stone
- Imprint
- Howell Book House, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Pets › Dogs › Breeds
- Topics
- dog breeds · grooming equipment · canine care · mixed breeds · AKC breeds · pet care
- ISBN-13
- 9780876054031
About the authors
BEN STONE is co-owner and Director of the International School of Animal Arts in New York City and the co-author of several books on dog grooming. His articles on the subject have appeared in Pet Shop Management, Pet Age, and Dog World.
In March 1979, Stone and Pearl Stone received a special plaque from the ASPCA for their work developing a grooming center at the ASPCA’s Manhattan Animal Shelter. He served as President of the New York Groomers' Association and as a member of the Advisory Board of BOCES (Board of Community Educational Services).
PEARL STONE is co-owner and Dean of the International School of Animal Arts in New York City and the author of the bestselling Clipping and Grooming Your Poodle, drawing on over 25 years of experience in dog grooming as a salon owner and educator.
In March 1979, Stone and Ben Stone received a special plaque from the ASPCA for developing a grooming center at the ASPCA’s Manhattan Animal Shelter. Her students have come from across the United States and internationally.
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