Contents to include

Introduction

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Size, skeleton, skull, Coat, tail

SENSES
Not only do a dog’s senses include vision, hearing, sense of smell, sense of taste and touch, but also sensitivity to the Earth’s magnetic field.

LIFECYCLE
Reproduction, puppies, reaching maturity

COMMUNICATION
Visual communication includes mouth shape and head position, licking and sniffing, ear and tail positioning, eye gaze, facial expression, and body posture. Dog vocalizations, or auditory communication, can include barks, growls, howls, whines and whimpers, screams, pants and sighs. Dogs also communicate via gustatory communication, utilizing scent and pheromones.

BEHAVIOUR
Sociability, grooming, feeding, hunting fighting, playing

WORKING DOGS
Sled dogs, police, law enforcement, sniffer dogs, sheepdogs, hounds, gun dogs, performing dogs, guide dogs, therapy dogs

BREEDS FEATURED INCLUDE:
Clumber Spaniel
English Springer Spaniel
Sussex Spaniel
Cocker Spaniel
Italian spinone
Standard poodle
Norwegian Elkhound
Bloodhound
Basenji
Pharaoh Hound
Irish Wolfhound
Basset Hound
English Foxhound
Afghan Hound
Greyhound
Otterhound
Ibizan Hound
Airedale Terrier
Bull Terrier
Cesky Terrier
Lakeland terrier
Norfolk terrier
Scottish terrier
Yorkshire Terrier
Chihuahua
Italian Greyhound Maltese
Papillon
Pekingese
Shih Tzu
Cavalier
King Charles Spaniel
Shar-Pei
Bulldog
Dalmatian
Lhasa Apso
Japanese spitz
Boston Terrier
Bernese Mountain Dog
German Boxer
Briard
Bullmastiff
Doberman (Pinscher)
Japanese Akita
Bearded Collie
Border Collie
Smooth Collie
Komondor
Hungarian Puli
Hungarian Kuvasz
Leonberger
Alaskan Malamute
Mastiff
Neapolitan Mastiff
Australian Shepherd Dog
Belgian Shepherd Dog
Newfoundland
German Pinscher
Pembroke Welsh corgi

Tom Jackson is a leading natural history writer based in the United Kingdom. As an author and contributor he has worked on more than 60 books. A zoology graduate from the University of Bristol, he has also worked as a zookeeper and in safari parks in Zimbabwe.