The Winning Edge: Show Ring Secrets (Howell Reference Books) | 
 enlarge | Author: George Alston
Publisher: Howell Book House
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 164616
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0876058349
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.70888
UPC: 785555038103
EAN: 9780876058343
ASIN: 0876058349
Publication Date: May 16, 1992
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Condition: A copy that has been read, but remains in very good condition, including the dust cover, if applicable. All pages are intact with limited marks or highlighting; and the spine remains undamaged. Limited usage wear with some reading creases and/or bent corners. No CD or other inclusions, unless noted. Shipping confirmation and tracking provided. 100% of your purchase helps Goodwill create jobs and change lives.
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Amazon.com Review
George Alston, an expert dog handler for more than 30 years, teams with author Connie Vanacore on The Winning Edge: Show Ring Secrets. Combining sports psychology and dog showing, topics include psychocybernetics, the making of a show dog, learning from the competition, and etiquette and sportmanship. The Winning Edge: Show Ring Secrets is "an essential for every dog exhibitor's bookshelf."
Product Description
George Alston has been one of the country's preeminent professional handlers for over thirty years. Now, the secrets of his success are shared with every dog fancier.
The Winning Edge is the very first book to apply sports psychology to dog showing. Here, serious exhibitors, including the seasoned veteran, will have the opportunity to develop and polish the skills necessary to take a place in the winners' circle. With award-winning author Connie Vanacore, George Alston shows us all how to gain consistent success in the only sport in which amateurs compete directly with the professionals. Chapters focus on the advantages of being an amateur and underscore the necessity for the mental preparation and psychology that are essential to every exhibitor's success.
The authors cover every ingredient in the recipe for show ring success, with chapters on the perfect handler, the making of a show dog, psychocybernetics, where and how to focus when in the ring and learning from the competition.
The Winning Edge, an essential for every dog exhibitor's bookshelf, now makes George Alston's professional know-how available to everyone with the desire to win.
A Howell Dog Book of Distinction
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 Check it out from the library. September 16, 2008
This book is definately for beginner show handlers. The book is an extremely quick read with very few "secrets". Anyone who has taken a beginning handling course from someone who has shown dogs would learn just as much or more than what this book offers.
The book is worth reading, but I would pick it up at your local library and read it in a night or two. Not worth adding this to your collection.
Helpful advice for a beginner May 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I went to my first show before reading this book - I would have avoided a couple of mistakes if I had read it first! Very helpful advice for a novice in the show ring.
 FANTASTIC September 19, 2007
This book is an absolute must have if you want to enter the wonderful world of dogshows!
I've been showing for some time, and this book tought me so much, made me think things differently and be a better handler.
I absolutely recommend it to everyone involved in showing!
Puppy Intensive Care: A Breeder's Guide to Care of Newborn Puppies July 22, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
nicely put together also I would recemmend this book to people that are just starting in the breeding world.
For an experience breeder I would want more infos ans explainations.
But over all a great book
Pay Attention! July 20, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
That seems to be the main message George Alston is giving. Pay attention to your dog, the judge, the ring conditions, and your competition. He gives great advice on how to adjust your stride, the leash, your grooming, etc. to give your dog the best opportunity to win. He also includes wonderful chapters on Psychology and Ring Etiquette, something that can make or break the handler - not just the dog. He shows showing as the art, not just the mechanics.
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