The Complete Book of Questions Dog Owners Ask Their Vet & Answers / by Dr. Steven Radbill with Morris Kennedy ; illustration by Suzanne Clee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Radbill, Steven, 1948- author.

Kennedy, Morris, author.

Contributor:

Clee, Suzanne, illustrator.

Becker, Alida, 1948- editor.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dogs--Miscellanea--Juvenile literature.

Dogs.

Dogs--Diseases--Miscellanea--Juvenile literature.

Dogs--Miscellanea.

Dogs--Diseases--Miscellanea.

Dogs--Diseases.

Genre:

Children's nonfiction.

FAQs.

Juvenile works

FAQs

Trivia and miscellanea

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

159, [1] pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Complete book of questions dog owners ask their vet and answers

Questions dog owners ask their vet

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Running Press, [1980]

Contents:

Part I. Caring for Your Dog. Choosing a Dog; Caring for a Puppy; Training a Puppy; Feeding; Grooming; Caring for Nails, Ears, and Teeth; Dog Paraphernalia; Exercise; Travel and Boarding; The Older Dog

Part II. Understanding Your Dog. Dogs and Children; The Problem Dog; Dog Facts: Popular Beliefs, Common Behavior; The Dog's Body and How It Works

Part III. General Medical Care. Preventive Medicine: Monitoring Your Dog's Health; Home Medical Care; Spaying and Castration

Part IV. Breeding. Mating and Reproduction; Pregnancy and Birth; Caring for the Mother and her Pups; Weaning

Part V. Accidents and Ailments. First Aid; Common Ailments: Vomiting, Diarrhea, Constipation; Eye, Ear, and Mouth Problems; Respiratory Ailments; Skin Conditions, Abscesses, Sores; Muscle and Bone Problems; External Parasites; Miscellaneous Ailments

Part VI. Serious Illnesses. Hip Dysplasia; Distemper; Rabies; Heart Disease; Cancer; Other Serious Illnesses; Euthanasia

Appendix.

Notes:

"Special Emergency First-Aid Information"--Cover.

"Editor: Alida Becker. Cover art direction: James Wizard Wilson. Front cover photography: Burt Murtaugh. Interior design: Peter John Dorman. Typography: Calendonia, with Tiffany, by rci, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-137) and index.

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copy is "1" printing.

ISBN:

0894710842

9780894710841

0894710818

9780894710810

OCLC:

5411479