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Brazilian Terrier

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AKC Foundation Stock Service · FCI standard 341

Brazilian Terrier.

FCI 341 utilization: hunting dog for small game, guard dog and companion (Group 3 Terriers, Section 1, without working trial). Temperament: restless, alert, active and keen; friendly and gentle to friends, suspicious of strangers. FCI history: the small terrier-type dog brought back by Brazilians educated in Europe adapted to farm life and crossed with local dogs..

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.

0INHeightdogs null, bitches null. An ideal from the standard, not a range.
15–22LBWeight, all linesbreed 15 to 22 lb.

The body

What the breed is built like. Registry standards give an ideal, not a range.

Height at the shoulder

dogs 13 to 16 in · bitches 12.9 to 16 in

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 341, 2022

Low and high span FCI, the AKC page and the Wikipedia breed-wide range (13 to 16 in).

Weight

15 to 22 lb

Breed clubAKC

Low and high span the AKC page, FCI and Wikipedia; the standards print one approximate figure, not an ideal range.

Coat

FCI 341: short, smooth, fine but not soft, close to the skin, finer on head, ears, underside; predominantly white ground with black, blue, brown or isabella markings and tan markings above the eyes, on the muzzle sides and in the ears. Wikipedia: always tri-colour; docked tail common. AKC page: shedding 3 of 5.

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 341, 2022

Shedding

Shedding 3 of 5 (AKC breed page trait score)

Breed clubAKC

AKC breed page trait score, 1 to 5: a breed-club tendency, never a measurement.

Heat tolerance

4 of 5 · FCI 341: short-haired, smooth, fine, laid close to the skin so the skin cannot be seen through it.

DerivedFCI-Standard N° 341, 2022

Derived from the standard's coat (short, smooth, fine, single = 4). No measured data.

The dog at home

What the breed asks of a day. The first thing most homes get wrong.

Exercise need

AKC breed page bands: energy level 5 of 5, mental stimulation needs 5 of 5, playfulness 3 of 5, trainability 5 of 5. FCI 341 temperament: restless, alert, active and keen. No minutes are printed.

Breed clubAKC

AKC bands, not mapped to minutes; no Royal Kennel Club page for this breed.

Energy

5 of 5

Breed clubAKC

AKC breed page trait score, 1 to 5: a breed-club tendency, never a measurement.

Grooming load

1 of 5

Breed clubAKC

AKC breed page trait score, 1 to 5: a breed-club tendency, never a measurement.

Grooming

AKC breed page bands: coat grooming frequency 1 of 5, shedding 3 of 5. FCI 341: short-haired, smooth, fine but not soft, laid close to the skin. Wikipedia: short, sleek and fine.

Breed clubAKC

AKC bands, not mapped to the grooming_load scale.

The work

What it was built to do in the field, and what a test or trial asks of it.

Role

FCI 341 utilization: hunting dog for small game, guard dog and companion (Group 3 Terriers, Section 1, without working trial). Temperament: restless, alert, active and keen; friendly and gentle to friends, suspicious of strangers. FCI history: the small terrier-type dog brought back by Brazilians educated in Europe adapted to farm life and crossed with local dogs.

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 341, 2022

Registry text; no editorial source states more about the work.

Primary game

FCI 341 utilization: small game (species not named). Wikipedia names no quarry; its origin theories are Jack Russell, Parson Russell and Fox Terriers imported in the 1800s, or Spanish ratters (Ratonero Bodeguero Andaluz, Valencian) brought during the Iberian Union.

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 341, 2022

The standard says small game without naming species; Wikipedia adds only origin theories.

Field trial standard

FCI 341: Group 3 Terriers, Section 1 large and medium-sized Terriers, without working trial. No UKC page; no working test page was read.

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 341, 2022

More

akc bands

AKC breed page trait scores (1-5): Energy Level 5; Mental Stimulation Needs 5; Trainability Level 5; Barking Level 3; Watchdog/Protective Nature 5; Good With Young Children 5; Openness To Strangers 1; Good With Other Dogs 3; Shedding Level 3; Coat Grooming Frequency 1; Drooling Level 1; Affectionate With Family 5; Playfulness Level 3; Adaptability Level 5.

Breed clubAKC

Fourteen AKC bands in one row; the selector reads each by name. Breed-club ratings: a tendency, never a measurement.

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
Terrier Brasileiro, Fox Paulistinha

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