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THE BORDER TERRIER

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CELEBRATE ST PATTY’S DAY with the Terriers from Ireland

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GCH Rampages Triple Crown

Shows EXCELLENT in Florida Wins 1st award of EXCELLENCE!!

A very special thank you to judge Robert Black for this prestigious award!!

EXCELLENTLY Conditioned and handled by Kaileigh Gonzalez!!

Bred and owned by JANICE RAMEL

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Karen Fitzpatrick’s article has given us a great look at the featured breed, the Border Terrier. Although I’ve never owned one, it’s one my favorites and now I know so much more about them. I love their varmity expression!

Our next featured breed will be the Russell Terrier which will be joining the Terrier Group on June 27. They have been showing in the Miscellaneous Class since January 1, 2010. It will be fun to learn about our newest member to the AKC Terrier Group. It will be fun for me to see the comparison to the Jack Russells I had in the 90s.

A big thank you to Krista Warren Droop for sharing her Eukanuba Terrier Group ring photos with us. If you are not familiar with Krista’s work stop by her website http://www.kristadroop.com/ and take a look around, it’s really creative and her photos are wonderful!

Good luck to everyone showing at the Garden! Here’s hoping you all come home with good memories and some nice wins to advertise (hint, hint). The next deadline is March 10 for the March/April issue, to be published the end of March/beginning of April.

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Gustaf finished 2011 with two Group Firsts and a Group Second, making his record 3 Group Firsts, 4 Group Seconds, 3 Group Threes and 1 Group Four. In just 6 months of limited showing he was ranked #4 All Breed and #5 Breed Cairn. We are so proud of this boy, and thank his breeder Riina Niemi (Finland) for letting us have him.

Look for us at select shows in 2012.

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The Border Terrier

by K aren Fitzpatrick

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et’s look at what the breed standard doesn’t tell us and what we, as a breed, lack and where the weaknesses lie. I have been breeding Border Terriers since 1995 and prior to Borders, Jack Russell Terriers before since 1980. I have worked terriers both in this country and abroad to several different types of quarry and have bred them for both the show ring and working, not separating the two.

The most important feature of the Border Terrier is the head. Most breeders and judges will agree, we are in danger of losing proper head type. As the standard states: “Head should be like that of an otter – moderately broad in skull with a short strong muzzle.” (The reference is to a River Otter – which is found in the British Isles.) Otters have very little stop but are not absolutely flat between the eyes. There is a slight indentation between the eyes. A close set eye is not desired. The best way to describe a Border Terrier head is it is most defined as a broad almost flat top skull, wide between the ears and with a good length from occiput to eye. The occiput is not obvious, being almost flat, but seen from above the skull finishes in a gentle curve behind the ears. In an otter the ears are set about two-thirds from the front of the skull, i.e. there is a considerable amount of skull behind the ears.

The muzzle length is to be about one third of the total length of the head, or slightly less. It must be filled

under the eye and continue filled right to the end of the muzzle. A snipey or weak muzzle is not desired.

A Border can often have a great top skull, but have an incorrect weak muzzle.

When judging the Border, one must be thorough and not award the abundance of whisker giving the appearance of a correct muzzle, or often the groomed chiseling of a muzzle. A correct Otter Head can be distinguished with or without whiskers. The eye of a Border Terrier should be almond shaped. Not round, large or protruding. An incorrect eye is very prone to injury while working. The look of a Border Terrier should not be “cute.” It should be gamey with the look of seriousness and determination. They should look out from under that lovely plane of brow. One fault I see being perpetuated is an over abundance of stop with too much forehead often over exposing the eye. Please keep in mind when judging, your picture of an Otter. It can be seen easily from the side when judging a Border Terrier, the planes are obvious if you look for them.

I would lie to share an excerpt with you from “The Border Terrier” by Montagu H. Horn, published in 1930.

“The desire for a harsh and profuse coat with dense undercoat cannot be too strongly emphasized, nor can the thick hide for obvious reasons, for any working ter-

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riers, particularly Borders. No huntsman has any use for a terrier with a poor coat, thin hide, or one that is too big or too small for his purpose, and he demands a terrier with sound action and freedom of movement.”

