Sighthounds Afield -
The Complete Guide to Sighthounds
& Amateur Performance Events,
With a Comprehensive Chapter
on Adopted Ex-Racing Greyhounds
By Denise Como
Softcover, 650 pages, 6x9 format, illustrated.
Bloomington IN: AuthorHouse, 2004
At 650 pages, this manual covers:
Diet & Conditioning
Kindergarten Training for Lure Coursing – for puppies & adult hounds
Box Breaking for the Races
Before You Leave the House (packing for field trips, including first aid kits)
An overview of Lure Coursing Field Trials, Race Meets & Open Field Hunts
Basic Rules & Regulations for ASFA, AKC & CKC Field Trials,
NOTRA (Whippet & All-Breed), LGRA & CARA Race Meets, WRA, NAWRA
& CWA Whippet Racing, NOFCA & NACA Hunts
How to Compete in Lure Coursing Field Trials, Race Meets & Open Field Hunts
Histories of Coursing, Hunting & Lure Coursing
Tales of Coursing
The 30th Running of the Grand Course
Hunting with Hounds & Hawks
Hunting with the Maltese Rabbit Hound
& In Pursuit of the Plastic Lure
Living with Adopted Greyhounds - The Basics
Competing in Amateur Events with NGA-bred Greyhounds, Greyhound Babies,
Other Good Greyhound Stuff including medical concerns & registrations
The Hounds, in photos & text
Afghan Hound, American Hound, American Staghound, Appalachian Greyhound, Azawakh, Bakhmull, Banjara or Vanjara Hound, Basenji, Borzoi, Caravan or
Karwani Hound, Chart Polski, Chippiparai, Chortai or Chortaya or Chortaj, Circassian Hare Hound, Circassian Orloff Wolfhound, Cirneco dell’Etna, Old Croatian Sighthound, Galgo Español, Grecian Greyhound, Greyhound, Ibizan Hound, Irish Wolfhound, Italian Greyhound, Kaikadi, Kangaroo Hound, Longhaired Whippet, Lurcher, Magyar Agar, Mahratta Greyhound, “Mini” Sighthounds, Mudhol, Pashmi, Peruvian Inca Orchid, Pharaoh Hound, Podenco Canario, Portuguese Podengo, Rampur Hound, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Russian Steppe Borzoi, Saluki, Scottish Deerhound, Silken Windhound, Sloughi, Taigan, Tazi, Vaghari Dog and Whippet
Veterinary Care for Sighthounds, both on and off the field
(including illustrations of basic dog parts)
All-inclusive Resource Guide
Where to Buy Field Gear
An Extensive Library Section
Clubs & Organizations in North America
A Comprehensive Glossary
Over 400 photos and 50+ illustrations
If you can't find it here, you won't find it...
If you could only have one Sighthound book in your library, this is it!
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