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An adult male Boston Terrier with a black coat. The Boston Terrier is a compactly built, well-proportioned dog. It has a square-looking head with erect ears and a slightly arched neck. The muzzle is short and generally wrinkle-free, with an even or a slightly undershot bite. The chest is broad and the tail is short. [8]
He starred in an adaptation of White Fang, released in 1925, and The Return of Boston Blackie, released in 1927. Sykes, star of several films, adverts and TV series. Terry, a Cairn Terrier, played Toto in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Uggie, a Jack Russell Terrier, played Jack in the 2011 film The Artist and Queenie in the film Water for ...
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The Kennel Club (KC), the governing body of pedigree dogs in the UK which runs the prestigious dog breed show Crufts, was criticised for allowing breed standards, judging standards, and breeding practices to compromise the health of pedigree dogs. [1] The programme generated much criticism of the Kennel Club. It also caused various sponsors and ...
The origins of the breed can be traced back to the cross breeding of The Old English Terrier (the original black terrier) and the Northumberland Pit Terrier (now extinct) and later to the Lake District, specifically to Ullswater Hunt master Joe Bowman, an early Border Terrier breeder. where he used the best Red Fell terriers and the best local ...
By the 18th century, it was recorded that all terriers were wire haired, and black and tan in colour. [1] The earliest record of any white terrier was a dog named Pitch, who was owned by Colonel Thomas Thornton in 1790. [2] The dog was the subject of a painting by Sawrey Gilpin, who created a portrait of it while it was still alive. An ...
The Allied Terrier Show was taken over by Charles Crufts in 1886, and was the largest dog show in the world before World War I, while the first breed-specific dog publication anywhere was a magazine devoted to fox terriers. The Westminster Dog Show was begun in 1907, and the first winner was a fox terrier. A fox terrier won again in 1908, 1909 ...
The name of the breed was revised on January 1, 1969, to American Staffordshire Terrier to distinguish it from the British Staffordshire Bull Terrier, which is a completely different type of purebred show dog that was recognized in England in 1935.