Boston Terriers
Friday, November 22, 2019
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Although the Boston Terrier is one of the America’s native breeds, developed originally in Boston and vicinity and then spreading to many part of the world, his roots are in Great Britain. The English Bulldog and the White English Terrier created the Boston. Of that breeding was a dog named Judge, acquired by Robert C. Hooper of Boston.
He was a dark brindle with a white stripe in the face, weighed about 32 pounds and was very close to the modern Boston. From his get stemmed the breed as we know it—a smooth-coated, short-headed, compact dog, brindle in color and with sharply-defined white markings.
As in the case of many older breeds, definite dates have a way of blurring in the Boston's background, but by 1889 there were enough fanciers to form the American Bull Terrier Club. The dogs were shown as Round Heads or Bull Terriers. In 1891 the breed name became Boston Terrier and the parent club the Boston Terrier Club of America. Two years later the breed was recognized by the A.K.C.
Despite a rather stormy career in which type and size have been subjects of considerable discussion, the Boston Terrier has remained one of America's great breeds. An offspring of the pit fighters of long ago, he has emerged as a tractable companion dog who, while well able to battle when necessary, has won the name of American Gentleman.
The dogs of today are smaller than they used to be and some contend modern breeders are making them too small. Whatever the merits of that argument, the maximum weigt the standard allows is 25 pounds. Many Boston Terriers are much smaller.