The Chosen Puppy: How to Select and Raise a Great Puppy from an Animal Shelter

by Carol Lea Benjamin

Discusses the pet overpopulation problem, describes a puppy's care requirements, and includes detailed advice on training a puppy. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0876054173
• ISBN13: 9780876054178
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Howell Books
• Length: 87 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Yet another 5 star review

I don't think this book could be any better. Here's my testimonial... This book helped us identify a suitable puppy (and not just adopt the first one we fell in love with). The puppy we chose had serious discipline issues, but this book helped us retrain him. He grew to be an exemplary dog. Throughout his life, people asked us who had trained him. They were incredulous that our quiet, obedient, good-natured dog had once been a furniture-devouring, un-housebreakable, barking maniac that had TWICE been returned to the shelter before he was even six months old, and that we had retrained him ourselves. We owe a tremendous debt to this book.

excellent resource from a gifted author

This is a truly impressive book. All of her books have been easily accessible, informative, and entertaining. Benjamin is thoughtful and compassionate about her subject matter.

A wonderful resource!

This book offers wonderful, realistic advice about choosing and raising a puppy from an animal shelter. I found it very informative, and recommend it to anyone wanting to adopt a puppy from the shelter where I work.

valuable information for first time puppy owners

I adopted a 8-week-old puppy from Humane Society and being a first time dog owner, this book is very helpful with my raising my puppy. In a month, she will be 4 years old and as a puppy, she was a GREAT puppy and today, as a dog, she is a GREAT dog! The other people have commented to me how well-behaved my dog was when she was puppy. Today, people still tell me how smart and well behaved my dog is. Well, it's all due to that book.

excellent guide for choosing a shelter pup

Carol does an excellent job of explaining a nutshell version of what to look for in a pup and how to start some basic training--and then specifically guides new puppy owners into special considerations for shelter dogs. Her book is easy to read and understand, with simple illustrations that make the training and teaching a puppy seem easy and enjoyable. Carol provides insightful information about things to consider when choosing a puppy in a strange new enviorment of the shelter and how to help that puppy adjust to their new home. One of the few books specifically written for those who want to rescue a shelter dog.