- Should be “whole coloured” being red, red-wheaten or yellow-red.
- White sometimes on the chest.
- A small amount of white is frequently to be seen in all self coloured breeds
About the Irish Terrier
Origin: Ireland
- Size
- Medium — from its typical weight
- Weight
- Male
- 11-13 kg
- Female
- 11-12 kg
- Height
- Male
- 46-48 cm
- Female
- 43-48 cm
- FCI status
- Reconocida por la FCI
- FCI group
- Terriers
- Origin
- Ireland
- Also called
- Terrier Irlandes
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What is a Irish Terrier?
Medium-sized terrier with a distinctive wiry, fiery red coat and bold, spirited temperament. Known for its courage and loyalty, it is one of the oldest terrier breeds.
Irish Terrier history and origins
One of the oldest terrier breeds, developed in County Cork, Ireland as all-purpose farm dogs for hunting vermin and guarding homes. Their courage was proven in World War I where they served as messenger dogs and sentinels.
Irish Terrier appearance and size
Males typically weigh 11-13 kg and stand 46-48 cm at the shoulder; females 11-12 kg and 43-48 cm.
Lo que dice el estándar de la raza
- Criado para
- Versatile farmyard dog, family pet, guard dog with utter contempt for danger or hurt, hunter and gundog
- Comportamiento y temperamento
“The Irish Terrier, while being game and capable of holding his own with other dogs, is remarkably loyal, good tempered and affectionate with mankind, but once he is attacked, he has the courage of a lion and will fight to the bitter end. The dog’s reputation for getting into scraps with others, sometimes even in the showring, is undeserved. Though the terrier may be fierce when the circumstances call for it, the Irish Terrier is easily trained and a gentle pet, living up to his early description as “the poor man’s sentinel, the farmer’s friend and the gentleman’s favourite””
Quoted from FCI standard n°139. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Referencia de la raza de The Dog API.
Características
- Tamaño
- Medium
- Necesidad de ejercicio
- —
- Facilidad de adiestramiento
- —
- Caída de pelo
- —
- 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 Irish Terrier
Lo que obtienes con la raza Irish Terrier
- Función declarada en el estándar: «Versatile farmyard dog, family pet, guard dog with utter contempt for danger or hurt, hunter and gundog»
- El estándar describe la raza así: «The Irish Terrier, while being game and capable of holding his own with other dogs, is remarkably loyal, good tempered…»
- Vive más que un perro mestizo — mediana de 13.5 años en 521 animales, frente a 12
Lo que asumes
- Exige muchos cuidados del pelo — la descripción del propio estándar es «Hair on face of same description as on body but short (about three-quarters of a…»
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; McMillan et al. 2024, median age at death. 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 · Irish Terrier
Pelo y color
Tal como lo establece el estándar de la FCI. Cada línea de abajo está en las palabras del propio estándar.
Coat
Should be dense and wiry in texture, having a broken appearance but still lying flat, the hairs growing so closely and strongly together that when parted with the fingers, the skin cannot be seen, free of softness and silkiness and not so long as to hide the outlines of the body, particularly in the hindquarters and free of lock or curl.
Hair on face of same description as on body but short (about three-quarters of a centimetre long), almost smooth and straight, a slight beard is the only long hair (and it is only long in comparison with the rest) that is permissible and is characteristic.
A “goats” beard is suggestive of there being silky and bad hair running through the coat generally.
Notes
- Legs: Free of feather and covered, like the head, with as hard a texture of coat as body but not so long
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.
Resumido de FCI standard n°139 — 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.
Lo que el estándar penaliza
Aquello por lo que un juez resta puntos a la raza Irish Terrier, y lo que la deja fuera del ring, en las palabras del propio registro. Esto describe el estándar de la raza — no es una lista de comprobación para el animal que tienes delante, y un animal de compañía con un defecto descalificante es un perro que no puede ir a exposición, no un perro enfermo.
Defectos descalificantes
Dejan al animal fuera del ring por completo.
- Nose: Any colour other than black.
- Colour: Any other than red, yellow red or red wheaten. A small patch of white on chest is permissible as in other whole-coloured breeds. Jaws: Decidedly undershot or overshot.
- Feet: Corny excrescence or cracks on pads
Información a nivel de raza, de The Dog API. Describe la raza Irish Terrier en general; cualquier animal concreto puede ser distinto.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Irish Terrier
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Irish 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
Todavía sin fotografías
Aquí es donde irán las fotografías de los propios dueños de Irish Terrier, desde los perfiles de sus animales que mantienen aquí. Nadie ha añadido ninguna a una página pública todavía.
Una fotografía en un perfil de animal queda privada de su dueño. No pondremos ninguna aquí a menos que nos lo pidan.
Puppies
No puppies listed right now
No Irish 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.