Kwake kwaba injongo yesiNgisi phakathi kwe-white terrier, i-beagle, ne-whippet yokuzingela nokulawula amagundane. Abokufika bathatha izinja zabo baya e-United States ekuqaleni kwaleli khulu leminyaka, lapho bazala khona izimpungushe ezinezinwele ezibushelelezi, ama-greyhounds, nama-beagle ukuze bakhe inja ecolekileyo, enobungani enomzwelo oqinile wokuzingela.
UMongameli Roosevelt wayenezinja futhi waziqamba ngokuthi amaRat Terriers. Okuhlukile okunemilenze emifushane kuhamba ngegama elithi "Teddy Roosevelt Terrier".
Ngezansi uzothola ama-tattoos wenja ye-Rat Terrier ayi-10 ahamba phambili: