Introduction 1Part 1: Getting Started with Pit Bulls 7Chapter 1: Pitting and Petting: The Pit Bull's Past 9Chapter 2: Sizing Up the Pit Bull 23Chapter 3: Deciding whether a Pit Bull is Right for You 39Chapter 4: Shopping the Bull Market 53Part 2: Giving Your Pit Bull a Good Home 71Chapter 5: Bringing Home Your New Best Friend 73Chapter 6: Living with Your Pit Bull 89Part 3: Training and Having Fun with Your Pit 111Chapter 7: Coping with a Pit Bull Terrorist 113Chapter 8: Training the Teacher's Pit 129Chapter 9: Going Out to the Bull Games 145Part 4: Keeping Your Pit Bull Healthy 155Chapter 10: Feeding a Bottomless Pit 157Chapter 11: Primping Your Pit Bull 165Chapter 12: A Clean Bull of Health 179Chapter 13: Sick as a Dog 195Chapter 14: Pit Bull First Aid 209Chapter 15: Helping Your Dog Age Well 221Part 5: The Part of Tens 227Chapter 16: Ten Pit Bull Resources 229Chapter 17: Ten Ways to Help the Pit Bull's Reputation 233Index 237
D. Caroline Coile holds a PhD in psychology with research interests in canine behavior, senses, genetics, and neuropsychology. The author of 34 books about dogs, as well as numerous scientific articles, she also pens the nutrition column for AKC Family Dog. The Dog Writers Association of America inducted her into their Hall of Fame.
