'The Greatest Collection of Taxidermy Dogs on Earth', man's best friend has been preserved whether it's his paw for a silver-topped page turner or a button hook dating from Victorian times, a dramatic staging of a terrier biting into a fox, preserved dog skulls, antique sporting dog rugs with the pelt laid flat and the heads preserved by taxidermy, a French bulldog with complete chest and forelimbs mounted on an oaken shield, a Mexican hairless dog in a rare example of a chupacabra, a Victorian six-legged puppy lovingly presented for posterity on a red satin pillow. It is an impressive collection under glass of very fine miniature dogs, cavalier King Charles spaniels, pugs, a very bewildered and shocked looking spaniel on page 71, a brindle bulldog, a champion greyhound, a great Dane, beagles, English foxhound, Pomeranian, a Dalmatian puppy, a dachshund and more. Veteran taxidermist Colin Griffiths describes the huge technical challenge and dealing with emotionally distraught owners willing to pay exorbitant prices to preserve their pet. 144pp, over 200 colour photos.
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