How well said, but how hard to achieve. Let us talk about “Pelt”. It is somewhat of a mystery to the outside world, but knowledgeable judges will often pick up handfuls of the skin on a Border’s back and roll it between their fingers. This should be thick and absolutely loose. While working in a tight spot, the terrier can wriggle itself around in its skin and thereby free itself if caught, and thick hide or skin won’t tear easily and provides armor against the teeth of it’s quarry. But silly as it sounds, I often see judges misinterpret fat for a loose pelt! Please keep in mind body condition when judging our breed as it is necessary to a working terrier.

Also stated by Mr. Horn is “It must be appreciated that most of the hunts run their terriers with hounds, and no short-legged, compact little dog could keep up with hounds for any distance in the hill country of the Cheviot district, let alone be expected to go to

The River Otter Note the eye placement and prominent skull.

A well put together Border

ground at the end of the run and bolt his fox. When a huntsman of the border Country makes his awards in the show ring, he always shows preference to a terrier of long leg, even though it may fail slightly in some other respect. The terrier with the well-barreled body and cobby appearance is likewise his aversion.”

“For following hounds over heather and rough country we require a rather narrow, leggy dog. Such is the opinion of yet another Master of the Foxhounds from Northumberland. In face of his accusation there can be no excuse for the continued production of the wrong type of terrier.“ Again, it’s easy to see today, this statement still holds true. A Border Terrier should be up on leg and appear racy. Length of leg is an asset to a Border Terrier. Keep in mind we do not have a height standard.

The body of a Border should be deep and narrow and fairly long with a well laid back rib and strong loin. A well laid back rib is critical for flexibility in the ground.

A short ribbed dog will not have the turning capability in the earth that a longer, laid back ribbed dog has.

But a long loin is a detriment and leads to a week top line and back. The length of rib cage is essential for lung capacity, heart and also supports the back. An asset which enables the Border Terrier to do his job in the ground. I have been asked to best define a “well laid back rib”. When going over a Border Terrier, the easiest way for me to describe it to you is that I look for a two-thirds length of rib to one-third length of loin.

The terrier’s job is to go to ground, locate the fox, then bay or annoy him with jabs until he can stand no more and eventually bolts (leaves the earth). The terrier must stay with his quarry and if the fox absolutely refuses to budge, in some districts, he must then kill and draw the fox from the set or hole out into the open. It is quite incorrect for a Border to be short backed or to have the big well-sprung ribs so desirable in some breeds of terriers. Neither must they have wide fronts, nor loaded shoulders, as they could not squeeze into some of the very tight spots that the

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fox goes into. However courageous and intelligent a Border may be, and no matter how lovely he may be getting to the hole, if he cannot enter it, he is of no use to the terrier man.

The shoulder of the Border Terrier is of the utmost importance as it not only plays an essential part in movement, but also how a terrier functions in the earth. They must be long and sloping and well laid back with a correct angle equally. They must never be loaded or wide as stated above.

Spanning of a Border Terrier is simply the working man’s assessment of his chest circumference that enables him to follow a fox to ground. The average fox in England is easily spanned by a man’s hands and therefore, the gage for which a terrier is measured is matched to that. A fox’s chest is oval, not round and it is very flexible and small. A fox can go almost anywhere and a terrier should be built to follow it. This is our best gauge to size a Border Terrier since we do

not have a height standard. If a man cannot span a Border Terrier, this terrier probably will not be able to follow a fox and is therefore of no use to a terrier man in the field. Women judges must of course remember that it is likely that the span of their hands is somewhat smaller than the span of those who wrote the standard!

To span a Border, as the dog is stacked on the table, face the same direction as the dog. From behind, touch middle fingers immediately under the chest of the dog and bring the thumbs up just behind the shoulder. Thumbs should touch when the dog’s front legs are lifted from the table. When you span a good number of dogs, you will get an idea how close your thumbs are to touching each other with each dog you span. The Parson Russell Terrier is panned the same way and gauged the same as they are bred to do the same job!! g

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AKC MEET THE BREEDS®: Border Terrier Terrier Group; AKC recognized in 1930.

