The Perfect Puppy: Britain's Number One Puppy Care Book

I devoured book quickly as puppy growing fast and so I needed to learn fast. As per the other reviews, this book is easy reading, covers a wide range of topics that any new puppy owner needs to know and gave me all the basic information I needed for guidance to raise my puppy to be a healthy happy well trained puppy.

Used some techniques straight away to stop nipping and over excitement and our puppy cottoned on very quickly.

Any worries re. health and feeding and behaviour can be looked up quickly and fears allayed.

We are responsible owners but would never learn all that basic information so quickly.

A great read and at vet's practice today I was telling the vet's nurse and she has to help and give her first talk next week re. -puppy socialisation classes which our puppy has attended. Nurse is rather nervous and asked me what book it was. I told her and she is going to purchase it from Amazon so she is able to get information for her talk next week.

Wish I had known about this book before I bought a puppy but at this stage it has enhanced our ownership and allayed any worries easily and our vet is very impressed with our handling of puppy re. paws and teeth and ears so vet is able to deal with puppy without any problems because he is so used to being handled in such a way. So praise from a very grateful vet and nurse as well and our puppy is only just under 4 months old!

Big thanks to Gwen Bailey the author!!

And thanks to the Amazon site for lots of customer reviews and information as otherwise I would never have found this book!

I have never written a book review before and so the book must be good.


Essential   January 12, 2005
 43 out of 44 found this review helpful

I bought many books to help with the training of my new puppy, but I only used this book for referneces as it covered everything the other books covered with many more useful tips. I wish I saved my money and just bought this book as it is wonderfully clear with easy reading instructions all the way through.
A definate must for all new dog owners of any breed of dog.
Happy Training!


Breeders choice   November 27, 2004
 51 out of 52 found this review helpful

As a breeder of a minority breed which are known for their difficulty in training amongst even professional handlers I gave this book a whirl with my last litter's new owners.

Absolutely fantastic, a godsend to all of them even those who've owned the breed before such simple examples of how dogs think and behave made life a lot easier for puppies and new owners. No more frantic phone calls about new or what is normal or not normal behaviours their answers were in the book regardless of the breed idiosyncrasy, just wonderful updates on how well things were going and how enjoyable their pups were.

This book is a must for any dog owner and I will be sending a copy with every puppy I breed from now on.


Essential reading for new puppy owners   September 28, 2004
 29 out of 29 found this review helpful

This book is essential reading for anyone about to buy or having just bought a new puppy.

There is nothing worse than being confronted by a book full of jargon but this book is a joy to read. It is easy to pick up and put down when you have a spare five minutes and the information is written is very clear and easy to understand steps.

Every issue of rearing a puppy is covered, including socialization, house training, playing games, dealing with anti-social behaviour etc. Its common sense approach fills you with confidence and helps you to understand the priorities in puppy training.