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Hi Mary, Hope all is going well for you. We used to lamb in February. It is tough, but joyous time. The book is about stockdogs and training with chapters on stockmanship, working ranch dogs, sheep, cattle, goats, poultry (from ducks and geese to turkeys). It is slanted on the practical stockdog dog, but also covers handling for trials and other herding events. To give you a better idea: The Table of Contents: Frontispiece: Just a Stockdog Story Preface Foreword by Ernie Hartnagle Introduction 1 – HERDING DOGS 2 – WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A HERDING DOG 3 – PREPARING YOUR PUPPY 4 – LAYING THE FOUNDATION 5 – GETTING STARTED 6 – INTRODUCING A DOG TO STOCK 7 – MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR DOG’S TALENT 8 – DEVELOPING A USEFUL DOG 9 – THE OUTRUN 10 – DRIVING SKILLS 11 – BALANCE AND PENNING 12 – FOCUS ON SORTING 13 – BOUNDARY TRAINING FOR TENDING DOGS 14 – BASIC STOCKMANSHIP 15 – WORKING LARGE FLOCKS AND HERDS 16 – THE RANCH DOG 17– TRAINING ANIMALS 18 – POULTRY 19 – SHEEP 20 – GOATS 21 – CATTLE 22 – KEEPING LIVESTOCK 23 – THE TRIAL DOG 24 – TRIAL PROGRAMS 25 – WHAT JUDGES LOOK FOR 26 – OTHER ELEMENTS OF WORKING STOCKDOGS Appendix -– BREED PROFILES I just started a blog site as an extention of the book. Currently, I am posting snippits about many of the herding breeds in the book: http://stockdogsavvy.wordpress.com/ All the best, Jeanne Joy