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Canine Perspectives by David Cavill (view source)
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Some points touch a raw nerve and Cavill returns on several occasions to the subject of the BBC1 documentary ''Pedigree Dogs Exposed'' and is at great pains to debunk many of the points made in the programme. I never had any difficulty is disbelieving most of what was said: at the point when it was explained that healthy Rhodesian Ridgebacks without proper ridges are routinely culled at birth, a large Ridgeback with a poor ridge was leaning heavily against my thigh. Cavill has more ''scientific'' evidence to disprove other points made but it's easy to sense his annoyance that it's necessary. (For the record he doesn't deny that there are problems in some breeds any more than I would deny that healthy Ridgebacks are culled by certain breeders: what both of us deny is that the problems are anything like as extensive as the programme suggested.)
It's a thought-provoking and interesting book but I do have a couple of problems with it. The first is relatively minor: Cavill assumes that you'll be familiar to some extent with how the dog world works. If you're not then you'll struggle to understand some of the articles. The other point is more serious. The book has not been properly proofread and I lost count of the number of occasions on which I was pulled out of the flow of a piece and had to reread - finally coming to the conclusion that there was a typo, a mis-used misused word or a grammatical error. If these points don't worry you then you can increase the rating by half or one star.
I'd Like to thank the author for sending a copy to the Bookbag.
I think any dog lover will appreciate [[Old Dogs by Gene Weingarten and Michael S Williamson (Photographer)]] - it's a book I return to regularly. You might also appreciate [[Goodnight Buffy: Loving a Lakeland Terrier by Thomasina Price]].
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