The AKC Library is located at 260 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016. It is open to the public from 9 am to 4 pm, weekdays, 212-696-8245. Library information and online catalog can be found at www.akc.org/about/library/index.cfm.
Breeds - General
American Kennel Club. The Complete Dog Book, 20th Edition. New York: Ballantine Books, 2006.
Blaze, Elzéar. Histoire du Chien : chez tous les peuples du monde... Paris: Tresse, Libraire, Successeur de Barba, 1843.
Brixhe, Jean. Levriers, chiens de chasse, de travail et de compagnie dans l'Egypte ancienne. Liege [Belgium]: Universite de Liege, 1996.
Cunliffe, Juliette. Sight Hounds: Their History, Management and Care. Shrewsbury [United Kingdom]: Swan Hill Press, 2006.
Whitcombe, Henry Fennel. Dogs: Their Points, Whims, Instincts, and Peculiarities. With a Retrospection of Dog Shows. London: Dean & Son, 1872.
Breed Specific
Alford, Arlie Amarie. Celebrating Frenchies. St. Paul, Minn.: ARDesign, 2003.
Anatolian Shepherd Dog Club of America. 2005 Anatolian Shepherd Dog Yearbook. S.L.: The Club, 2006.
Andrews, Deborah G. Weimaraner Erinnerungsbuch. Salem, W.V.: FurstPless, 2002.
Armitage, Natalie. American Havanese Champions Yearbooks. Floral City, Fla.: Natalie Armitage, 1999-2005.
Beauchamp, Richard. Anatolian Shepherd Dog. Allenhurst, Penn.: Kennel Club Books, 2006.
Braund, Kathyrn. The Joyous Havanese. Great Falls, Mont.: Kathyrn Braund Publications, 2005.
Brüggeman, Angela. World of Tibetan Terriers: Little Snow Lions from the Roof of the World. Dötlingen [Germany]: Wott Magazin, 2005.
Childers, John A. Irish Terrier National Specialty & Best in Show Winners. S.L.: Irish Terrier Club of America, 2005.
Coile, Caroline. Whippets: Everything about Purchasing, Care, Nutrition, Behavior, Training and Exercising. Hauppauge, N.Y.: Barron's, 1998.
English Cocker Spaniel Club of America. English Cocker Spaniel Club of America 2005 Yearbook. Hales Corner, Wisc.: The Club, 2006.
Estes, Rose. The Chow Chow Club, Inc. Celebrates 100 Years: 1906 - 2006. Waldport, Oreg.: The Woofgang, 2006.
Freiheit, Dea, ed. Old English Sheepdog Club of America 2002-2005 Yearbook. S.L.: Old English Sheepdog Club of America, 2006.
Heslet, Sharae. Finnish Spitz Champions: 1988-2000. Incline Village, Nev.: Camino Books, 2002.
Johnson, Dorothy L. Genes Across the Seven Seas: and through the Years 1844 - 2006. Incline Village, Nev.: Camino Books, 2006.
Klumb, Diane & Joanne Baldwin. The Havanese. S.L.: S.N., 2005.
Knorr, Wolfgang. Coton de Tuléar. Allenhurst, N.J.: Kennel Club Books, 2005.
Kubyn, Stacey Layne Grether. Caucasian Mountain Dog. Allenhurst, N.J.: Kennel Club Books, 2005.
Levy, Joy C. Komondor. Allenhurst, N.J.: Kennel Club Books, 2006.
Linzy, Jan. Finnish Spitz Champions, 1983-2000. Incline Village, Nev.: Camino Books, 2002.
Moustaki, Nikki. Wirehaired Pointing Griffon. Allenhurst, N.J.: Kennel Club Books, 2006.
Norwich & Norfolk Terrier Club of America. Platinum Celebration Book. S.L.: The Club, 2006.
Pepper, Jeffrey G. Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen. Allenhurst, N.J.: Kennel Club Books, 2005.
White, Angela. The Leonberger. Waterlooville [United Kingdom]: Kingdom Books, 1998.
Winsor, Ann. Healthier Frenchies. St. Paul, Minn.: ARDesign, 2005.
Behavior
Abrantes, Roger. The Evolution of Canine Social Behavior. Ann Arbor, Mich: Wakan Tanka Publishers, 2005.
Balcombe, Jonathan. Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good. London; New York: Macmillan, 2006.
Kalnajs, Sarah. The Language of Dogs (DVD). Madison, Wisc.: Blue Dog Training & Behavior, 2006.
Health Evans, Howard E. Guide to the Dissection of the Dog. St. Louis, Mo.: Saunders, 2004.
