The Border Terrier Breed

A Border Terrier is a small dog and is the rough-coated breed of the terrier group. Many consider the Border Terrier breed to be originally bred as fox and vermin hunters in which the Border Terriers share ancestry with Dandie Dinmont Terriers and Bedlington Terriers. The Border Terrier breed is considered to be the much older breed and is dated by the Kennel Club in Great Britain in 1920 and also by the American Kennel Club (AKC) in 1930. The Border Terrier is identified by many due to their otter-shaped heads, which consists of a broad skull and a short, strong muzzle along with a scissor bite. The Border Terrier has a double coat consisting of a short, dense and soft undercoat along with a harsh, wiry weather and dirt resistant, close-lying outer coat with no curl or wave. With this in mind, most commonly you will see this coat of the breed is normally required to be hand stripped twice a year to remove dead hair. As well, it then takes about eight weeks for the top coat to come back in, and for some dogs, weekly brushing will suffice.

The Border Terrier breed is considered to be the most intelligent out of all breeds but somewhat confrontational, stubborn and occasionally aggressive. Generally, some Border Terriers will get along well with other dogs. However, if they dislike another, they do not hesitate to start a fight, and as with most terriers, it can be difficult to stop them. Border Terriers are one of the easiest breeds to train but they retain the capacity for independent thinking and initiative that were bred into them for working rats and fox underground.