R anging in size from 11½ to 15½ pounds.

Fox hunter.

Alert, active and agile, the Border Terrier is willing to squeeze through narrow holes and sprint across any terrain to capture his quarry: the fox. This persistence made him an excellent working terrier back in England, and allows him to succeed in Earthdog, Obedience and Agilty trials today. Known for his “otter” head and game attitude, the Border is medium-sized with a wiry coat that may be red, grizzle and tan, blue and tan, or wheaten with a dark muzzle.

A Look Back The Border originated in the border country between England and Scotland, and may be one of the oldest kinds of terriers in Great Britain. Purely a working terrier, the Border was bred to protect the stock of

their owners. They had sufficient length of leg to follow a horse, but were small enough to follow a fox to ground. Borders on the farm in the 18th century also had to find their own food, so they had to be good hunters to survive.

Right Breed for You? While he is as hard as nails in the field, the Border Terrier is good tempered and affectionate in the home.

He learns quickly and responds well to obedience training, but must be kept engaged and well-exercised, as he’s an active dog. The Border’s weather resistant coat requires occasional brushing and hand stripping approximately twice per year.

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The Official AKC Standard of the Border Terrier Since the Border Terrier is a working terrier of a size to go to ground and able, within reason, to follow a horse, his conformation should be such that he be ideally built to do his job. No deviations from this ideal conformation should be permitted, which would impair his usefulness in running his quarry to earth and in bolting it therefrom. For this work he must be alert, active and agile, and capable of squeezing through narrow apertures and rapidly traversing any kind of terrain. His head, “like that of an otter”, is distinctive, and his temperament ideally exemplifies that of a terrier.

By nature he is good-tempered, affectionate, obedient, and easily trained. In the field he is hard as nails, “game as they come” and driving in attack. It should be the aim of Border Terrier breeders to avoid such over-emphasis of any point in the Standard as might lead to unbalanced exaggeration.

General Appearance He is an active terrier of medium bone, strongly put together, suggesting endurance and agility, but rather narrow in shoulder, body and quarter. The body is covered with a somewhat broken though close-fitting and intensely wiry jacket. The characteristic “otter” head with its keen eye, combined with a body poise which is “at the alert”, gives a look of fearless and implacable determination characteristic of the breed. The proportions should be that the height at the withers is slightly greater than the distance from the withers to the tail, i.e. by possibly 1-1.5 inches in a 14 pound dog.

Weight Dogs, 13-15.5 pounds, bitches 11.5-14 pounds, are appropriate weights for Border Terriers in hardworking condition.

Head Similar to that of an otter.

Moderately broad and flat in skull with plenty of width between the eyes and between the ears. A slight, moderately broad curve at the stop rather than a pronounced indentation. Cheeks slightly full. Ears -Small. V-shaped and of moderate thickness, dark preferred. Not set high on the head but somewhat on the side, and dropping forward close to the cheeks. They should not break above the level of the skull. Eyes -- Dark hazel and full of fire and intelligence. Moderate in size, neither prominent nor small and beady. Muzzle -- Short and “well filled.” A dark muzzle is characteristic and desirable. A few short whiskers are natural to the breed. Teeth -- Strong, with a scissors bite, large in proportion to the size of the dog. Nose -- Black, and of a good size. Neck -- Clean, muscular and only long enough to give a well-balanced appearance.

It should gradually widen into the shoulders. Shoulders -- Well laid back and of good length, the blades converging to the withers gradually from a brisket not excessively deep or narrow.

Forelegs Straight and not too heavy in bone and placed slightly wider than in a Fox Terrier. Feet -- Small and compact. Toes should point forward and be moderately arched with thick pads.

Body Deep, fairly narrow and of sufficient length to avoid any suggestions of lack of range and agility.

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Tail Moderately short, thick at the base, then tapering. Not set on too high. Carried gaily when at the alert, but not over the back.

