Australian Terrier

The Australian Terrier is a small breed of dog of the terrier dog type.

Since the Australian Terrier was also bred for companionship, they tend to be very people friendly, and enjoy interacting with people.

It is closely related to the Australian Terrier and the Yorkshire Terrier.

The Australian Terrier is one of the smallest terriers, but is usually listed in the Terrier group.

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The breed standard describes the ideal Australian Terrier temperament as spirited, alert, "with the natural aggressiveness of a ratter and hedge hunter".

The Australian Terrier is descended from the rough coated type terriers brought from Great Britain to Australia in the early 19th century.

The UK Kennel Club has a 2004 survey, but it has a much smaller sample size than the Australian Terrier Club of America surveys.

Their dog, Homer, an overweight little Australian terrier with tufts of long hair on his head and belly, jumps up at you like something out of a David Lynch movie.

Up until 1929 the Australian Terrier, the Australian Silky Terrier, and the Yorkshire Terrier were not clearly defined.

The Australian Terrier was shown at a dog show for the first time in 1906 in Melbourne, and was also shown in Great Britain about the same time.

The Basenji, Italian Greyhound, Australian Terrier, Irish Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier and the Bichon Havanaise had little to no stillborns (0-0.6%).

A LILLIPUTIAN Australian terrier showed up in our neighborhood park a few weeks ago, carrying a tennis ball as big as his head and going nose to nose with dogs 10 times his size.

Among 619 living dogs in the 2002 Australian Terrier Club of America survey, the most commonly reported health problems were endocrine (primarily diabetes), allergic dermatitis, and musculoskeletal (primarily luxating patella and ruptured cranial cruciate ligament).

Jean McCann drives from Newtown to the Canine Sports Center in Goshen in order to practice with her Australian terrier, Susie Q. McCann is 78 and suffers from a debilitating paralysis of the respiratory system.

The Australian Terrier shares ancestors with the Cairn Terrier, Shorthaired Skye Terrier, and the Dandie Dinmont Terrier; Yorkshire Terriers and Irish Terriers were also crossed into the dog during the breed's development.