Is Your Border a Working Terrier? Check with the Fell and Moorland Working Terrier Club Standard
A working terrier should be terrier-like in appearance and should have an acute and powerful motivation to work.
HEAD: should be strong, and encased in the skull should be a brain capable of showing intelligence and a fair amount of obedience and respect with some affection.
with some affection. NECK: should be strong and muscular, joining the head to the body.
CHEST: should be big enough to hold the heart of a lion, but small enough to enable its owner to follow the quarry into extremely tight corners.
LEGS: should be long, or short, according to the work envisaged by the terrain of the area where he is to be employed. The legs should be powerful enough to carry the owner through a hard day.
FEET: four, one at the end of each leg, with extremely tough pads.
COAT: whether rough or smooth, white or colored, should be dense and tight, to keep its wearer warm and facilitate cleaning without holding too much earth and water.
BACK: strong and supple.
TAIL: for preference, a working terrier should have a tail.
EYES: of great assistance above ground.
EARS: yes, two.
NOSE: should be able to detect and evaluate any slight scent.
TEETH: should be as large and as strong as possible, firmly secured in a muscular jaw, capable of biting powerfully and holding a firm grip.
In temperament, the animal should be fairly docile and tractable, with a tremendous staying power and great love of his task. He should enjoy going to ground and should not appear at 10 minute intervals to see if his owner is still waiting for him. He should disregard wounds and see his job through at all times. He should be of sensible disposition and not easily ruffled or upset. Click here to go to the F & M Website.
The Fell and Moorland Working Terrier Club: Year Book and Club History 1998-99
(pp. 23) Ed. Mr. Ray Cutler, F.M.W.T.C. November 1997
Great Lakes Border Terrier Club
GLBTC OFFICERS
President: Kathleen Henning
Vice-President: Carol Samp
Secretary: Lisa Venske
Treasurer: Cyndi Olson
GLBTC BOARD MEMBERS
Margaret Henning
Mary Jo Landergan
Susan Olsen
Justine Erickson
Jill Thomas
Tisha Teeluck
GLBTC WEBMASTERS
Margaret Henning
Carol Samp
Lisa Venske
Border Terrier Links
Click the following logos for a variety of information about border terriers and the many activities they and their owners enjoy:
The Border Terrier Club of America
The American Kennel Club
InfoDog for Show Information
Border Terrier List for sharing info on the breed.
Orthopedic Foundation for Animals
Canine Health Information Center
American Working Terrier Association
Border Terrier Rescue
(Links to the BTCA rescue page)
Border Terrier Welfare
Roy Jones Dog Shows
Jack Onofrio Dog Shows
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