Lakeland Terrier Dog

The lakeland terrier dog is one of the oldest English working terrier dog, has been known is the English lake districts for centuries. The breed was developed to hunt fox and otter. It had to be small enough to run down its quarry.

The lakeland dog is a small, square dog, sturdily built, with small V-shaped ears, wiry coat, and docked tail. The ideal height for a mature male is 36.25 cm (about 14.5 in) with a weight of 7.65 kg (17 lb); females are slightly smaller. The undercoat is soft, the outer or guard coat hard and wiry. Lakelands may be white, blue, black, liver, black and tan, blue and tan, red, red grizzle and tan or wheaten.

A small working dog was the Lakehand terrier, developed in the Lake District of England to hunt foxes. Packs composed of hounds and a few of these terriers would pursue a fox to its hiding place, where a Lakeland would enter and kill the predator.