![]() They travel well and are wonderfully good with children and the disabled. Teddies are adaptable to their surroundings and are truly devoted family pets. They are well-known to be affectionate, energetic and alert dogs whose curiosity and intelligence make them very easy to train. ![]() Whether a Teddy lives on a farm or in a city apartment, this special breed is a wonderful member of any family. Teddies have a wonderful temperament! Teddy Roosevelt Terriers are family dogs that love to please. He was an avid Hunter, Sportsman and Preservationist, and his affinity for his family’s hunting feist, which rid the White House of vermin, caused him to coin the name Rat Terrier and drew attention to the usefulness of these tenacious hunters. ![]() It wasn’t until 1999, when the UKC (United Kennel Club) recognized the Teddy as a separate breed from their “cousins”, the American Rat Terrier, that they officially became known as the Teddy Roosevelt Terrier in honor of the much-loved 26th President of the United States. Teddies haven’t always been known by their Presidential name they have been called the “Type B” Rat Terrier, the Short-legged Rat Terrier or the Bench-Legged Feist in years past. In August of 2016, The ATRTCA was formed as The TRT Breed Club and began the process of establishing Teddy’s as an AKC accepted breed. UKCI then began labeling the shorter stockier version as Type B Rat Terriers, which became the Teddy Roosevelt Terrier in 1999, when they were accepted into UKC as a separate breed from the Rat Terrier. Universal was the first to begin registration of Rat Terriers as purebred dogs in the 1930’s. Other possible dogs which may be in the ancestry are the Turnspit, the Beagle, the Corgi and the Italian Greyhound or Whippet. While they are lower-set with shorter legs, more muscular, and have heavier bone density than their cousin, the American Rat Terrier, they share a common early history.ĭescended from the terriers brought over to the United States by English miners and other working-class immigrants, their ancestors probably included the old English Black and Tan, the Smooth-Coated Fox Terrier, the Standard Manchester, the Old Bull Terrier, the now extinct English White Terrier, the Wry-Legged Terrier, and the American Bench-Legged Feist. Teddy Roosevelt Terriers are a small-sized American hunting terrier. Teddy Roosevelt Terriers vary greatly in size- some of them weigh as little as 8 pounds, while others weigh in at 20 or even 25 pounds! This is very unusual in purebred dogs, where the standards for size are usually very stringent.
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