Yorkies Head to Tail: The Essential Care Guide

By Sandra Lemire

Book Overview

A comprehensive guide to Yorkshire Terries by longtime breeder Sandra Lemire. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1879706830
• ISBN13: 9781879706835
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Paper Chase Pr
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Best thing going.

Like other folks who have been "yorked", I buy every thing I can get my hands on about yorkies. I think this is the best of them. It is the most practical and inclusive. I like the cautionary aspect of this book; too many gloss over the fact that these are tiny dogs and with that goes some degree of delicacy. This is the one book I give friends who get yorkies. I highly recommend it.

A MUST FOR YORKIE LOVERS, BREEDERS AND OWNERS

THIS BOOK IS THE ONLY BOOK I HAVE EVER READ THAT CAPTURES THE TRUE CHARACTER OF THE YORKIE. BESIDES BEING PACKED WITH PRACTICAL INFORMATION, IT REALLY GETS INTO THE MIND SET OF THIS MARVELOUS LITTLE DOG. I HAVE OFTEN WONDERED IF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SEEN WHAT I HAVE SEEN WITH THESE LITTLE WONDERS, NOW I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE.THE LITTLE STORIES ENCLOSED ARE EXPERIENCES WE, AS OWNERS OF A YORKIE, HAVE ALL GONE THROUGH AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. THEY MAY MAKE YOU CRY, BUT THEY REMIND YOU OF ONE OF YOUR "BABIES".AFTER WRITING THIS REVIEW I AM IMMEDIATELY GOING ON TO ORDER THREE MORE COPIES FOR THREE OF MY FRIENDS. IN MY OPINION I COULDN'T GIVE THEM A BETTER GIFT.

Yorkies Head to Tail

Of all the Yorkshire Terrier books I have (and I have many) this is way out over and above every other book I've read on the breed. She doesn't bore you with pictures of champions, history of the breed, showing and shows yada-yada-yada. Nor does she insert a general care and feeding section. She writes ONLY about the care of our Yorkies. There's great detail about traveling with a Yorkie, feeding, grooming, training, choosing a Vet, finding your Yorkie and preparing for him/her, emergencies, health care and diseases all just for the Yorkie and a beautifully written chapter on saying goodbye to a beloved pet. She sprinkles each chapter with anecdotes of her experience and those of others. This book will really teach you how to care for your Yorkie better than you have if you already have one or prepares a person to be a happy owner with a contented pup if you're contemplating purchasing one. If there were more stars available I'd give them to Sandra Lemire for an outstanding bit of writing!

ANSWERS ALL MY YORKIE QUESTIONS!

All I can say is WOW! This is one of the most well-researched books I have ever bought on Yorkshire Terriers. I just finished reading a section on brushing your Yorkie's teeth! I learned the right way to get my dog used to it (luckily she is still a puppy and pretty agreeable to such stuff). I had heard that these dogs could be prone to teeth problems and reading Ms Lemire's section on caring for their teeth gave me hope that I could make sure that not only my dog's teeth were healthy, but my dog was healthy in general. And I LOVE the style this book is written in. It is friendly and approachable. I feel like I am talking to Ms Lemire and having a conversation about Yorkies where I get to ask all the questions I ever had. One more thing: the STORIES throughout the book are so WONDERFUL! What a nice touch that you don't get in most breed books. I highly recommend this book :)

the best book I have seen on the breed

As a Yorkie lover, I usually buy every book that comes out on Yorkies. When I got this book in the mail a few days ago, I was immediately impressed with the way it was put together and the quality of the information. This is really specific and addresses things I wish I had known when I first got my Yorkie (Clancey). There is an index, so it's really easy to find exactly what you are looking for and the whole book is easy to read and use. There are also wonderful, fun illustrations of Yorkies all throughout that just make Yorkies Head to Tail that much more appealing. I recommend this book for ALL Yorkies lovers--new and veteran Yorkies owners alike!