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RJL	Aug 24 2008, 02:24 PM
Chatterbox Posts: 1,387 Group: Full Members Member #179 Joined: January 25, 2006	:yikes: French bulldogs? Are you sure?! Having lived in Cumbria for a couple of years and known a fair few working terrier men and gamekeepers, I thought that Patterdales were originally the name given to several strains of true-breeding black working terriers from the Lakes. Like 'Jack Russell' being used to describe any hound-marked terrier, the name has now been highjacked to describe any solid-coloured black or liver / mahogany terrier - (and there would be whole-coloured working terriers all over the UK, not just in the Lakes) the majority of which aren't actually pure-bred or indeed bred from working parents. Lots of working Lakelands are black too. I know there are obvious touches of working bull terrier blood in some patterdale types, but French Bulldogs being used is a new one on me! Why introduce FB blood - what could it provide to benefit a working terrier?! The main factor in a working terrier is that it is spannable - not the leg length. Most of the working Lakies and Patterdales you see out with the fell packs are actually long-legged. You've really made me curious now!!! :)


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