Scientific name Canis lupus familiaris Color Tri-color | ||
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Other names RatoneroChilean Rat TerrierChilean Fox Terrier Breed status Not recognized as a standardized breed by any major kennel club. Temperament Lively, Alert, Docile, Energetic, Companionable, Brave Weight Male: 6–8 kg, Female: 5–7 kg Height Male: 31–39 cm, Female: 27–36 cm Similar Toy Fox Terrier, Ratonero Bodeguero Andaluz, Smooth Fox Terrier, Tenterfield Terrier, Wire Hair Fox Terrier | ||
The Chilean Terrier is the first breed dog from Chile. The breed dates back to the late 19th century, resulting from the crossing of the Fox Terrier and other breeds that existed before the arrival of the Spaniards.
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The Chilean Association of Dog Breeders and Exhibitors (ACEPE, A.G.) has been working on a project that aims to have Chilean Terriers be the first officially recognized Chilean breed, organizing specialized samples, implementing an identification system, and forming a study team.
For some time it has been included in the group 11 by the Kennel Club of Chile (KCC), but has not yet been officially recognized by the FCI. Since 2011, the race belongs to the group 3 of Alianz Canine Worldwide (ACW).
History
Talking terrier involves traversing the Chilean Chilean history since the eighteenth century and that there is a history of their presence in the country since colonial times, when European immigrants settled in the territory of South America, bringing Smooth Haired Fox Terriers with them in order to exterminate rats and small rodents.
In Chile they crossed the native dogs with these terriers. As a result of the Europeans breeding the current Chilean Terrier came to be.
Of their English ancestors inherited the restless temperament and barking, while local dogs he traced the balance, courage, loyalty and spirit of duty.
Tireless companion during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the breed was developed in the estates of south-central Chile, easily acclimating to a rustic life, often in stable. Thus, both peasants and landlords were able to share with this great little dog, so never during that period of our history is identified with a particular social class or caste.
In the late nineteenth century and the Industrial Revolution many farmers migrate to the cities, bringing their families and their Chilean terriers. Quickly able to adapt to urban life, being used in new industries and new human settlements (CITES) for the extermination of rats. Because of this last factor is that Chileans terrier were identified for most of the last century with the working-class proletarian country element that played against those who were beginning to take the first steps to establish the activity in Chile, mostly immigrants and members of the bourgeoisie of the time, those more interested in the entry and development of foreign breeds in achieving recognition of the Chilean Terrier.
Despite the near-zero interest local breeders of the time he appeared in the Chilean terrier continued to be present in the homes of the middle class of the country, further through the comic and his ever faithful Condorito Washington, Chilean terrier which demonstrates «the Chilean» of this little dog.
Today the Chilean terrier is present throughout the country, it has the virtue of adapting to a variety of climates of Chile, still being used in rural areas as a hunter of mice and in the city, including an excellent dog company, attentive and lively.
Description
Its main color is white, which is accompanied by black and brown markings. It is a short-haired undercoat that sometimes hints at some dark spots visible through the white mantle. The ears are set high with a forward-leaning as a "V" tip. It has a well-developed teeth and bite. Males have a height of between 32 and 38 cm tall at the withers, the ideal height being 35 cm. Females have a height of between 28 and 35 cm tall at the withers, being the ideal height of 32 cm males weigh between 5 and 8 kg, ideal weight is 6.5 kilos. females weigh between 4 and 7 kg, and the ideal weight is 5.5 kg.
Temperament
The Chilean Fox Terrier is easy to train, active, affective, and one of the healthiest and cleanest dog breeds.
Famous Chilean Fox Terriers
A famous Chilean Fox Terrier is Washington (from the comic "Condorito"), Condorito's dog. Even though it was only recognised internationally in 2011 by the ACW (Alianz Canine Worldwide), there have been several Chilean Terrier exhibitions in Chile for many years, and now the breed is selling through internet pages all along Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Ecuador, and other South American countries.