A small to medium-sized, agile terrier from the Valencian Community in Spain with a lean, well-proportioned body, smooth coat, and alert, intelligent expression. Known for its history as a proficient hunter of rats and other vermin.
Also known as Gos Rater Valencià or Ratonero Valenciano, developed in the Valencian region of Spain for vermin control on farms and stables. Recognized by Real Sociedad Canina de España and provisionally recognized by FCI in 2022 in Group 3.
Males typically stand 30-40 cm at the shoulder and females 29-40 cm.
“Lively, happy and active. Affectionate and faithful, reserved with strangers. Brave, not only in hunting but also in the defence of his owners’ properties. Learns fast”
Quoted from FCI standard n°370. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Breed reference from The Dog API.
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.
FCI standard · Valencian Terrier
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording.
Thin and short, no longer than 2 cm
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
Spotted coats dominate over the uniform ones
Shortened from FCI standard n°370 — each label is the standard’s own wording with the verdict lifted into the tag beside it. Read the full clause at source.
Quoted from FCI standard n°370. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
What a judge marks the Valencian 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.
Marked heavily against a specimen in the ring.
Puts an animal out of the ring altogether.
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Valencian Terrier in general; any individual animal can differ.
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Valencian 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.
This is where Valencian Terrier 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.
No Valencian 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.
