Patterdale Terrier

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We met a lovely little 12 month old Patterdale today. Instant best friends with DD and he was a friendly, funny little dog. We are planning on getting a dog and a Patterdale would seem to fit the bill. Anything I need to be aware of?

@DinaDirvla Her lovely little face is so expressive, sorry for your loss x

We have a patterjack and he's great with our children, lovely temperament

This is the little furry dickhead that will be waiting for me at the Pearly Gates.

Go back to your show cocker plan. I'd swerve sprockers too, unless you're intending working your dog.
High energy, working dogs with the lifestyle you've described are not really compatible.

Show cockers always strike me as a much more straightforward option than any sort of working terrier type (in fact, than almost any sort of terrier), and also easier than working line cockers and springers. As an adult, I have only ever had working-strain dogs and I do sometimes feel a bit envious of people who aren't out in horizontal rain at 6.15 a.m. because their dog doesn't mind not being walked until lunchtime.

We knew a Patterdale a few years ago. Beautiful, but absolutely crazy, untrainable and barked like nothing ever before. Had a thing for leaping into the air randomly and would land on things, kids, whatever. Didn't seem to have any nastiness, but just, wow.

So glad I read this thread. I've had terriers before and I love the terrier nature, live life on their own terms. I've seen some adorable patterdales available and keep telling myself they're way too much (and they are) but so tempting! Logically, I need a border in my life, much better suited

@foxlover47 I feel the same about finding solidarity in this thread for those of us dog owners giving our heart and soul to helping our sometimes reactive pups live a good life. It can be demoralising at times when they're in nob mood!
Loved @liveforsummer 's pretzel comment - we call this one bagel boy' when he curls up after a long walk.

Our Patterdale came to us at 9 years old after her owner died. As others have said, she has a very strong prey drive, so is only off lead when there iare no other dogs around. We are retired so we have a lot of time for her. She is 13 now and still full of energy. I definitely think they are adult household dogs. Like a lot of these dogs, she is not affectionate.

My ex had a patterdale. He was the most wonderful dog. So loving and loyal. But and it's a huge but.. he lived in the country and went on walks through woodland for hours every day. They had three boys all of whom walked him and a mum who was extremely fit. That dog ended up staying with him in London but again he was an at home illustrator who could be with him all the time. They are wonderful but so high maintenance.

Couldn't resist posting this pic of my pat jack cross snoozing next to me. He's a rare one with a pretty laid back temperament (so far, he's 8 months) and a joy to walk and have around the house.

But my female Jack Russell on the other hand is a little minx - bred on a farm, small but stubborn, flushes out field mice and eats them, hit and miss recall, very vocal in the house, although fortunately sociable with other people and dogs. And very pretty which sucks people in!!

love them both and am a terrier woman through and through!

We have a Patterdale X Cocker that we rescued at 1 year. He's good with dogs and people currently but can be pretty excited, especially with people! In the house he is perfect, outside it's hit and miss if anything can get his attention over smells/hunting. He's definitely more Patt than Cocker and I don't think he'll even be off of a long line as although recall is very good in general, any animal smell can send him off into terrior mode. He's very cuddly in the house though and loves the sofa.

Definitely wouldn't recommend as a first dog unless you live very rurally and they can just do what they're bred to do. Or someone who just loves the independent nature of terriers!

Also I can't believe the example where one killed its owners cat.. always hard to judge on one but for balance my ex also had 3 cats and a golden retriever and it got on very well with the whole pack.

I had a client who was a ratcatcher on a huge turkey farm. He used two Patterdales. One came in for a post-natal check (nice-looking bitch, hard as nails, don't you dare touch my puppies) and he told me that the day before, she and her colleague had killed 150 rats. Would've been more but the bitch couldn't squeeze into the tightest spaces on the second-last day of her pregnancy!

I have a patterjack and I love him and he loves me. He's smart and funny and very affectionate to me. However he does not love: tall men, people in high vis, measuring tapes, plastic bags, most other dogs, cats, squirrels, rabbits, birds... the list goes on. I used to say it was because he was an abuse case (which he was) but now i think it's just his personality, with a side of abuse.

He does agility and is amazing when he listens. our trainers recommend we do heel work competitions as he's so obedient. Outside those classes, after seven years I still can't get him to walk nicely.

He's super reactive, and with two small kids in the house I'm very careful to manage him and keep everyone safe. My very calm vet described him as 8.5/10 on the difficulty scale. The staff refused to take his bandage off and when I got him home I discovered he wouldn't let me do that either. So i spent 3 days grabbing an end of vet wrap and pulling a bit off before jumping away before he bit me.

He's so beautiful though!!

Forgot I didn't add a photo. I say get one. Your life will never be boring again 😁 although technically mine is a working Lakeland. But same thing

I had one, he was awful. Fighting, predated on cats and any other fluffies he set his sights on. Rarely did what he was told, and got extremely hot under the collar if corrected, made my other dogs unhappy by terrorising them when they were asleep. He seemed to like children but I wouldn’t have trusted him with one. I kept him till the end, always hoping he’d mellow - he didn’t, just got more grumpy. I wouldn’t have another one for all the tea in China! I met a game keeper who had them and he said that they get you into trouble and you’d spend your whole life apologising for them. I thought that was spot on.

You have to be mindful of what the dog has been bred to do, and dogs that have been selectively bred to dig foxes and drag them out alive (or dead) are hardly going to suit a life sitting on the sofa in suburbia.

[quote Gherkingreen]@foxlover47 I feel the same about finding solidarity in this thread for those of us dog owners giving our heart and soul to helping our sometimes reactive pups live a good life. It can be demoralising at times when they're in nob mood!
Loved @liveforsummer 's pretzel comment - we call this one bagel boy' when he curls up after a long walk.[/quote]
I love your bagel 🥯. My pretzel 🥨 is currently back in terrier mode with her back feet on my shoulder in bed and her fronts on the windowsill because there was a fox out there several hours earlier when she went out for a pee. Her dedication for waiting for it to return is impressive 😆

@Gherkingreen he is adorable 😍😍😍what a gorgeous little bagel

@Chesneyhawkes1 he's a beaut too 😍😍I love his longer coat , one of mine has a slightly tougher longer but still looks smooth

@liveforsummer that's pure dedication isn't it ! Sheer commitment lol , I think the foxes hear sometimes jump the back garden gate because when they go out for their last pee before bed late they really sniff the garden up

@FirkleingFree they are beautiful !! 😍😍😍😍our little Jr bitch is 6 months , she's the same always catching mice out on walks

@CeleriacOfTheNight why a gorgeous little one waiting for you ❤️x
And @Formerlythesame what a beautiful
Dog 🥰🥰
They all just have faces that are hard to be mad at don't they ! For all their faults they don't mean to have

This is my little minx. Taking a rare moment to chill in the grass.

Alternately laughing and welling up at this thread, my twatterdale really was utterly vile and semi-feral but I loved her and I miss her terribly.

We had special arrangements with our vet as well, she had to be muzzled in the car park and the consultation had to take place outside! Our vet also told us that we had gone above and beyond for her and "given her more chances" than average, he was fond of her in the end - they had a careful understanding.

A Patterdale is hard enough to manage, so a Patterdale with chronic spinal pain is extra.