#rat terrier

[stinkybrowndogs]

Happy TERRIER TUESDAy I have dropped a bunch of new sticker designs to celebrate!

[lightningcola]

made brat edits of my dog

[searchingforaddy]

[tea-time-terrier]

what are rat terriers like? differences between big ones and little ones? your oubby is so pretty

also, (not to start discourse) is there a reason why they have docked(?) tails?

Thank you!

They're like if you had a small little criminal who is also your friend <3 Honestly they're a pretty nice middle of the road dog. You've got a little buddy to go do things with but most of them are also happy to just cuddle. Very versatile, prey driven, biddible. Pichael's hobbies include digging, worming, and eating lots of snacks.

I don't have any experience with miniatures but they're *supposed* to be just scaled down versions. As far as I know there isn't an actual split, it's just whether they're under or over 15" tall.

Rat terriers are allowed full tails, docked tails, or natural bobtails. The later two are typically preferred for showing conformation so you'll see it more often, and it's from their history as working breeds ("injury prevention").

[billowingangel]

Photos of the dog are below the cut!

[blurrymango]

Hot as BALLS out here.

[ashhollowart]

Some photo studies of my sweet boy Buster 🩶🤍

[kuebikome]

My chiguagua is getting old 🥺

[acommonloon]

Friday evening patio chilling. The doggo is a sweetie when she isn’t trying to savage a ground hog. Now she’s hunting lizards. They are speedy, she got no chance but is entertained.

<sigh> will have to check her for ticks. Have pulled 4 off her so far. Can’t wait to miss the little monkeybutt!

[altfire]

sweetest angel in the world CAUGHT ON CAMERA (NOT CLICKBAIT)

[miradelletarot]

Hey! Sorry to hear you’re going through it and had a rough day. Tell me about your dog! What’s Lady like? I know gushing about my pets always makes me feel a little better.

Sending you love, and hope tomorrow is a better day. ❤️

My pupper!! She's such a potato but I love the hell out of her.

I don't recall how much I have actually shared about her so forgive any repeated info.

She was born October 8th, 2014 (She's a purebred. Me and my ex had a *lot* of issues with rescues sadly. long story...) We named her lady because she sat up all prim and proper with her front paws crossed and he just looked like royalty. it was the cutest thing. I was about halfway through my pregnancy with my daughter at the time, and so when I went to meet Lady before we could officially take her, she curled up on my belly and put her wittle face between my boobs (lol) and fell asleep. If I coulda taken her home that day I would have.

She's an old Lady now, but she's got a ton of energy. She's a bit lazy, and has really bad anxiety. She's the queen of puppy eyes, and loves attention. New person? LET. ME. LOVE. YOU. DAMNIT is 100% her energy. You'll get sick of her WAY before she gets sick of you. She won't play with toys, but if she sees a squirrel, a bird, a lizard, etc. you bet your ass she's gonna try and chase it. I think she's afraid of snakes tho. Also, she sheds like CRAZY. my ex said "let's get a short haired dog! she won't shed." BULLSHIT. I was only petting her the other day, and I think I petted a whole other dog off of her. I wish I was kidding.

Thank you for asking about my little love. Lady is to me like Tara is to Gale (minus the wings and the sassy motherly talk lol).

I adore her, and I hope she's secretly immortal.

[amelia1976]

Rat terriers are strange little dogs. I had one for the first half of my life, and she occasionally surfaces in my dreams. In case my priorities were ever in question…

[dog-breeds-in-posts]

Harper (RIP little old lady) didn’t really have a clear breed. She’s the size of a typical housecat. We believe she was mostly a Dachshund/Chihuahua mix, but she jumped like a Jack Russell Terrier and the way she held her paw up when focusing on something is characteristic of the Beagle. So we think she also has a little of those two breeds.

But the biggest mystery of all was on the back of her neck. She had this ridge of fur typically only seen on the Rhodesian Ridgeback, and she was far too small for us to believe that’s in her mix.

Are we on the money or do you think we may be off?

(Fun fact: During her middle-aged years, she had sculpted muscles. You can kind of see it in the fourth photo, but it was more apparent on her back and back legs when she put her paws up on the car window on the way to the park.)

What a funny little lady you had there! I would also guess Chihuahua or maybe Rat Terrier in there, but I almost wonder if she's got some Corgi in her instead of Dachshund as the source of those short little legs. Breeding a very short-coated dog to a medium/long-coated dog can sometimes lead to hair sticking up in odd places or patterns, and her face and head and neck looks a little more Corgi-ish to me instead of Dachshund. Doxies generally have narrower, longer heads with not so defined a stop, and less loose skin around their necks; then again, with a melting pot mutt mix it's never easy to tell, so I could be wrong. Maybe she did have like 1.4% Rhodesian Ridgeback in her, who knows--it's certainly possible for the smaller breeds in the mix to mask that sort of size. Ultimately, guessing breeds in mixes is always going to be an inexact science.

Regardless, she seems to have been a wonderful little lady, and gets an unofficial official AKC Certification of Good Girl from me 👍 I'm glad you had such a wonderful pup light up your life for the time she was with you. May her memory continue to bring you joy. ❤️

[tea-time-terrier]

The beloved rat terrier.

(This is not supposed to be particularly informative)

[animal-lover-forever]

Was trying to take a picture of my mom's rat terrier and german shepherd... this is how it turned out.

Tucker is a mostly black german shepherd with some brown on his paws and belly.

What do you think? 🙃

I think it turned out well, all things considered!

Taking a picture of a black dog, in the dark, with the flash on.

[blurrymango]

She wants me to go outside with her but I am about to be in the shower.