Patterdale Terrier
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The Patterdale Terrier is a breed of dog native to the Lake District
of Cumbria in Northwest England. The name Patterdale refers to a village a
little south of Ullswater and a few miles east of Helvellyn.
Appearance
According to breed standards, this terrier stands between 25,5 cm (10 inches)
and 38 cm (15 inches) at the withers and weighs between 4,5 kg (10 pounds) and
11 kg (24 pounds). The preferred size depends on the quarry. In Great Britain,
all sizes are in use, depending on the terrain and the quarry. Quarry here is
mostly fox. In the eastern United States, smaller is preferred and 30 cm (12
inches) tall and 5.5 kg (12 pounds) is considered the maximum usable size for
groundhogs (aka woodchucks). However, larger (9 - 12 kg) is preferred when
hunting raccoons in excess of 13 kg (29 pounds).
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is why i love her. Bought from a breeder in market raisen by my partner for a surprise for me......"
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95% of the breed is black, but bronze (black that shines brown in sunlight),
grizzle, chocolate, red, liver (with red nose)and black-and-tan are also
acceptable. White feet and white chest markings appear in all coat colours.
Coats are smooth, rough, or broken-coated. However, this breed is rarely shown
and breeders are more concerned with the practicality of the breed than with
outward appearances. Practicality means strong neck, jaws, and teeth; staying
power at bay; ability to squeeze into tight burrows; durability and endurance;
and peaceful with humans, livestock, and other dogs.
Temperament
Most Patterdale puppies are bold and confident beyond their capabilities, and
therefore are never, or briefly, entered to rats as they soon lose all caution
when confronted with quarry of any size. Many a bold pup has lost his life in a
raccoon den while on a casual walk-in-the-woods in the States. They have great
stamina and can work quarry all day, or play all day with the kids. Yet, indoors
they are relaxed and quiet. They have been exported abroad notably to the States
where they appear to be used primarily as hunting dogs.
An excellent book about the origin of the breed and fell terriers in general
is The Fell Terrier by D. Brian Plummer from The Boydell Press. Plummer
goes into depth describing the land and the people that shaped the big dog in
the small package currently called the Patterdale Terrier.
History
The Patterdale Terrier of modern times refers to the mainly black smooth
coated fell terrier first popularized by Cyril Breay from Kirkby Lonsdale and
Frank Buck from Leyburn in Yorkshire during the early part of the 1950s. At that
time, any "typey" fell terrier being shown in the Lake District was called a
Lakeland Terrier, or simply called a coloured terrier, whether or not they were
from Ullswater county. In the early 1960s, Brian Nuttall of Holmes Chapel began
breeding dogs that he acquired from his grandfather and from Breay and Buck
blood lines. These dogs were carefully linebred. Nuttall blood lines are still
considered to be of the highest quality and adds a bit to the price of a puppy.
The modern Patterdale Terrier is to fell terriers, what the Jack Russell Terrier
is to hunt terriers—the indisputable leader in numbers and performance as a
breed.
They were developed in the harsh environment in the north of England that is
unable to sustain agriculture and too hilly in the main for cattle. Sheep
farming is the dominant farming activity on these hills. Foxes being perceived
by farmers to be predatory on sheep and small farm animals, terriers are used
for predator control. Unlike the hunt terriers to the south, typified by the
Jack Russell terriers of today, which are bred to bolt a fox to continue the
chase, or to bay the fox until the fox can be dug to, these fell terriers were
bred to bolt the fox or dispatch it, if it chooses to fight. Where much of the
"earths" in south of England are an easy dig, much of the north of England
includes "earths" too rocky and/or too deep to dig. The fell terriers that
survived to pass on their genes, have created a truly "tough as nails" dog.
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Some puppies are allowed to chase rabbits, but most tire of chasing any
quarry that won't turn and fight.
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My Patterdale ruby is 5 and half months old very
bold and very very mischievous which is why i love her. Bought from
a breeder in market raisen by my partner for a surprise for me i
didn't really know much about the breed but i do now. one of the
most enjoyable things about her is there is never a dull moment and
she and our Labrador are the best of friends |
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i would like to say i am the great grandson of frank buck and its nice to see
that the blood line is still going strong cheers - andy buck |
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Name Edward Stevie Bear (Teddy Bear)
Born: 30th June 2007
Mother: Border Terrier, Gem
Father: Lakeland Terrier, Gnasher
Colour: Black and Tan
Place of Birth: PATTERDALE, Ullswater, UK
Now THAT'S what I call a Patterdale terrier! -
Tall, handsome, cheeky, too clever by half and what a comic. |
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i have just got my 7 week old patterdale pup she is the most loveliest thing
ever. I have a 3 year old son and she is great with him she already up and
playing around its like she's always been here. Also she great at potty training i would say to anyone thinking of getting a pup patterdale's win every time!! |
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I have two Patterdale terrier of which both are kept as pets,
that is they are not worked. If awards in general loopiness were possible, the
Patterdale would win hands down. They are very intelligent and need a lot of
exercise to stimulate their brains. For a small dog they are a handful. They can
be very destructive and territorial. I love mine to bits, but be warned they are
loopy and very trying at times in comparison with most other terriers. You have
been warned! |
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I have two patterdales both of whom I work competitive
obedience with and are now running in flyball competitions, the older dog has
recently achieved his silver good citizen award |
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Our Patterdale stands approx 15" is 15 months old, black and tan in colour
and was the runt in a litter of five dogs. Born near Leyburn North Yorks, feisty
little character, a true Patterdale' (certainly not the runt of the litter now
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