Terriers

Note: The word Terrier follows each name, except those marked with an asterisk ( * ).

Breed: (Origin)
  • Colours; Height in inches; Use


Affenpinscher * (Germany)
  • Black, or black and tan, or grey, or silver; 9-11.5 inches; Use: Companion
American Hairless (USA)
  • Various colours; Toy: 7.5-11; Miniature: 11.5-19 inches; Use: Companion
American Pit Bull (USA)
  • Various colours; 18-22 inches; Use: Companion
American Staffordshire (USA)
  • Various colours; 17-19 inches; Use: Companion
Airedale (United Kingdom)
  • Black and tan; 22-24 inches; Use: Companion, Guarding
Australian (Australia)
  • Blue and tan, or sandy; 10-11 inches; Use: Companion
Austrian Pinscher * (Austria)
  • Various colours; 14-20 inches; Use: Companion
Bedlington (United Kingdom)
  • Blue, or liver, or sandy; 15-17 inches; Use: Companion
Border (United Kingdom)
  • Blue and tan; or grizzly; or red, tan, and wheaten; 10-11 inches; Use: Companion, Hunt follower
Boston (USA)
  • Black-brindle, or red-brindle; 15-17 inches; Use: Companion
Brazilian (Brazil)
  • Black, brown, and white; 14-16 inches; Use: Companion, Guarding
Brussels Griffon * (Belgium)
  • Black, or black and tan, or red; 7-8 inches; Use: Companion
Bull (United Kingdom)
  • Black-brindle, or fawn, or red, or tricolour, or white; Miniature: 10-14; Standard: 10-14 inches; Use: Companion
Cairn (United Kingdom)
  • Black, or cream, or grey, or red, or wheaten; 9-10 inches; Use: Companion
Cesky (Czech Republic)
  • Blue-grey, or tawny; 10-14 inches; Use: Companion, Hunting
Dachshund * (various) (Germany)
  • Various colours; 5-10 inches; Use: Companion
Dandie Dinmont (United Kingdom)
  • Mustard, or pepper; 8-11 inches; Use: Companion
Dutch Smoushond * (Netherlands)
  • ??; 14-17 inches; Use: Companion, Watchdog
German Hunting (Germany)
  • Black and tan, or brown and tan, or red; 16 inches; Use: Companion, Hunting, Small game retriever, Tracking
German Pinscher * (Germany)
  • Black and tan, or dark brown, or fawn; 16-19 inches; Use: Companion
Glen of Imaal (Ireland)
  • Black-brindle, or blue, or red-brindle, or wheaten; 14 inches; Use: Companion
Irish (Ireland)
  • Golden red, or red, or red and wheaten; 18-19 inches; Use: Companion, Coursing, Field trials, Vermin hunting
Jack Russell (United Kingdom)
  • Black and white; or brown and white; or black, brown, and white; 12-15 inches; Use: Companion
Kerry Blue (Ireland)
  • Blue; 17-20 inches; Use: Companion, Field trials, Rat and rabbit hunting
Japanese (Japan)
  • ??; 13 inches; Use: Companion
Kromfohrländer * (Germany)
  • ??; 15-17 inches; Use: Companion
Lakeland (United Kingdom)
  • Black, or black and tan, or blue, or blue and tan, or red, or wheaten; 13-15 inches; Use: Companion
Manchester (United Kingdom)
  • Jet black and mahogany tan; Toy: 10-12; Standard: 15-16 inches; Use: Companion
Miniature Pinscher * (Germany)
  • Black, or blue, or chocolate, or red; 10-12.5 inches; Use: Companion
Miniature Schnauzer * (Germany)
  • Black, or black and silver, or pepper and salt; 12-14 inches; Use: Companion
Norfolk (United Kingdom)
  • Black and tan, or grizzly, or red, or wheaten; 9-10 inches; Use: Companion
Norwich (United Kingdom)
  • Black and tan, or grizzly, or red, or wheaten; 11-12 inches; Use: Companion
Patterdale (United Kingdom)
  • Black, or black and tan, or brown, or red; 12 inches; Use: Companion; Fox, rabbit, and rat hunting
Plummer (United Kingdom)
  • ??; 11.5-13.5 inches; Use: Companion, Ratting
Rat (United Kingdom)
  • Various colours; Toy: 8; Miniature 8-14; Standard: 14-23 inches; Use: Raccoon and squirrel hunting
Russian Black (Russia)
  • Black, or pepper and salt; 25-29 inches; Use: Companion, Security
Scottish (United Kingdom)
  • Black, or black-brindle, or red-brindle, or wheaten; 10-11 inches; Use: Companion
Sealyham (United Kingdom)
  • White; 10-11 inches; Use: Companion
Silky (Australia)
  • Silver-grey and tan; 9-10 inches; Use: Companion
Skye (United Kingdom)
  • Black,or cream, or fawn, or grey; 9-10 inches; Use: Companion
Smooth Fox (United Kingdom)
  • Black and tan, or white, or white and tan; 14-15.5 inches; Use: Companion
Soft-coated Wheaten (Ireland)
  • Wheaten; 17-19 inches; Use: Companion
Staffordshire Bull (United Kingdom)
  • Various colours; 14-16 inches; Use: Companion
Toy Fox (USA)
  • Black and white; or tan and white; or black, tan, and white; 10 inches; Use: Companion
Welsh (United Kingdom)
  • Blue, grizzly, and tan; or blue and tan; 14-15.5 inches; Use: Companion
West Highland White (United Kingdom)
  • White; 10-11 inches; Use: Companion
Wire Fox (United Kingdom)
  • Black and white, or white, or white and tan; 14.5-15.5 inches; Use: Companion
Yorkshire (United Kingdom)
  • Steel-blue and tan; 9 inches; Use: Companion