Rat Terrier
United States · short smooth coat
Next to the average dog it is outgoing with strangers, playful, mentally demanding, and easy to train. Day to day it needs a lot of exercise and sheds moderately.
Find out if a Rat Terrier suits youA good fit if…
- you have young children
- people come and go a lot
Think twice if…
- your days are mostly indoors
- the dog would be alone and unoccupied
- this would be your first dog
Trait profile
Scored 1–5. A blank means the trait is not recorded for this breed.
About the breed
The Rat Terrier is an American dog breed with a background as a farm dog and hunting companion. They share much ancestry with the small hunting dogs known as feists. Common throughout family farms in the 1920s and 1930s, they are now recognized by the United (UKC) and American Kennel Clubs (AKC) and are considered a rare breed.— English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
