Allergies & Your Hairless Dog
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The American Hairless Terrier
is a variety of Rat Terrier, which is a result of a mixture of crosses
by early immigrants to the USA.
1800's
Up until about the 1800’s, all small dogs that went to ground
were ‘terriers.’
Any small bulldogs that went to ground were terriers, any small
hounds that went to ground were terriers, anything that went to
ground was a terrier – and terrier quite literally means ‘earth
dog’. Common Terrier breeds like the Manchester Terrier, Bull
Terrier and now extinct Old English White Terrier, would have formed
the initial gene pool for the breed. Beagles, Smooth Fox Terrier,
Toy Fox Terriers, Whippets, Italian Greyhounds and other hunting
breeds were then included.
Early
1900's
Although it has been around in similar form since the early 1900s,
it has remained more of a type than a breed. Although often mistaken
for a Jack Russell Terrier, it has a very different temperament.
It is less aggressive and comparatively calm (although it is still
a terrier). They are normally cheerful dogs, but there are occasional
dogs who are extremely sensitive to changes in their environment
or to unexpected noises, people, or activity.
1972
In the Autumn of 1972, Edwin and Willie Scott were given the first
Hairless Rat Terrier; the new puppy's name became Josephine and
she quickly melted the hearts of everyone in the Scott's family.
The Scott's found Josephine to be such a special dog and excellent
pet that they decided to attempt breeding her in hopes of getting
more "hairless" pups. The fact that they had never bred dogs before
was not going to stop them from this endeavor. They talked about
their plans to many people, including several scientists, but they
got the same answer everywhere they went. "It just can't be done."
or "You're just wasting your time." seemed to be the repeating reply
they would receive. "She's a freak of nature and will never reproduce
the same....the hairless trait." But statements like this did not
stop the Scott's. They decided to go ahead with their plans and
bred her.
1973
At the age of one year, they bred Josey to a Rat Terrier. She produced
a litter of four puppies and amazing enough, one of the pups was
a hairless female which they named Gypsy. Unfortunately, Gypsy was
too small to breed so they kept their hopes on Josephine. Over the
years Josey gave the Scott's several litters, but not the hairless
pups they were so hoping for
1981
On 30th December 1981, a miracle happened.....Josephine became the
proud mother of four beautiful puppies: a hairless male they named
Snoopy, a hairless female they named Jemima and two female coated
pups named Queenie and Petunia. This became the foundation of the
Scott's dream and brought their hopes back to reality. This was
a new beginning for their family. They bred Snoopy to all of his
littermates once they reached a year old. Jemima produced an all
hairless litter and to the Scott's surprise, Petunia and Queenie
produced litters of hairless and coated. Their house was becoming
filled with these loving bundles of joy and the Scott's found they
needed to make that decision to build a kennel; "Trout Creek Kennel"
became the home of the American Hairless Terrier.
. . Trout Creek Kennel is the origin of the American Hairless Terrier
. . 
2004
As of 1st January, the American Hairless Terrier is recognised as
a separate breed by the United Kennel Club in the USA.
