Rat Terrier Appreciation Thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Squawkers]

Me too.

I saw a Merle dobie the other day. Bout made my blood boil.

 

[ShrekDawg]

From the AKC site,
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From the rat terrier club of America
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What in the heck is the difference between all those black white and tans ? LOL

 

[ShrekDawg]

SHREK IM JOKING

Oh okay

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I saw a Merle dobie the other day. Bout made my blood boil.

I've seen merle boxers and people swear they are purebred. The old "it's a recessive gene" excuse. Seriously does anyone believe the same color suddenly shows up in almost every breed at the same moment it becomes popular?

 

[ShrekDawg]

Quick look,

I MISSED IT

 

[Squawkers]

I've seen merle boxers and people swear they are purebred. The old "it's a recessive gene" excuse. Seriously does anyone believe the same color suddenly shows up in almost every breed at the same moment it becomes popular?

That is so annoying! People are idiots quite frankly.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

What in the heck is the difference between all those black white and tans ? LOL

The first color is the dominant color. It's for registering, so they list every order.

 

[ShrekDawg]

The first color is the dominant color. It's for registering, so they list every order.

Ohhhhhhh okay. Thanks!!!!

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

Rat terrier are similar to border collies in that both are bred for function over form. Used to be every farm had some sort of herding dog, and some sort of ratter. Dog were bred by their working skills, so the breed was very diverse. They are becoming more rare.

Tenties are ratters too. Within the dogs I own and have owned there actually been interesting difference in conformation. Some are very agile looking while others are very solid I like how it makes them all unique! I have two full blood sisters and one's my biggest dog so they look so different

That's pretty cool you can inherit your family breeder prefix. That's way better than inheriting the family furniture.

Yeah, considering I've been involved with it so long it is pretty important to me. I can recognize some of my puppies. I'm just hoping they haven't made things too ridiculous with all the new laws and stuff.