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Our Rat Terrier Babies
The Rat Terrier breed descends from terriers brought
to America by some ot our working class immigrants and possibly including crosses between the Smooth Fox and ManchesterTerriers
and the now extinct white English Terri and other crosses by early immigrants using old time Fox Terriers and other
19th century European Terriers. Later on, some corossing was made with Beagles, Toy Fox Terriers, Italian Greyhounds
and other Feist breeds. These dogs are medium sized, muscular and medium boned, have a deep chest, strong shoulders,
solid neck, and powerful legs. During the 1910s and 1920s, Rat Terriesr were used very commonly as farm dogs. They
are very happy, intelligent, alert and loving dogs and while friendly to other dogs and people can be very protective.
Rat Terriers can make excellent companions for anyone, especially the elderly. You should know however that they
are fairly territorial and stubborn - they make great watchdogs. Nobody comes to our front door without been noticed
even before they knock or ring the door bell - our little protectors immediately go into defensive posture. They
do enjoy playing a lot and for us geting a second rat terrier does give us plenty of rest between play and scheduled
walks. Our Rat Terriers play a lot as you can see in some of the pictures below.
Pick your toys carefully - these dogs do play hard and some toys may not last longer than a few minutes. This link
will take you to a page where you can observe the demise met by many of the toys we have bought our Rat Terriers. Hope you enjoy these pictures
of our babies.
Here is a link to help you search for books about rat terriers through amazon. And here is one to help you search for
books about dogs in general.
Finally, here is a link so you can llook at
toys and treats for your Rat Terrier
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Here is a picture of Bowie when
we first got her.
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Here is Greta when she was a
little baby - she's still a baby to us.
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A picture of bowie with
one of her toys, Elmer. Elmer lasted about one week.
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This is a recent picture
of Greta at the "puppy park".
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This is another picture
of Bowie when she was little - she still has the same cute little face
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Here is a picture of our
Rat Terrier baby girls
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Here's Greta sleeping in Daddy's
lap
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Another picture of Greta when
she was a baby
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