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It belongs to the nonsporting dog breed group, and not the toy group. Ultimate success for boston terriers and their supporters came about in 1893, when the american kennel club officially registered the breed in the stud book, and the boston terrier club of america was welcomed as a. The boston terrier is a compactly built, squareproportioned, shortbacked, cleancut dog. The boston terrier is a compactly built, wellproportioned dog. Three generations could be traced back and thus formed the basis for the modern boston terrier. See more ideas about boston terrier love, boston terrier and boston. Boston book the official book of the boston terrier click above to order. The boston university terriers are the ten mens and fourteen womens varsity athletic teams representing boston university in ncaa division i competition. Boston university bu is a private research university in boston, massachusetts. I liked the part covering the history of this intelligent, hardy, high energy little dog. The boston terriers popularity has endured throughout the 20th century up to the present. He found wounded soldiers, warned his unit of gas attacks and even caught a german spy.
If you are looking for a how to book or a book about caring for your boston look elsewhere, but if you are looking into the history of the breed this is the book for you. The average boston weighs in at around 20 pounds and stands 1517 inches tall. The boston terrier is a lively, highly intelligent, smooth coated, shortheaded, compactly built, shorttailed, well balanced dog, brindle, seal or black in color and evenly marked with white. Page 1 of 3 official standard of the boston terrier general appearance. Boston terriers for dummies by wendy bedwellwilson goodreads. Founded in 1884, the akc was created as a way to record and publish the pedigrees of purebred dogs. Terrier cards are issued by the terrier card office on the lower level of the george sherman union. The state of massachusetts loved this breed so much that they made it their state dog. Wofford college in south carolina and redlands high school in california claim the boston terrier as their mascots as well. He served for 18 months and participated in 17 battles on the western front. Join millions of people using oodle to find puppies for adoption, dog and puppy listings, and other pets adoption. Boston terriers the american gentlemen amongst dogs. Aug, 2018 an adult boston terrier is a small to medium sized dog.
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