- Permissible: Coat with predominance of pure white with black spots mainly situated on the head and beginning of the neck, which are complemented with tan points on the face, cheeks and above the eyes (for rest of body, the usual phenotypic distribution of the black and tan colour, together with black if it is located around the tail, perianal region or extremities)
- Colour of nose and pigmentation on eye rims, lip rims and pads black
About the Andalusian Terrier Sherry Terrier
Andalusian Terrier Sherry Terrier
- FCI status
- Provisional
- Also called
- Ratonero Bodeguero Andaluz
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- A good working Terrier with abilities to hunt rats, mice and all vermin. Can also be used for rabbit and hare hunting
- Behaviour and temperament
“Happy, inquisitive, affectionate, bold and brave, with excellent temperament. Outstanding functionalities, toughness and aptitude hunting rodents. This breed is also a loyal companion, an ideal pet, suitable for all types of climates, and extremely clean”
Quoted from FCI standard n°371. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Characteristics
- Size
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- Exercise needsRead from what the breed was bred to do, in the registry’s own words: “A good working Terrier with abilities to hunt rats, mice and all vermin. Can also be used for rabbit and hare hunting” That is a working purpose, not a measured exercise requirement — an individual dog’s needs depend on its age, health and household.
- 4 of 5
- Easy to train
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- Amount of shedding
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- Grooming needs
- 2 of 5
- Good with children
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- Cost to keep
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- Tolerates being alone
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- Intelligence
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- Health of breed
- Not researched yet
Pros & cons
Pros & cons for the Andalusian Terrier Sherry Terrier
What you get with the Andalusian Terrier Sherry Terrier
- Purpose stated in the standard: “A good working Terrier with abilities to hunt rats, mice and all vermin. Can also be used for rabbit and hare hunting”
- The standard describes the breed as: “Happy, inquisitive, affectionate, bold and brave, with excellent temperament”
- Low grooming needs, fitting for a busy owner — the coat is “Very short and dense coat, uniform and abundantly distributed over the whole body”
What you are taking on
Nobody has written this side yet. It is a judgement rather than data, so it waits for a person — not for a missing source.
Drawn from sources rather than written as an opinion — cited health research, the registry’s own standard, and peer-reviewed longevity. FCI breed standard. One breeder’s animals can differ from any of it, and an empty column means we hold nothing for that side rather than that there is nothing to say.
Characteristics
FCI standard · Andalusian Terrier Sherry Terrier
Coat and colour
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording, tagged permissible.
Coat
Very short and dense coat, uniform and abundantly distributed over the whole body
Colour
- Preferred
- Permissible
- Undesirable
- Disqualifying
Preferred, permissible, undesirable and disqualifying are FCI’s own words about the breed. They describe what the standard asks for — not an assessment of any individual dog, and not ours.
Shortened from FCI standard n°371 — each label is the standard’s own wording with the verdict lifted into the tag beside it. Read the full clause at source.
What the breed standard says
- Size
- “Height at the withers: Males: 37 to 43 cm, being ideal 40 cm. Females: 35 to 41 cm, being ideal 38 cm. Two more centimetres are tolerated in both sexes, but only if the dos is harmonious and free of faults. Weight: 10 to 12 kg for males. 8 to 10 kg for females”
- FCI distinguishes an ideal from what is permitted.
Quoted from FCI standard n°371. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
What the standard penalises
What a judge marks the Andalusian Terrier Sherry Terrier down for, and what puts one out of the ring, in the registry’s own words. This describes the breed standard — it is not a checklist for the animal in front of you, and a pet with a disqualifying fault is an unshowable dog rather than an unhealthy one.
Disqualifying faults
Puts an animal out of the ring altogether.
- Any dog clearly abnormalities.
- Untypical specimen.
- Monorchidism or cryptorchidism.
- Uniform white coat or presence of red or tan points in any showing physical or behavioural other places than described as normal.
- Long, curly and wired hair.
- Other bite than scissor bite.
- Very long body.
- Full depigmented nose.
- Upright pricked ears.
- Hanging ears.
- Another coat colour than described
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Andalusian Terrier Sherry Terrier in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Andalusian Terrier Sherry Terrier
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Andalusian Terrier Sherry Terrier on this platform yet. That is a gap in our records, not a clean bill of health — ask the breeder which hereditary conditions their lines are tested for, and ask to see the results for both parents, dated and from a named laboratory.
Gallery
No photographs yet
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Puppies
No puppies listed right now
No Andalusian Terrier Sherry Terrier breeder has a record on this platform yet, so there is nothing to list. That is a gap in our coverage, not a fact about the breed.