Eminent Dogs, Dangerous Men : Searching Through Scotland For A Border Collie (Paperback)

from Whiskey3pa

All in all, I enjoyed this book. It is well written and has a great deal of information on the border collie breed. I was a little disappointed that after all the time and adventure that went into finding his dog, he spent almost no time developing her as his working dog. As a child I had a borde...

from bemislibrary

There is something about a man and his dog and the lengths he will go to find the best. Author McCaig traveled about Scotland looking for the best sheep dog he could buy with limited funds. The author provides a local perspective on owners and their sheep herding dogs as they compete in field tri...

from NellieMc

Extremely well-written, but a lot different than what I expected. Very realistic and interesting account of searching in Scotland for a border collie to take back to his sheep farm in West Virginia, with a lot of material especially about sheep trials. Not romantic, very respectful. But, in the m...

from shepdog

Donald McCaig, author of the 1984 Best Seller, Nop's Trials, proves once again, with Eminent Dogs, Dangerous Men that he can write, and write engagingly. When he realizes that his 8-year-old Border Collie, Pip, is slowing down, McCaig decides to "make a pilgrimage" to Scotland for another dog. He...