THE BEST DOG IS THE TRAINED DOG, by Patricia Holling Haas and Helen Marie Capps. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the Helen Marie Capps to the Wire Haired Fox Terrier Dog Breeders Clarence and Melba Scheid. (Melba was the owner of Melwire Kennels of Vacaville California,

that bred, raised, and showed many champion Wire Haired Fox Terriers. Earl Scheid assisted his wife in showing the Terriers and was also a trainer of German Shepherds.): "Melba & Earl / What an honor to know / my book is in your great / collection. / Best to you and the pups / Helen Marie / and the M & M's". Published by A.S. Barnes and Company, South Brunswick and New York, 1980. Hardcover Book in Dustjacket, 5.5x8.5 inches, 145 pages. Condition: VERY GOOD book, the covers have some rubs and light wear to the spine ends and corner tips; internally tight, bright, clean and unmarked; in an only FAIR dustjacket that has chips, creases and closed tears to its edges, corners and spine ends, sunning to the spine, rubs and scrapes to the front and rear panels, and clipped flap corners, but is nonetheless holding together and doing its job. About Helen Marie Capps (excerpted from her online Obituary in the Fairfield / Suisun Daily Republic): ******Helen Marie Capps, b. Dec. 4, 1943 d. Aug. 10, 2016. Helen worked many jobs in her life, but training and showing dogs was her life. Starting when she was 10 years old with her family dog, she spent most of her life training dogs and with her sister, Pat Haas, she wrote The Best Dog is the Trained Dog. She eventually turned dog training into a successful business. After getting her first Brittany in 1986, she trained six Brittanys to several conformation, obedience, agility and hunting championships. The Brittany and dog training world will miss her vibrant and helpful personality. Donations may be sent in Helen Capps name to the American Brittany Rescue.******