How to Show Your Own Dog Author:Virginia Nichols Here is an all-inclusive accurate picture of dog shows and the problems of dog handling. — Interestingly and informatively written, it shows the reader how he can double the enjoyment he gets out of placing his dog in shows, by handling the dog himself. How much more rewarding it is to know that you have been a part of making your dog a champion ... more »than merely to have been a spectator. In How To Show Your Own Dog Mrs. Nichols covers the field step by step from the early training that a show animal should receive down to the day-by-day, hour-by-hour procedure to be followed in all kinds of dog shows, big and small.
There is even a chapter on equipment, another on what to do when you're waiting for your turn to show, another on how to behave in the ring. One of the best-known breeders and show ring personalities in the East, Virginia Tuck Nichols is eminently qualified to write a book on shows and handling. In the years when she helped to run the famous Silvermine Kennels she did most of the showing and made many champions.« less