The breeds · terrier
FCI standard 371
Andalusian Terrier.
FCI 371 utilization: a good working terrier able to hunt rats, mice and all vermin; also used for rabbit and hare hunting (Group 3 Section 1, working trial optional). History: bred with a natural predisposition to hunt the rodents that were abundant in ports, wine cellars, warehouses, stables and tanneries; white colour was selected to be visible in the dark of those places. Wikipedia (English and Spanish): hunted the rats and mice hidden among the barrels in the wine cellars (bodegas) of the Marco de Jerez; the Spanish article says the white colour was chosen so the dogs could be seen in the dark of the workplaces and that the dog is tenacious and attentive with an excellent nose and eyesight..
Breed sets the odds. The parents set the dog. Every number here shows its source, its spread and how sure we are. Nothing on this page is a prediction about one dog.
The body
What the breed is built like. Registry standards give an ideal, not a range.
Height at the shoulder
Center is the ideal the FCI standard prints (38 cm).
Weight
FCI standard only; no ideal printed.
Coat
Heat tolerance
Derived from the standard's coat (very short, single = 5). The standard's climate line is a registry claim, not data.
The dog at home
What the breed asks of a day. The first thing most homes get wrong.
Exercise need
One editorial source for the amount; no minutes mapped.
Grooming
One editorial source for the care routine.
The work
What it was built to do in the field, and what a test or trial asks of it.
Role
Registry and both Wikipedia articles agree.
Primary game
Also used on
FCI only.
Field trial standard
How to read this page
Every value carries a label. Measured means peer-reviewed data on many dogs. Studied means peer-reviewed, smaller or indirect. Breed club means a club or registry states it. Editorial means expert opinion with no measurement behind it. Where two good sources disagree, both are shown and neither is averaged.
Published when the entry rests on the best information available from no fewer than three independent sources, checked by a second pass that did not write it. 2 sources on this page. Found something wrong? Tell us and the correction is logged with its date.
- Also called
- Ratonero Bodeguero Andaluz, Sherry Terrier, Bodeguero Jerezano, Bodeguero
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