Fougère, Barbara. The Pet Lover's Guide to Natural Healing for Cats & Dogs. St. Louis, Mo.: Elsevier Saunders, 2006.
Martin, Mike and Brendan Corcoran. Notes on Cardiorespiratory Diseases of the Dog and Cat. Ames, Iowa: Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
Pitcairn, Richard H. and Susan Hubble Pitcairn. Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats. Emmaus, Penn.: Rodale, 2005.
Stafford, Kevin. The Welfare of Dogs. Dordrecht [Netherlands]: Springer, 2006.
Nutrition & Care
Jackson, Donna M. ER Vets: Life in an Animal Emergency Room. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005.
Jacobs, Jocelynn. Performance Dog Nutrition: Optimize Performance with Nutrition. Sanford, Mich.: Sno Shire Publications, 2005.
Kohl, Sam. Boarding Kennel Management. Hicksville, N.Y.: AARONCO Pet Products, 2005.
Strombeck, Donald R. Home-Prepared Dog and Cat Diets: A Helpful Alternative. Ames, Ia.: Blackwell Publishing, 1999.
Grooming Bonham, Margaret H. Dog Grooming for Dummies. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2006.
Verplank, Melissa. Notes from the Grooming Table: An All-breed Grooming Guide for the Professional Pet Stylist. Kent City, Mich.: White Dog Enterprises, Inc., 2004.
Breeding
Orlandi, Claudia Waller. ABC's of Breeding: What Every Dog Breeder Should Know. Essex Junction, Vt.: C. W. Orlandi, 2005.
Root Kustritz, Margaret V. The Dog Breeder's Guide to Successful Breeding and Health Management. St. Louis, Mo.: Saunders Elsevier, 2006.
Savant-Harris, Myra. Puppy Intensive Care: A Breeder's Guide to the Care of Newborn Puppies. Wenatchee, Wash.: Dogwise Publishing, 2006.
Training
Blake, Mychelle E. The Dog Trainer's Resource. Wenatchee, Wash.: Dogwise Publishing, 2007.
Dennison, Pamela S. Click Your Way to Rally Obedience. Loveland, Colo.: Alpine Publications, 2006.
Eldredge, Kate and Debra M. Eldredge. Head of the Class: A Teen Dog Expert Teaches You to Raise and Train the Perfect Pal. Hoboken, N.J.: Howell Book House, 2006.
Hammond, Shirley M. Training the Disaster Search Dog. Wenatchee, Wash.: Dogwise Publishing, 2004.
Kilcommons, Brian and Sarah Wilson. My Smart Puppy: Fun, Effective, and Easy Puppy Training. New York: Warner Books, 2006.
Miller, Pat B. Positive Perspectives: Love Your Dog and Train Your Dog. Wenatchee, Wash.: Dogwise Publishing, 2004.
Parsons, Emma. Click to Calm: Healing the Aggressive Dog. Waltham, Mass.: Sunshine Books, 2005.
Pryor, Karen. Getting Started: Clicker Training for Dogs. Waltham, Mass.: Sunshine Books, 2005.
Taylor, David. Old Dog, New Tricks: Understanding and Retraining Older and Rescued Dogs. Richmond Hill, ON.: Firefly Books Inc., 2006.
Weinberg, Dani. Teaching People, Teaching Dogs: Insights and Ideas for Instructors. Franklin, N.Y.: Howln Moon Press, 2006.
Psychology
Arluke, Arnold. Just a Dog: Understanding Animal Cruelty and Ourselves. Philadelphia, Penn.: Temple University Press, 2006.
Cotton, Jack. A Dog's Guide to Life: Lessons from Moose. Windsor, Conn.: Tide-mark Press, 2006.
Plakcy, Neil. Paws and Reflect: Exploring the Bond Between Gay Men and Their Dogs. New York: Alyson Books, 2006.
Children and Dogs
Gross, Patty Dobbs. The Golden Bridge: A Guide to Assistance Dogs for Children Challenged by Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities. West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press, 2006.
Melson, Gail F. Why The Wild Things Are: Animals in the Lives of Children. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2001.
Rivera, Michelle A. Canines in the Classroom: Raising Humane Children through Interactions with Animals. New York: Lantern Books, 2004.
Silvani, Pia and Lynn Eckhardt. Raising Puppies & Kids Togeher: A Guide for Parents. Neptune City, N.J.: TFH Publications, 2005.
Weston, Ruth and Catriona Ross. Kids and Dogs: Teaching Them to Live, Play and Learn Together. Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 2005.
Dog Sports
Curtis, Richard. Dancing with Dogs: a Step-by-Step Guide to Freestyle. Dorking, Surrey [United Kingdom]: Ringpress, 2003.
