These cheerful and intelligent little dogs make fine pets, but have long, flowing hair that demands regular grooming. 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.

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Pets & Animal Care

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Hedgehogs raised domestically make interesting pets, but require close attention to their health needs. Here is information on housing, feeding, health care, raising, and maintaining the proper environment for this small spiny mammal. Also included is information on reproduction of hedgehogs and understanding their traits.All titles in B.E.S. profusely-illustrated Complete Pet Owner's Manuals introduce inexperienced and prospective pet owners to the pleasures and duties of pet care. They also make ideal guides for older children having their first experiences as animal caretakers. Attractively illustrated and filled with helpful information, B.E.S. Complete Pet Owner's Manuals advise on purchasing, housing, feeding, health care--and where applicable, grooming and training pets. Each book is individually written by an expert--a trainer, breeder, veterinarian, or other animal specialist. These manuals cover every popular dog and cat breed, as well as bird varieties, hamsters and other small caged animals, fish varieties for aquarium hobbyists, terrarium pets, and even exotics, such as reptiles, amphibians, and scorpions. All books have 70 or more color photos, and most also have instructive line illustrations.

Hedgehogs (Complete Pet Owner's Manuals)

Each title in B.E.S. brand-new Dog Bibles Series for dog lovers and prospective dog purchasers discusses a specific dog breed in detail, describes the title breed's physical traits, history, and behavior characteristics, and instructs owners on training methods. Important topics covered include-- 
<li> What to look for when choosing a puppy </li>
<li> Living with a dog and understanding breed-specific traits </li>
<li> Everyday care, grooming and exercise </li>
<li> Nutrition, health maintenance, and potential breed-specific health problems </li>
<li> Training and play activities Extra features include sidebars with breed facts and helpful hints, quick tips on training, and 150-to-200 attractive color photos. A hidden spiral binding ensures that the book will stay open and flat at any desired page. A DVD is enclosed with each book. It presents an informal dog training course for new owners, describing methods for house training, walking dogs on a leash, and teaching obedience to hand signals and vocal commands.</li>

Shih Tzu (B.E.S. Dog Bibles Series)

These playful and energetic little canines make friendly companions, and are good dogs for apartment dwellers. This updated edition of The Shih Tzu Handbook is filled with detailed pet-care advice and features vivid color photos. B.E.S. popular Pet Handbooks focus on all major aspects of owning and caring for a pet, including acquiring, proper feeding, housing, health care, and where applicable, training, exercise, and grooming.

The Shih Tzu Handbook: Health, Training, Grooming, and Everyday Care for Your Shih Tzu Dog or Puppy from Top Veterinarian and Dog Writer (B.E.S. Pet Handbooks)

B.E.S. Pet Handbooks are written, designed, and illustrated in much the same attractive style as B.E.S. best-selling Complete Pet Owner's Manuals. However, Handbooks have a larger page count and with it, more extensive and detailed coverage of each title's subject pet. This updated edition for guinea pig owners provides a wealth of information on the animal's anatomy and life cycle, plus advice on caging, feeding, and health care.

The Guinea Pig Handbook (B.E.S. Pet Handbooks)

These small mammals, native to South America, are known for their luxurious, soft fur and boisterous, playful personalities. They are quiet creatures and very low maintenance pets. However, there's a lot you need to know to keep this long-lived rodent happy and healthy. B.E.S. Pet Handbooks are written, designed, and illustrated in much the same attractive style as B.E.S. best-selling Complete Pet Owner's Manuals. However, Handbooks have a larger page count and with it, more extensive and detailed coverage of each title's subject pet. This updated edition for chinchilla owners provides a wealth of information on the animal's anatomy and life cycle, plus advice on housing, feeding, training, and health care.

The Chinchilla Handbook (B.E.S. Pet Handbooks)

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