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About the Dandie Dinmont Terrier

Origin: Great Britain
Typical life span
12-15 years
Size
Small — from its typical weight
Weight
8-11 kg
Height
20-28 cm
FCI status
Reconocida por la FCI
FCI group
Terriers
Origin
Great Britain
Known hereditary risks
Not researched yet

About

What is a Dandie Dinmont Terrier?

Small, long, low-bodied terrier with distinctive topknot of silky hair, large soulful eyes, and unique pepper or mustard colored crisp double coat. Originally bred for hunting badgers and otters with a gentle expression despite their tenacious nature.

Dandie Dinmont Terrier history and origins

Developed in the 18th century in the border region between Scotland and England for hunting badgers and otters. Named after a character in Sir Walter Scott's 1815 novel 'Guy Mannering'. Recognized by The Kennel Club (UK) in 1875 and AKC in 1886.

Dandie Dinmont Terrier appearance and size

Typically 8-11 kg and 20-28 cm at the shoulder — published as one range rather than separately for males and females.

Lo que dice el estándar de la raza

Criado para
Terrier
Comportamiento y temperamento
Game, workmanlike Terrier. Independent, highly intelligent, determined, persistent, sensitive, affectionate and dignified

Quoted from FCI standard n°168. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Referencia de la raza de The Dog API.

Características

Tamaño
Small
Necesidad de ejercicio
4 of 5
Facilidad de adiestramiento
Caída de pelo
4 of 5
Cuidados del pelo
4 of 5
Convivencia con niños
Coste de mantenimiento
Tolera quedarse solo
Inteligencia
Salud de la raza
Not researched yet

Pros & cons

Pros y contras de la raza Dandie Dinmont Terrier

Lo que obtienes con la raza Dandie Dinmont Terrier

  • Función declarada en el estándar: «Terrier»
  • El estándar describe la raza así: «Game, workmanlike Terrier»

Lo que asumes

  • Exige muchos cuidados del pelo — la descripción del propio estándar es «Upper side of tail covered with wiry hair, underside not so wiry with neat feathering of…»

Extraído de fuentes y no escrito como opinión — investigación de salud citada, el estándar del propio registro, y estudios de longevidad revisados por pares. Estándar de la raza, FCI. Los animales de un criador pueden diferir de todo esto, y una columna vacía significa que no tenemos nada de ese lado, no que no haya nada que decir.

Characteristics

Estándar de la FCI · Dandie Dinmont Terrier

Pelo y color

Tal como lo establece el estándar de la FCI. Cada línea de abajo está en las palabras del propio estándar, etiquetada con preferred, permissible y undesirable.

Coat

Very important feature of the breed.

Hair should be about 5 cm long.

Double coat with a soft linty undercoat and a harder topcoat, not wiry but giving crisp feel to the hand.

The coat should not « shed » down the back but should lie in pencils caused by the harder hair coming through the softer undercoat.

The forelegs have feather about 5 cm long.

Upper side of tail covered with wiry hair, underside not so wiry with neat feathering of softer hair

Color

  • Preferred
  • Permissible
  • Undesirable
  • Disqualifying

«Preferred», «permissible», «undesirable» y «disqualifying» — preferido, admisible, indeseable y descalificante — son las palabras de la propia FCI sobre la raza, y quedan en inglés porque así constan en el estándar. Describen lo que el estándar pide — no son una valoración de ningún perro concreto, ni nuestra.

  • Preferred: Pepper or mustard. • Pepper: Ranges from dark bluish black to light silvery grey, intermediate shades
  • Body colour coming well down shoulder and hips gradually merging into colour of legs and feet which varies according to body colour from rich tan to pale fawn.
  • Profuse silvery white « topknot ». • Mustard: Varies from reddish brown to pale fawn.
  • Profuse creamy white « topknot », legs and feet of a darker shade than head.
  • In both colours feather on forelegs rather lighter than hair on fore part of leg.
  • Permissible: Some white hair on chest and white nails
  • Undesirable: White feet
  • Hair on underside of tail lighter than on upperside which should be darker colour than body

Resumido de FCI standard n°168 — cada etiqueta está en las palabras del propio estándar, con el veredicto pasado a la etiqueta de al lado. Lee la cláusula completa en la fuente.

Información a nivel de raza, de The Dog API. Describe la raza Dandie Dinmont Terrier en general; cualquier animal concreto puede ser distinto.

Health guide

What to ask for in a Dandie Dinmont Terrier

No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Dandie Dinmont 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.

Puppies

No puppies listed right now

No Dandie Dinmont 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.

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