The
Patterdale Terrier
Is The Patterdale Terrier A Pure Breed of
Terrier? ...
Nuttall, Gould, Booth, Wheeler, David Mason,
Jeff Rowe
Photos have been added
to this page - Updated
1st, October, 09
The
Patterdale is a breed, it's like any other
breed, it's a mixture of different breeds
with one of the strongest influences being
that of the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, which
gave the breed the ability work bigger and
stronger game, both Booth, Nutall and all
the Lancashire lads who work their dogs, know
what I'm talking about.. all you have to do
is look at some of the older patterdale dog,
the likes of Smitty etc... dogs like Smitty
were carrying at least half the gene pool
of the SBT breed, it's just an opinion, you
ask any dog person that has been breeding
their dogs for 40+ years and with every mating
hoping to incorprate certian desired traits
of that breed and also get rid of the undesirables
which creep in, there is no fooling true terrier
men when it comes to terrier type or typness
etc...
There
are great terrier men all over the world but
the in the north of England it's a way of
life for many, hunting rat, rabbit, fox, and
even badger in the earlier years and used
whatever breed of terrier that were available
to them and breeds that would get the job
done...
Being
raised in the north of England and having
hunted the cumbrian fells, the dales and dikes
of yorkshire including, canal banks of Leeds
to Liverpool canal ways, tip heads and dumps,
hunting both day and night with some of the
most unusual types of terriers and lurchers
you'll ever come across, one of those types
that fall into that category would be the
Patterdale terrier, not a very uniform type
of breed, a bit like the German hunt terriers,
Jagdterriers that also come in all shapes
and sizes, colours and coats, but getting
back to the Patterdale, not only has the Patterdale
inherited the strength and ability to work
bigger game from the Staffordshire Bull Terrier
it has also inherited some the undesirables
such as the excessive breathing and panting
which seems to be so uncontrollable at times,
especially when working hard, this hard breathing
and panting is a real undesirable trait in
the SBT breed and one that the custodians
of the breed have been trying to breed out
for many years.
Another undesirable inherited from the Stafford
or Staffordshire Bull Terrier, not that it
has hurts the dogs performance, but rather
cosmetic, not really nice to look at is the
Chinese shaped eyes with the white skin bald
eye lids, I'm sure many patterdale breeders
have wondered where this has come from and
after being around the Staffordshire Bull
Terrier breed both in field and show and hunt
for 40+ years I can tell you its a comon fault
carried in some of darker Staffordshire Bull
Terriers, you don't have to take my word for
it but ask any Staffordshire Bull Terrier
enthusiast that is in the breed for a long
time and they will tell you very the same
thing..
The
Patterdale is so strong with the influences
of the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, many of
the stronger and bigger Patterdale types could
be mistaken for the old type gamebred stafford,
just look at Staffordshire Bull Terrier crosses
and you will see the strong resemblance of
the Patterdale Terrier, in fact if you look
at the litters of the SBT you will also see
that they are not a uniform type of dog, the
dogs that you see in the show rings are the
cream of the crop of the litters, you would
be simply amazed if you seen the show ring
competitors littermates.... some of them are
so strong in the terrier type gene which is
an undesirable because the breed standard
calls for 50% bull and 50% terrier, so in
many litters you will see puppies that resemble
the Patterdale and also some pups carrying
the strong bull gene, because of use of the
stafford in the patterdale you just never
know what your going to get, they come in
all shapes and sizes, it is man who set the
ideological standards as to what we think
a certian type of terrier should look like,
only a breeder of terriers would be able to
tell you this but as breeders of quality show
terriers, they some times have to produce
many litters before they get that one puppy
that would come close to the breed set standard.
It
must be also noted that the Staffordshire
Bull Terrier was not the only bull type breed
that was introduced into some of the patterdale
lines, the English Bull Terrier was also another
bull breed that was used quite frequently.
Here
are some of the genetics of the Patterdale
Terrier Breed, in looking at these you can
be your own judge as to what other type of
terriers they resemble.
Note:
if you feel my display of patterdales terriers
are not true to type, then please email the
network and send them your photographs to
this display here that you feel better represents
the breed.
Article:
by Compo
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