这不是又一本温情的"萌宠"读物,而是一本基于真实养护经验写成的实战手册,专为想负责任地养好一只大型犬、工作犬的人而写。它覆盖一只狗完整的一生--从出生、接回家、喂养、训练、健康,到成年、老年与告别。
作者养过各类犬种,亲历过母犬生产到幼犬交接的全过程,还照顾过超过 100 只各年龄、各体型、各种身体状况的寄养犬,见过大量别人遇不到的突发状况。所以书里不讲空话,只给能照着做的硬规则。
全书十二章加速查附录,内容包括:养狗前的决策与选种、繁育与接生、幼犬回家的头几周、喂养与营养、健康与急救(疫苗、寄生虫、中毒、急救手法、在家自查等)、日常护理、训练(咬合抑制、召回、社会化、分离焦虑、护食等)、读懂身体语言、户外安全与法律责任、成长各阶段,以及多犬相处、寄养旅行、迎接新生儿、走失寻回等特殊情况。每章末尾都有"本章速记",书末附急救卡、疫苗时间表、危险食物对照、生理指标、术语表等速查工具。
它敢讲温情读物避而不谈的硬现实:狗咬人后的法律责任、如何制止一场斗狗、什么时候必须立刻送急诊,以及当你真的养不下去时,如何负责任地为它另寻新家。贯穿全书的三条立场:安全与责任优先、不把狗拟人化、按家庭实际情况匹配地选狗。所有健康与急救内容都以持证兽医的意见为准--本书是经验分享,不替代专业诊断。
写给还在犹豫要不要养狗的人、刚把幼犬接回家手忙脚乱的新手,以及每一位认真对待大型犬的主人。
This isn't another feel-good "fur-baby" book. It's a practical, experience-based handbook for anyone who wants to raise a large or working dog responsibly-covering a dog's entire life, from birth and the first weeks home through feeding, training, and health, into adulthood, old age, and the final goodbye.
The author has raised various breeds of dogs, lived through whelping a litter and handing puppies to their new homes, and cared for more than 100 boarding dogs of every age, size, and state of health-seeing the kind of situations most owners never encounter. So this book trades platitudes for rules you can actually follow.
Across twelve chapters and a set of quick-reference appendices, it covers the decisions and breed-matching that come before you commit; breeding and whelping; the critical first weeks home; feeding and nutrition; health and first aid (vaccines, parasites, poisoning, hands-on first-aid techniques, at-home checks); grooming; training (bite inhibition, recall, socialization, separation anxiety, food guarding, and more); reading canine body language; outdoor safety and the law; every life stage; and special situations like multi-dog homes, boarding and travel, welcoming a new baby, and recovering a lost dog. Every chapter closes with "Quick Notes," and the back holds at-a-glance tools: an emergency card, a vaccine schedule, safe-vs-dangerous foods, vital-sign ranges, and a glossary.
It says the hard things gentle pet books avoid: the legal liability when a dog bites, how to break up a dogfight, when an emergency-vet visit is non-negotiable, and how to re-home a dog responsibly if you truly can't keep it. Three principles run throughout: safety and responsibility first, no anthropomorphizing, and choosing a dog that genuinely fits your household. Every health and first-aid section defers to a licensed veterinarian-this is shared experience, not a substitute for professional diagnosis.
For anyone still deciding whether to get a dog, the overwhelmed new owner, and everyone who takes raising a big dog seriously.
