The Mutt Book

by David Alderton

What is the mix behind your mutt? Of course, we love them just as they are, but knowing which breeds went into your mutt’s make-up will help you understand more about his nature and what he needs to live a happy life. With this book, you’ll learn how to identify physical traits you can use to decode your dog’s ancestry. With extensive descriptions of different characteristics and which breeds to find them on, full-color images, and more than sixty wonderful dogs with gloriously mixed backgrounds, The Mutt Book: Decoding Your Dog’s Heritage will let you get to know your mutt like never before!

Genres: Dogs, Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

David Alderton is a UK-based writer specialising in pets and natural history topics. Growing up in a home surrounded by pets, he originally trained to become a veterinary surgeon. An allergic dermatitis acquired in his final year of study forced a change of career however, and so led him into the field of writing about pets and their care. He has since become a regular contributor of articles on this subject to a wide range of newspapers and magazines in the UK and abroad, and also participates frequently in radio and television programmes.

His books have currently sold over six million copies, and have been translated into 30 different languages. David’s titles have won awards in the USA from the Cat Writers' Association of America and the Maxwell Medallion from the Dog Writers’ Association of America, as well as being nominated for the Sir Peter Kent Conservation Book Prize. He has also chaired the National Council for Aviculture, the umbrella organisation for bird-keeping clubs and associations in the UK, and is a member of the Kennel Club, as well as editor of the monthly magazine Practical Reptile Keeping.

Reviews

[Sofia M]

All of the dog breeds in the book are super cute and I would love to learn more about them.

[Kara · Rating 5 out of 5]

really cute, fun book!

[Angel Garcia · Rating 5 out of 5]

It shows all kinds of breeds from dogs