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About the English Toy Terrier Black Tan

Origin: Great Britain
Typical life span
12-13 years
Size
Small — from its typical weight
Weight
2.7-3.6 kg
Height
25-30 cm
FCI status
Recognised by FCI
FCI group
Terriers
Origin
Great Britain
Also called
Terrier de Juguete Ingles Negro y Fuego
Known hereditary risks
Not researched yet

About

What is a English Toy Terrier Black Tan?

Small, elegant black and tan terrier with fine-boned build and distinctive pointed, candle-flame ears

English Toy Terrier Black Tan history and origins

Descended from the Old English Black and Tan Terrier, bred as a ratter in Victorian England and now a rare companion breed. Recognized by The Kennel Club (UK).

English Toy Terrier Black Tan appearance and size

Typically 2.7-3.6 kg and 25-30 cm at the shoulder — published as one range rather than separately for males and females.

English Toy Terrier Black Tan temperament and personality

Generally described as alert, intelligent, loyal and playful.

That is the breed in general, not a promise about one animal. Ask the breeder what their own line is like, and meet the parents before you decide.

Breed reference from The Dog API.

Characteristics

Size
Small
Exercise needs
—
Easy to train
—
Amount of shedding
—
Grooming needs
2 of 5
Good with children
—
Cost to keep
—
Tolerates being alone
—
Intelligence
—
Health of breed
Not researched yet

Pros & cons

Pros & cons for the English Toy Terrier Black Tan

What you get with the English Toy Terrier Black Tan

  • Low grooming needs, fitting for a busy owner — the coat is “Thick, close and glossy. A density of short hair required”
  • Commonly described as: “Alert, intelligent, loyal, playful”

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; The Dog API. 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 · English Toy Terrier Black Tan

Coat and colour

As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording, tagged undesirable.

Coat

Thick, close and glossy.

A density of short hair required

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.

Base colour

Black and tan

  • The black ebony, the tan likened to a new chestnut deeply rich.
  • Colours not running or blending into each other, but meeting abruptly, forming clear and well defined lines of colour division.
  • Forelegs tanned to knees in front.
  • The tan then continuing inside and at back of forelegs to point just below elbows
  • thin black line up each toe (pencilling) and a clearly defined black mark (thumb mark) on centre of each pastern, and under chin.
  • Hindlegs well tanned in front and inside with black bar dividing tan at centre of lower thigh.
  • Undesirable: Heavy tan on outside of hindquarters (breaching or culottes)
  • Muzzle well tanned.
  • The black continuing from nose along top of muzzle, curving below eyes to base of throat.
  • A tan spot above each eye and a small tan spot on each cheek.
  • Under jaw and throat tanned, lip line black.
  • Undesirable: Hair inside ears tan (tan behind ears undesirable).
  • Each side of chest has some tan.
  • Vent and under root of tail, tan.
  • Undesirable: White hairs forming a patch anywhere totally

Shortened from FCI standard n°13 — 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
“Ideal height 25-30 cm at the shoulder. Ideal weight 2.7-3.6 kg”
FCI distinguishes an ideal from what is permitted.

Quoted from FCI standard n°13. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Temperament

Alertintelligentloyalplayful

Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the English Toy Terrier Black Tan in general; any individual animal can differ.

Health guide

What to ask for in a English Toy Terrier Black Tan

No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the English Toy Terrier Black Tan 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

This is where English Toy Terrier Black Tan owners’ own photographs will go, from the pet profiles they keep here. Nobody has added one to a public page yet.

A photograph in a pet profile stays private to its owner. We will not put one here unless they ask us to.

Puppies

No puppies listed right now

No English Toy Terrier Black Tan 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.

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