The High Maintenance Bitch (Owner's Manual): It's Not About Being a Dog, It's About Being a Bitch

By Lori Pacchiano and Ryan Pacchiano

In the past few years, celebrities such as Jessica Simpson, Paris Hilton, and Britney Spears have revived an old tradition of dog ownership, that is, finding the right pooch who can be both a girl's best friend as well as their best accessory (depending on how one feels on any given day). Today, many a socialite (and socialite wannabe) keep a pup around them as a constant companion and with such a fashionable trend, dog clothing lines, accessories, furniture, and much more besides has followed. Among the first companies to realize, initiate, and cater to this new trend was Seattle-based High Maintenance Bitch trademark] and its cofounders Lori and Ryan Pacchiano (who incidentally are the official fashion designers for Daisy (Jessica Simpson's toy poodle) and Tinkerbell (Paris Hilton's Chihuahua). This book is packed with tounge in cheek humour and useful advice for pampering your pup and looking good.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570614806
• ISBN13: 9781570614804
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Sasquatch Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.3" x 0.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

A "user friendly" guide to grooming, etiquette, discipline, and more

If you own a little dog, The High Maintenance Bitch is a "user friendly" guide to grooming, etiquette, discipline, and more, all tailored to the female dog owner as concerned about style as about dog training. Humor abounds in a guide covering how to gain romance despite handling a small amorous dog in traffic, and more. Pet owners will love The High Maintenance Bitch , as will the chic upward-bound girl who understands social encounters and the possibilities of pets in public places.

This book rocks

HMB Rocks! I like it hot and this book is! Love Paris

Legally Blond 3?

I tell you, if Elle and lil'Bruiser Woods could jump out of the big screen and sit down to pen a book this would bit it! I can hear Reese Witherspoon's voice right now narrating it. Have fun reading this kitsche find and maybe you'll find yourself making a fake-out service dog vest for your little poochie soon.