Haakenstad, Matt & John Thompson. Ski Spot Run: The Enchanting World of Skijoring and Related Dog-powered Sports. Minnetonka, Minn.: KISATI Ventures, 2004.
Kampo, Fred & Carolyn McCreesh. The History of Retriever Field Trials in America: The Early Years: 1931-1941. Oshkosh, Wisc.: Fred Kampo and Carolyn McCreesh, 2006.
Leach, Laurie. The Beginner's Guide to Dog Agility. Neptune City, N.J.: TFH Publications, 2006.
Ray, Mary. Dancing with Dogs. San Diego, Calif.: Thunder Bay Press, 2006.
SeRine, Steve. The Finnishing Touch: a Book about Successful Dog Handling. Bloomington, Ind.: Authorhouse, 2005.
Dogs as Helpers
Fine, Aubrey H. Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy. London: Academic Press, 2006.
Gardiner, Juliet. The Animal's War. London: Portrait, 2006.
George, Isabel & Rob Lloyd Jones. Animals at War. London: Usborne Publishing, 2006.
Kennard, David. A Shepherd's Watch. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2004.
McDaniel, Melissa. Disaster Search Dogs. New York: Bearport Publishing, 2005.
Outerbridge, David. The Last Shepherds. New York: The Viking Press, 1979.
Portman, Dale. Rescue Dogs: Crime and Rescue Canines in the Canadian Rockies. Alberta: Altitude Publishing, 2003.
Rebmann, Andrew. Cadaver Dog Handbook: Forensic Training and Tactics for the Recovery of Human Remains. Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, 2000.
Ruffin, Frances E. Medical Detective Dogs. New York: Bearport Publishing, 2007.
Stanart, Lorna. Working as a Therapy Dog. Palm Springs, Calif.: Hispen Books, 2002.
History
Arts, David J. Loyalty Betrayed: Comparing the Fates of the American Military Working Dogs that Served in World War II and the Vietnam War. Wayne, N.J.: William Paterson University, 2006.
Bauer Nona Kilgore. Dog Heroes of September 11th. Allenhurst, N.Y.: Kennel Club Books, 2006.
Gelert. The Hounds of England. Warwickshire [United Kingdom]: Vintage Dog Books, 2005 [1849].
Grier, Katherine C. Pets in America: A History. Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, 2006.
Grier, Katharine C. At Home with Animals: People and Pets in America. Columbia, S.C.: McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina, 2005.
International Council for Archaeozoology. Dogs and People in Social, Working, Economic or Symbolic Interaction. Oxford [United Kingdom]: Oxbow Books, 2006.
Mallik, Gilda. Claudia Lea Phelps: American Sponsor of the West Highland White Terrier. Altona, Manitoba: Friesens Corporation, 2001.
McHugh, Susan. Dog. London: Reaktion Books, 2004.
Murray, Mary Kathleen. The Contributions of the American Military Working Dog in Vietnam. Honolulu, Hawaii: University Press, 2005.
Oliver, Annette. From Little Acorns: The History of the Birmingham Dog Show Society Est. 1859. Birmingham [United Kingdom]: The Society, 1998.
Rice, Michael. Swifter than the Arrow: The Golden Hunting Hounds of Ancient Egypt. London; New York: I.B. Tauris, 2006.
Wippermann, Wolfgang. Die Deutschen und Ihre Hunde: ein Sonderweg der Deutschen Mentalitatsgeschichte? Berlin: Siedler, 1999.
Geography/Travel
Ekvall, Robert B. Fields of the Hoof. Prospect Heights, Ill.: Waveland Press, Inc., 1983. (Tibet)
Fermor, Patrick Leigh. Between the Woods and the Water. New York: New York Review Books, 2005. (Eastern Europe)
Kopelman, Jay. From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava. Guilford, Conn.: The Lyons Press, 2006. (Iraq)
Little, Mrs. Archibald. Round About My Peking Garden. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1905. (Peking)
Art
Beach, Laura. The Art of Stephen Huneck. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2004.
Bowron, Edgar Peters. Best in Show: The Dog in Art from the Renaissance to Today. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2006.
Cook, Gladys Emerson. You Can Draw Dogs. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications, 2006.
Duncan, David Douglas. Picasso & Lump: a Dachshund's Odyssey. New York: Bullfinch Press, 2006.
Frees, Harry Whittier & Sylvie Treille. Cats, Dogs & Other Rabbits: The Extraordinary World of Harry Whittier Frees. Stockport: Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2005.
Hall, Libby. Postcard Dogs. New York: Bloomsbury, 2004.
Harding, Adrian. Victorian Staffordshire Dogs. Atglen, Penn.: Schiffer Publishing, 2006.
