Terrier Group

Breed

Airedale Terrier

“King of Terries”, largest of terriers, guardians

Color: black and tan

American Hairless Terrier

bred to hunt rats, other vermin, strong hunting instinct, lack of coat renders them unsuited for most hunting activities

Coat: vestigial “down” known as the “birth coat”, hairless dog free of hair: (vellus)

Color: any except albino

American Staffordshire Terrier

England, cross b/w a Bulldog and a terrier, “Pitbull terrier”

Australian Terrier

Austrialia, (1st Breed)

can be scrappy w/ other dogs, diggers

Bedlington Terrier

England, 1825

Coat: curly, woolly, “lambs” coats

Border Terrier

border b/w England and Scotland

narrow in shoulder; body, quarter (squeeze through holes), “otter" head”

Bull Terrier

England, Bulldog/white English Terrier cross

Color; 2 varieties: white bull terrier- white

colored: any color w/ white markings, *brindle preferred

Cairn Terrier

Isle of Skye, Scotland, cairn-rock dens that foxes and badgers lived in

Color; any color color except white, dark ears, muzzle, and tail tip

Cesky Terrier

Czech Republic, Scottish/Sealybam Terrier cross

Color: puppies born black or black and tan, adults gray from charcoal to platinum

Dandie Dinmount Terrier

Hills b/w England/ Scotland “scimitar” shaped tail "(curved sword), fluffy head of hair

Glen of Imaal Terrier

Ireland, turnspit

Irish Terrier

Ireland, 1885

war dog (messenger, sentinel)

Kerry Blue Terrier

county Kerry, Ireland

Color: any shade of blue gray or gray blue

Lakeland Terrier

Lake District of England

narrow body (squeeze in dens)

Manchester Terrier

British Isles

valued by #’s of rats killed, toy-variety-lady’s pet

2 types: toy and Standard

Color: jet black w/ rich mahogany tan

Miniature Bull Terrier

England, exactly like Bull terrier personality in every way-except size

Miniature Schnauzer

Germany; “Schnauzer” (nose)

Color: salt and pepper, black and silver, solid black

Norfolk Terrier

Britain, folded (dropped) ears

“perfect demon” in the field

Norwich Terrier

Britain, erected ears

“perfect demon in field”

Parson Russell Terrier

named changed back to Parson Russle Terrier

Coat: 2 types: Broken (wire-haired), smooth

Rat Terrier

American breed

Color: any variation of pied coloring (large patches of one or more colors in comb with white)

Russel Terrier

England, developed in Australia

-small size of breed (carried on horseback in “terrier bag”; a requisite for certain terrain)
-derived from the Reverend Parson's fox working terrier strains; shares many common
characteristics of the Parson Russell Terrier
-two breeds are distinctly different in body structure and height and have been maintained as
separate breeds in the US and Europe

Coat: smooth, broken, or rough

Scottish Terrier

Scotland “Scottie”

digger

steel or iron gray, brindled or grizzled, black, sandy or wheaten

Sealyham Terrier

Wales (Sealyham)

defense

Skye Terrier

Scotland (Isle of Skye)

Color: one over-all color at skin, varying shades in the full coat, black, blue,
dark or light gray, silver, platinum, fawn or cream, black points on ear,
muzzle, tip of tail

Smooth Fox Terrier

foxhunts, head is more V-shaped than a Wire’s
Keen nose:

Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier

Ireland, poor man’s dog

COAT distinguishing characteristic from all other terriers

COLOR wheaten only

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

England, Bulldog-Manchester Terrier cross

COLOR red, fawn, white, black or blue, or with white

Welsh Terrier

Wales

COAT wiry course outercoat, black “jacket”, soft undercoat

COLOR black and tan

West Highland White Terrier

Scotland, “Westie”

“all terrier” (strong-willed personality, spunk and determination), affectionate but
can be nippy

COLOR white

Wire Fox Terrier

V-shaped ears folded
forward

COLOR predominantly white, with black, tan, or black-and-tan markings