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15+ Historical Facts About Wire Fox Terriers You Might Not Know

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#4 There is a hypothesis that the common ancestor of all terriers is a “peat” dog, but according to another hypothesis, terriers are descendants of interbreeding with “marriages” – small hounds.

#5 The root of the word terrier comes from the Latin terra (earth). And over time, all dogs for burrowing – immigrants from Britain – began to be called terriers.

#6 In 1600, there was a mention of Count Montee, a terrier breeder who specialized in breeding vicious dogs for hunting rodents and foxes. That is, already in those days, the breed was bred purposefully.

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