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2 unusual facts about Terrier


Terrier

Genetic analysis shows that most terriers are in the "modern/hunting" genetic cluster of dog breeds developed from the same pool of ancestors in Europe in the 19th century.

Included among these breeds are the English Toy Terrier and the Yorkshire Terrier.


Beagle Terrier

:Forty-Five Terrier 2s conversions were completed at Rearsby.

:One Terrier 3 powered by a 160 hp Lycoming O-320-B2B engine was essentially complete at Rearsby when Terrier production was stopped in 1966.

Boston Terrier

The Boston Terrier breed originated around 1870, when Robert C. Hooper of Boston, purchased a dog Judge from Edward Burnett known later as Hooper's Judge, who was of a Bull and Terrier type lineage.

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This SportsCenter-style show covers everything Terrier related from ice hockey at Agganis Arena to soccer at Nickerson Field.

Chris Sabo

Reds manager Pete Rose gave Sabo the nickname "Spuds" during his rookie season in 1988, citing a resemblance to a bull terrier character in Bud Light commercials named Spuds MacKenzie.

Irish Terrier

The 2007 film Firehouse Dog features an Irish Terrier as the title character.

Japanese Terrier

It is generally believed that the ancestors of the Japanese Terrier were brought by Dutch merchant ships to Nagasaki, the only Japanese port open to the West in the 17th century.

Luxating patella

Breeds showing a predisposition for medial patellar luxation include miniature and toy Poodles, Maltese, Jack Russell Terriers, Yorkshire Terriers, Pomeranians, Pekingese, patterdale terrier, Chihuahuas, Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Papillons, Boston Terriers, Plummer Terriers and Teddy Roosevelt Terriers.

Monte Wolverton

He lives in Westlake Village, California with his wife Kayte, who is a Rat Terrier Club of America board member.

Newland, North Carolina

Joyce McKinney: Became notorious for the alleged kidnap and rape of Mormon missionary Kirk Anderson in England in 1977, and hit the news again in 2008 for cloning her pit bull terrier in Korea.

Rat Terrier

Shirley MacLaine's rat terrier, Terry, is featured in her 2003 book Out on a Leash.

Terrier Armoured Digger

Training of the Terrier crews will be carried out in the Terrier Mission Crew Trainer (MCT) developed by BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies (Insyte) at their plant in Fife, Scotland.

Wishbone and the Amazing Odyssey

Wishbone and The Amazing Odyssey is a computer program published by Palladium Interactive in 1996 featuring the Jack Russell Terrier (voiced by Larry Brantley) from the Wishbone television series on PBS.


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