ʻO ke kumu mua o nā ʻīlio, ʻo ia nā kūpuna o nā Boston Terriers i kēia lā, mai ka makahiki 60 o ke kenekulia 19 ma USA ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Boston, nāna i hāʻawi i ka inoa i ka inoa. Ua hoʻohana nā mea hānai i ke koko o nā ʻīlio o kēia mau ʻano ma ke ʻano he kumu: Old English Bulldog, Bull Terrier, French Terrier, English Terrier, Pit Bull, Boxer (ʻo ka English Terrier a me Old English Bulldog e ʻike pinepine ʻia). I ka makahiki 1891, ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hui mua ʻo Boston Terrier ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ma hope o 2 mau makahiki, ma 1983, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Boston Terriers e ka American Kennel Club ma ke ʻano he ʻano kūʻokoʻa. A hiki i kēlā manawa, hōʻike pinepine ʻia nā Boston Terriers ma nā hōʻikeʻike e like me American Bull Terriers, he hewa maoli nō ia, no ka mea, ʻaʻole like kēia mau ʻano i waho a i loko. ʻOiai ua komo pū nā ʻīlio hakakā i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka pua Boston Terrier, ʻaʻole i pili kēia i ko lākou ʻano. I kēia lā, ʻo kēia pua kekahi o ka 20 kaulana loa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
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