The Dalmatian - A Complete Anthology of the Dog -

The coach dog - bred to run for miles beneath the axles, and spotted enough to be seen doing it.

The Dalmatian - A Complete Anthology of the Dog gathers breed chapters from the rare kennel literature of 1861 to 1935, among them John Meyrick's House Dogs and Sporting Dogs (1861), Arthur Craven's Dogs of the World (1931) and Stanley West's The Book of Dogs (1935). Every writer of the period comes back to the same thing: this is a carriage dog, bred to travel with horses, and everything about it - the stamina, the temperament, the extraordinary coat - follows from that.

Points, markings, temperament, celebrated dogs and their pedigrees are all set out, with the original photographs reproduced throughout.

This edition features:

• Breed chapters from the rare kennel literature of 1861 to 1935
• The carriage dog described by writers who still saw it working behind horses
• Points, markings and temperament, with the pedigrees of celebrated winners
• The original photographs of the leading dogs of the era, reproduced throughout