ʻO ka Rat Terrier he ʻīlio ikaika, ʻike, pāʻani, hana ikaika, a hiki ke hoʻololi. He ʻīlio aloha ʻo ia i aloha i nā kānaka a launa pū me nā mea a pau, ʻoiai he hilahila loa ʻo ia i nā malihini i ka wā mua. He ʻīlio kiaʻi maikaʻi loa ʻo ia, ʻo ia ka palekana a me ka wikiwiki e hoʻāla i ka puʻupuʻu i ka wā e hele mai ai nā mea komo.
#1 He ʻīlio ʻohana aloha ʻo ia i makemake e honi.
Me kāna ʻāʻī, makemake wale ʻo ia e aʻo iā ʻoe.
#2 E hahai ʻo ia iā ʻoe e like me ke aka, a e noho ma kou ʻūhā e hiamoe ai.
Makemake ʻo ia e kamaʻilio pū me ʻoe me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kona mau wāwae a ʻōhumu wale iā ia iho. Hiki iā ia ke kamaʻilio nui a koi i ka wā e makemake ai ʻo ia i kou nānā.
#3 He holoholona ʻo ia a he ʻīlio wiwo ʻole a paʻakikī, mākaukau mau e hopu a pāʻani paha ke kāhea ʻia.
Ma ke ʻano maʻamau, ʻoluʻolu ka Rat Terrier a makemake nui i nā ʻīlio ʻē aʻe a hui pū me nā holoholona, me nā pōpoki.