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16+ Historical Facts About Boston Terriers You Might Not Know

#4 The history of the breed began not with a breeding idea to create a new breed, but by chance, which will play the role of a fundamental fact in the creation of a national breed.

#5 The first Boston breeder was Robert Hupper in 1865.

In the port, from a sailor, he acquired a ship's dog - Judge. The dog turned out to be a typical Bull and Terrier. It was a rather impressive dog that weighed about 15 kilograms. Having settled down in a new place. The judge covered the neighbor's female Jeep owned by Mr. Barnett. These dogs gave surprisingly uniform offspring, almost completely repeating the father, which indicates the stable heredity of the English Bull and Terriers. Breeding of all Boston Terriers began from Judge and Jeep puppies.

#6 Later, local patriotic dog breeders began to call the dogs from Massachusetts Boston Bulles – American Bulles.

Mary Allen

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