A Patterdale Terriers ndi alenje odziwika bwino, ankhanza kwa chilombocho. Iwo ndi olimba kwambiri komanso osatopa. Agalu ndi olimbikira komanso opanda mantha pantchito yawo. Ngakhale kuphatikizika kwake kwakunja, Patterdale Terrier ndi yamphamvu kwambiri ndipo imatha kukhala opikisana nawo oyenera nyama zakuthengo.
Oimira mtundu uwu amafunikira woweta wodziwa bwino, iwo sali oyenera oweta agalu a novice. Patterdale Terriers amafunikira maphunziro abwino, koma, choyamba, amafunikira maulendo osakasaka nthawi zonse. Agalu awa, omwe mphamvu zake zimakhala ndi mphamvu, zimafuna kusaka motopetsa. Kuyenda kwatsiku ndi tsiku kumakhala kwautali komanso kwachangu, ndi kulimbitsa thupi kwakukulu.