When at ease, a Border may drop his stern.

Hindquarters Muscular and racy, with thighs long and nicely molded. Stifles well bent and hock well down.

Coat A short and dense undercoat covered with a very wiry and somewhat broken top coat which should lie closely, but it must not show any tendency to curl or wave. With such a coat a Border should be able to be exhibited almost in his natural state, nothing more in the way of trimming being needed that a tidying-up of the head, neck and feet. Hide -- Very thick and loose fitting.

Movement Straight and rhythmical before and behind, with good length of stride and flexing of stifle and hock. The dog should respond to his handler with a gait which is free, agile and quick.

Color Red, grizzle and tan, blue and tan, or wheaten. A small amount of white may be allowed on the chest but white on the feet should be penalized.

Scale of Points Head, ears, neck and teeth 20 Legs and feet 15 Coat and skin 10 Shoulder and chest 10 Eyes and expression 10 Back and loin 10 Hindquarters 10 Tail 5 General appearance 10 Total 100 Approved March 14, 1950

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American Kennel Club Celebrates Irish Terrier Breeds in Spirit of St. Patrick’s Day In honor of the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day holiday in March, the American Kennel Club® (AKC) celebrates the loveable Terrier breeds of Irish descent.

“The rich and vibrant culture of the Emerald Isle extends beyond art and literature and touches the very foundation of some of our most devoted and fun-loving dog breeds,” said AKC spokesperson Lisa Peterson. “Many of these breeds have been warming our hearts and souls for much of AKC’s long history.”

Glen of Imaal Terrier– Glen of Imaal, which is a valley in the Wicklow mountains, is the region in Ireland after which this hardy breed is named. Longer than tall and sporting a double coat of medium length, the “Glen” possesses great strength and conveys the impression of a dog of good substance. This is a working terrier, who must have the agility, freedom of movement and endurance to do the work for which it was developed. Like its Irish counterparts, the Glen is also courageous, and always ready to give chase. When working, it is active, agile, silent and intent upon its game. Otherwise, the Glen can be a docile companion for families with older children. For more information visit the Glen of Imaal Terrier Club of America at: www.glens.org Irish Terrier– This breed was featured in the 2007 movie “Firehouse Dog,” where it was cast as a canine hero. Not surprising, considering that Irish Terriers were used to transport messages between troops on the front lines in World War I. Their bravery and spirit make them incomparable pals, and they possess great tenacity.

Loyal and friendly, Irish Terriers hardily adapt to any situation, and they are deeply committed to their owners. Irish Terriers served as longtime mascots for the Notre Dame Football team, providing halftime entertainment for adoring crowds. The Irish Terrier was first recognized by the AKC in 1885. For more information visit the Irish Terrier Club of America at: www.itca.info Kerry Blue Terrier– The “Kerry Blue” hails from the Irish county of the same name; he had been purebred in that section of Ireland for more than a hundred years.

Known for his superior working and hunting skills, the Kerry Blue is used for hunting small game and birds, and for retrieving from land as well as water. Size doesn’t matter, for he is an unsurpassed watch dog and herder of flock. In some instances in England, he has even been used for police work. The breed was first recognized by the AKC in 1922, and came into the national spotlight when CH. Torums Scarf Michael won best in show at the 2002 AKC/Eukanuba National Championship. For more information visit the United States Kerry Blue Terrier Club at: www.uskbtc.com Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier– A truly Irish breed, the “Wheaten” has a special connection to St. Patrick’s Day, having first appeared in the show ring at the Irish Kennel Club Championship on March 17, 1937. The name of this breed describes the characteristics of the coat–soft, silky, with a gentle wave, and of warm wheaten color. Underneath is a formidable dog that enjoys plenty of exercise every day. Most Wheatens are natural greeters towards people, and extremely alert in their surroundings. They are quick learners and love to travel with their owners. The Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier was first recognized by the AKC in 1973. For more information visit the Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Club of America at: www.scwtca.org © American Kennel Club, Inc. www.allterriersonline.com

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