The Kennel Club Art Gallery. Royal Dogs. London: The Kennel Club, 2006.
Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Artful Dog. San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, 2006.
Perkins, Diane. Gainsborough's Dogs. Sudbury, Suffolk, [United Kingdom]: Gainsborough's House Society, 2006.
Literature
Baring-Gould, Sabine. Myths of the Dog Gellert. S.L.: Kessinger Publishing, 2005 [1867].
Benjamin, Carol Lea. The Long Good Boy. New York: Walker & Company, 2001.
Berenson, Laurien. Best in Show. New York: Kensington Publishing, 2003.
Ciuraru, Carmela. Doggerel: Poems About Dogs. New York: Everyman's Library, 2003.
Franza, Jackie. It's Raining Cats and Dogs: Making Sense of Animal Phrases. Irvine, Calif.: Bowtie Press, 2005.
Grogan, John. Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog. New York: William Morrow, 2005.
Hazard, Willis P. The Adventures of Mr. Peterman and his dog Tiras. Philadelphia: Willis P. Hazard, 1853.
Henderson, Dave. David Henderson's Dog Stories: A Collection. Clinton, N.J.: Winchester Press, 1998.
Holland, Ray. Seven Grand Gun Dogs. New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1961.
Kuzniar, Alice A. Melancholia's Dog: Reflections on our Animal Kinship. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Marshall, Kristina T. The Lost Stories of Albert Peyson Terhune. S.L.: The Collie Health Foundation, 2003.
Mayo, Johnny. Buck's Heroes. Columbia, S.C.: Wentworth Publishing, 2004.
Sansom, Andrew. Scout, the Christmas Dog. College Station, Tex.: Texas A & M University, 2006.
Smolan, Rick and David Elliot Cohen. Dogs 24/7. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2005.
Starbuck, Veronica Anne. August Magic. Shelby Township, Mich.: Windigo Harbor Media, 2001.
Watt, Judith & Peter Dyer. Men & Dogs. New York: Atria Books, 2005.
Watt, Judith & Peter Dyer. Women & Dogs. New York: Atria Books, 2005.
Zoistory. Being Borzoi: Tales of Adventures. Coatesville, Penn.: Joy E. Windle, 2005.
Juvenile
Anon. Biography of a Spaniel. Yorkshire [United Kingdom]: S.R. Publishers, 1969 [1804].
Anon. Mother Muggin and her dog Trot's A B C. London: J. Scott, 1845?
Anon. William and his dog. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 183?
Brothers Wagtail. Awake or Dreaming : A Dog's Story. London: Day & Son Ltd., 1866.
Bullard, Asa. Dog Stories. Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1863.
Collard, Sneed B. Shep: Our Most Loyal Dog. Chelsea, Mich.: Sleeping Bear Press, 2006.
George, Kristine O'Connell. Little Dog Poems. New York: Clarion Books, 1999.
Henderson, Dion. Algonquin: The Story of a Great Dog. Racine, Wisc.: Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1972.
Jacobs-Bond, Carrie. Tales of Little Dogs. Chicago: P.F. Vollard, 1921.
Kennedy, Edward M. My Senator and Me: A Dog's Eye View of Washington, D.C. New York: Scholastic Press, 2006.
Martin, Ann M. A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray. New York: Scholastic Press, 2005.
Perrow, Angeli. Lighthouse Dog to the Rescue. Rockport, Me.: Down East Books, 2000.
Proctor, Beth. The Tale of a Lucky Dog. Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co., 1924.
Tarry, Ellen & Marie Hall Ets. My Dog Rinty. New York: The Viking Press, 1946.
Verdick, Elizabeth. Tails Are Not For Pulling. Minneapolis, Minn.: Free Spirit Pub., 2005.
General Interest
Hess, Elizabeth. Lost and Found: Dogs, Cats, and Everyday Heroes at a Country Animal Shelter. San Diego, Calif.: Harcourt, 1998.
Hotchner, Tracie. The Dog Bible: Everything Your Dog Wants You to Know. New York: Gotham Books, 2005.
Kalstone, Shirlee. Allergic to Pets? The Breakthorough Guide to Living with the Animals You Love. New York: Bantam Books, 2006.
Miele, Christine & Mary Tiegreen. 1,001 Reasons to Love Dogs. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2006.
Morgan, Diane. Sneeze-Free Dog Breeds: Allergy Management & Breed Selection for the Allergic Dog Lover. Neptune City, N.J.: TFH Publications, Inc., 2006.
Randolph, Mary. Every Dog's Legal Guide: A Must-Have Book for Your Owner. Berkeley, Calif.: Nolo, 2005.
