The Labrador Retriever - A Complete Anthology of the Dog

Various

• Publisher: Vintage Dog Books
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN:
  9781473352711
• Print ISBN:
  9781445526294
  9781445527499

Before it was the family favourite, it was a fisherman's dog off the Newfoundland banks - and then the hardest-working retriever in the shooting field.

The Labrador Retriever - A Complete Anthology of the Dog gathers breed chapters from the kennel literature of 1910 to 1931, among them J. Sidney Turner's The Kennel Encyclopaedia (1910), Arthur Craven's Dogs of the World (1931) and A. Croxton Smith's About Our Dogs (1931). They describe a dog descended from the St John's water dog, landed at English ports by the Newfoundland fishing trade and refined on the great sporting estates, recognised as a breed in its own right by the Kennel Club only in 1903.

These are chapters about a working gun dog, not a pet: points, temperament, water-work and drive, the celebrated dogs of the day and their pedigrees, with the original photographs reproduced throughout.

This edition features:

• Breed chapters from the kennel encyclopaedias of 1910 to 1931, by the authorities of their day
• The breed as a working gun dog, a generation after Kennel Club recognition
• Points, temperament and field ability, with the pedigrees of celebrated winners
• The original photographs of the leading dogs of the era, reproduced throughout

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• British Dogs - Their Points, Selection, And Show Preparation - With Illustrations Of Typical Dogs. W. D. Drury. 1903.
• Sporting Dogs - Their Points: And Management; In Health And Disease. Frank Townend Barton. 1905.
• The New Book Of The Dog - A Comprehensive Natural History Of British Dogs And Their Foreign Relatives, With Chapters On Law, Breeding, Kennel Management, And Veterinary Treatment. Vol. II. Robert Leighton. 1907.
• The Kennel Encyclopaedia - Vol. III. Ken To Spa. J. Sidney Turner. 1910.
• Dogs And All About Them. Robert Leighton. 1910.
• Dogs And How To Know Them - With Notes As To Their Care And Management And Other Information. Including A Standard Of Excellence And A Complete List Of Books On Dogs From 1800 In The British Museum. Edward C. Ash. 1925.
• About Our Dogs - The Breeds And Their Management. A. Croxton Smith. 1931.
• Dogs Of The World - The Author And Dogs - History And Origins Of Man’s Best Friend - Care And General Management - Feeding - Rearing - Exhibiting - Common Diseases, Etc. Arthur Craven. 1931.
• Hutchinson's Dog Encyclopaedia - An Invaluable Work Of International Importance (Alphabetically Arranged For Easy Reference) On Breeds Of Dogs Of Every Country, With Full Veterinary Advice In Cases Of Accidents Or Ailments, Etc., On Their Care And Home Treatment, Contributed By The Most Eminent Authorities. Volume I And III. Walter Hutchinson. 1935.
• The Book Of Dogs. Stanley West. 1935.