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English Toy Terrier (Black &
Tan)
English Toy Terrier (Black & Tan) |
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The English Toy Terrier (Black and Tan) is a
small breed of terrier in the toy dog group.
Appearance
According to the Kennel Club, the English Toy
Terrier should be 25–30 cm (10–12 in) in height and
2.7–3.6 kg (6–8 lb) in weight. The only permitted color
is black with defined tan markings on the legs, chest and face. The
movement is described as being like the extended
trot of a horse.[1]
History
The English Toy Terrier (ETT) developed from the Old English
Black and Tan Terrier and is closely related to the larger Manchester
Terrier. Extremely fast and agile, the origins of this alert
terrier are in the world of the rat pit, a sport
popular in the cities of Victorian England where terriers were
placed in a circle or pit with a number of rats and bets were taken
as to which dog would kill its quota of rats in the fastest time.
Small dogs were highly prized with the ideal being to produce the
smallest dog still capable of killing its quota of rats in as short
a time as possible. In 1848 a black and tan terrier weighing just
5½lb (2.5kg) named Tiny is recorded to have killed 300 rats in less
than an hour.
The outlawing of this sport coincided with the formation of the
Kennel Club. With its elegant appearance
the Black and Tan Terrier moved effortlessly into the conformation
show ring. At the first ever all breeds dog show there was a very
respectable entry of Black and Tan Terriers divided by weight. This
weight division continued with two varieties of Black and Tan
Terrier until the 1920’s when they were split into two breeds, the
larger Manchester Terrier and the smaller Black and Tan Terrier
(Miniature). The name English Toy Terrier (Black and Tan) was
adopted in 1962. In the USA and Canada, the Toy Manchester Terrier
was bred down in size from the Manchester Terrier, and recognised
as a separate breed in 1938. Declining numbers of the Toy
Manchester Terrier caused the American Kennel Club to re-defined it
as a size variety of the Manchester Terrier in 1958.
English Toy Terriers in 1894 with another very popular toy dog of
the era, the
Paisley Terrier
Concerns
of extinction
The ETT is on the UK Kennel Club's list of vulnerable native
breeds[2] and
great effort is being made to boost the popularity of the breed and
develop a viable gene pool. The Kennel Club (UK)
has opened the stud book, allowing the North American Toy
Manchester Terrier to be re-registered as English Toy Terrier
(Black & Tan) provided it is certified to be a Toy and not of
the Standard variety. Some owners in Great Britain are against this
decision; others see it as a positive way to preserve the
breed.
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