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DANDIE DINMONT TERRIER


DANDIE DINMONT TERRIER

COUNTRY: Great Britain
WEIGHT: 18-24 pounds
HEIGHT: 8-11 inches
COAT: Crisp mixture of hard/soft hair
COLOR: Pepper and mustard
REGISTRY: PCI, AKC, TKC, CKC
GROUP: Terrier

The Dandie Dinmont is a species of terrier developed in the border between England and Scotland.

First it was designated like a different race near 1700, later was named according to a personage of the novel Guy Mannering de Walter Scott (1815). It is of curved and delicate extended body, short legs and a great head in the form of cupola, crowned by copete silky. Its coat of curled texture (hard and smooth a combination of pelambre) can be of brown or yellowish color. It measures between 20 and 28 cm of height and weight of 8 to 11 kg.