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The Rat Terrier ranges from about 10 to 25 pounds (4.5 to 11.3 kg) and stands 10 to 18 inches (25 to 46 cm) at the shoulder. The miniature size—13 inches (33 cm) and under as defined by the UKC —has become more popular as a house pet and companion dog, but the miniature is still a hunting dog. The standard says "small to medium" and the ...
Bobbie Jo Stinnett (December 4, 1981 – December 16, 2004) was a 23-year-old pregnant American woman who was murdered in Skidmore, Missouri, in December 2004. The perpetrator, Lisa Marie Montgomery, [3] then aged 36 years old, strangled Stinnett to death and cut her unborn child (eight months into gestation) from her womb.
Rat-baiting in 1873. Rat-baiting is a blood sport that involves releasing captured rats in an enclosed space with spectators betting on how long a dog, usually a terrier, takes to kill the rats. It is now illegal in most countries. An earthdog trial tests the working ability and instinct of the small, often short-legged terriers or Dachshunds ...
In Skidmore, Missouri, Bobbie Jo Stinnett died of strangulation at the age of twenty-three at the hands of thirty-seven-year-old Lisa M. Montgomery. The two had been in contact previously; they were both rat terrier breeders in a dog show circuit. Montgomery had even e-mailed the victim, telling her that she wished to purchase one of her dogs.
Fox Terriers and feists are often predominantly white so as to be visible to hunters. Many other variants of this type exist, such as the Russell Terrier, Parson Russell Terrier and Rat Terrier, with many locally developed purebred dog breeds. The original fox terrier type was documented in England in the 18th century.
Jack was a Manchester Terrier, not a Rat Terrier. The first standard for the breed was developed by the now-defunct Teddy Roosevelt Terrier Club of America in 1996. [2] Currently, several registration organizations are active, all of which have their own standards, but the most commonly accepted are the United Kennel Club [9] and the United ...
A death row inmate in Missouri who has long claimed his innocence and is scheduled to be executed in less than one week asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday for a stay of execution, arguing his ...
The Andalusian Terrier[1] (Ratonero Bodeguero Andaluz) or Sherry Terrier[1] is a Spanish breed of dog of the terrier type. Its Spanish name reflects its main occupation: hunting rats and mice hidden between barrels in the wineries of Andalusia in Spain. It was recognised as an indigenous Spanish breed in 2000 by the Spanish Ministry of ...