The New Art of Breeding Better Dogs

264 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; The Breeding of Dogs as a Creative Art; The Mechanics of Reproduction; The Pre-Natal Life of the Dog; Genetics--What It Is; The Chromosomes and Their Genes; Neo-Mendelism; The Implications of Mendelism; The Determination of Sex; Sterility, Impotence, and Cryptochidism; Inbreeding, Line Breeding, and Outbreeding; The Pedigree; Know What You Want; Heredity and Environment; Things That Are Not True; Choosing a Brood Bitch; Choosing a Stud Dog; A Summary of Color Breeding, Heritable Diseases and Defects, and a Final Word on Theory and Practice; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography.