| has gloss | eng: Description The Teddy Roosevelt Terrier is an American hunting terrier that is a small to medium sized, low-set, muscular, short legged with a heavier bone density than its cousin the American Rat Terrier. There is much diversity in the history of the Teddy Roosevelt Terrier breed and it shares a common background with the Rat Terrier breed. It is said the Rat Terrier background stems from the terriers or Feist (dog) that were brought over by early English and other working class immigrants. Since the breed was a farm, hunting and utility dog there was little to no planned breeding other than breeding dogs with agreeable traits to each other in order to produce the desired work ethic in the dog. It is assumed that the Feist, Bull Terrier, Smooth Fox Terrier, Manchester Terrier, Whippet, Italian Greyhound, and the now extinct English White Terrier all share in the Rat Terriers ancestry. |
