Bedlington Terrier

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Bedlington Terrier
Bedlington Terrier
FCI Standard No. 9
  • Group 3: Terriers
  • Section 1: Tall terriers
Origin :

Great Britain

Alternative names:

Rothbury Terrier

Withers height:

about 41 cm (16 ins.)
Slight deviation downwards in bitches and upwards in males allowed.

Weight:

8-10 kg

List of domestic dogs

The Bedlington Terrier is an FCI recognized British breed of dog ( FCI Group 3, Section 1, Standard No. 9 ).

Origin and history

The Bedlington Terrier , formerly also known as the Rothbury Terrier , comes from the former mining regions of northern England, where it was used for hare hunting. In the Kennel Club's first stud book from 1874, 30 Bedlington Terriers are listed. The first breed association for the breed was formed in England in 1877.

The breed specialized in rat hunting and was therefore often used in mining, for example. Most importantly, Bedlington Terriers traveled the country with tinkers, scissors grinders and traders and freed the village of rats and other rodents while the owners went about their business . The British passion for betting abused this dog , like many other terrier breeds, for animal fights; it is no coincidence that it is also called "wolf in sheep's clothing". The usual shearing is similar to that of a sheep.

Bedlington Terriers appear in the nationwide puppy statistics of the Verband für das Deutsche Hundewesen (VDH) in numbers at the lower end (see Pudel (2016): 1896).

year 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Number of puppies 26th 24 23 29 25th 23 12 45 36 42 32 36 36 25th 35

description

The Bedlington Terrier is a medium-sized dog (approximately 41 cm, 8 to 10 kg). The fur is blue-gray (then dark eyes and nose) or liver or sand-colored (then light eyes and brown nose). The head should be pear-shaped with ears that droop and fringed at the ends. Other standard points are the sleek neck and flat-ribbed wiry body, as well as a low-set tail that tapers downwards. The tail should not be carried over the back. Characteristic is the thick, slightly curly hair that protrudes from the skin and should not be wiry.

Diseases

The breed is prone to eye diseases (in rare cases) and copper toxicosis (excessive storage of copper in the liver ). Through careful breeding selection and tests for copper toxicosis prescribed by the breeding association Klub für Terrier or the FCI for dogs that are approved or used for breeding (e.g. blood test, genetic analysis DNA test), copper toxicosis occurs in this breed seldom before. At the Club for Terriers it is also allowed to breed with a copper toxicosis carrier dog (DNA 1: 2) if the other dog is not a carrier during the mating act. H. Copper toxicosis is negative (DNA 1: 1). Sick dogs (2: 2) are excluded from breeding.

In Finland, for example, the German blood DNA test is not accepted because it is too imprecise. Here, as in other countries, the copper toxicosis DNA test is carried out with two markers on the hair roots.

Other more common disease predispositions in the Bedlington Terrier include: a. the brittle bone disease and eye disease as Rollider , distichiasis and cataract .

Cases of hereditary hyperkeratosis of the pads ( corny feet , hereditary footpad hyperkeratosis HFH) are known in the Bedlington Terrier . Breeding measures regarding hyperkeratosis of the pads are only prescribed by the Terrier Club for the Irish Terrier .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Breed Standard No. 009 of the FCI: Bedlington Terrier  (PDF)
  2. ^ History of the National Bedlington Terrier Club
  3. ↑ Hans Räber : Encyclopedia of the pedigree dogs. Origin, history, breeding goals, suitability and use. Volume 2: Terriers, running dogs, pointing dogs, retrievers, water dogs, greyhounds. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-440-06752-1 , p. 25ff. (Also: ibid 2001, ISBN 3-440-08235-0 ).
  4. ↑ VDH puppy statistics
  5. ↑ Breeding regulations of the KfT from 2016
  6. ↑ Thomas, Alison, 1964-: Breed predispositions to disease in dogs and cats . Blackwell Pub, Oxford, UK 2004, ISBN 1-4051-0748-0 .
  7. ↑ Jonas Donner, Heidi Anderson u. a .: Frequency and distribution of 152 genetic disease variants in over 100,000 mixed breed and purebred dogs. In: PLOS Genetics. 14, 2018, p. E1007361, doi: 10.1371 / journal.pgen.1007361 .

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