In its native Germany, the German Hunt Terrier (also called Jagdterrier, Deutscher Jagdterrier and German Jagdterrier) is a hunting dog used for a wide variety of game like the fox, weasel, badger and wild boar. A product of a stringent and exhaustive breeding program, the Jagdterrier was developed...
The Cairn Terrier is one of Scotland’s original and oldest terrier breeds, originating in the 1500s from the Highlands of Scotland and the Isle of Skye. Named for the manner in which it tracks foxes, rodents and badgers by squeezing down into “cairns” (piles of small stones that marked Scottish...
The name of the breed was taken from the County of Imaal in Wicklow, Ireland and was first publicly shown as a breed at an Irish dog show in the 1930s. This sturdy but small terrier bears resemblance to the Welsh Corgi. It weighs from 34 to 36 pounds and has a breeding height of 14 inches. It has...
Originating from England, the breed gets its name from the Reverend John Russell who bred the dogs in the 19th century using the now extinct English White Terrier. This working type of terrier was bred purposely to hunt and flush foxes out from their underground dens, and to possess a “tempered...
The largest of the breed and an all-around useful dog, the Airedale terrier is often referred to as the “King of the Terriers.” It originated from Airedale, in Yorkshire England and has been originally bred to hunt otters in and around the valleys of the River Aire, hence it earning the name...
Named for the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, the breed has been referred to in the past as Bench Legged Feist, Treeing Feist or Squirrel Feist. The United Kennel Club recognizes it as the Rat Terrier. It was developed from crossing several breeds such as the Feist, Bull...
This rat terrier is the oldest known terrier breed developed in the 19th century in Manchester, England. It is considered as the best rat hunting breed and has been used in the development of other breeds such as the Doberman Pinscher and the Airedale Terrier. There are two types of the breed: the...
Originally called the Patterdale Terrier (but not to be mistaken for what is now accepted as the Patterdale Terrier), this is one of the oldest terrier breeds that still exists to this day. The breed was developed in the Lake district of England by crossing the Bedlington Terrier and the Old English...
The Fox Terrier generally refers to four different breeds or varieties: the Smooth Fox Terrier, the Wirehaired Fox Terrier, Toy Fox Terrier and Miniature Fox Terrier. In show circles, it is only the Smooth and the Wire Fox Terriers that are referred to but in most other areas around the world the...
Also called Mini Foxies in its native Australia, they are the descendants of fox terrier breeds from England that were brought to Australia by the early settlers. The breed is closely related to the Toy Fox Terrier and the Jack Russell Terrier and was a product of a careful breeding program. Small...
