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Non-sporting Breeds
Dandie Dinmont Terrier
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| The Dandie Dinmont Terrier is generally believed
to be a relative of the Skye Terrier and was originally
bred to hunt badgers and foxes. The novelist Sir
Walter Scott included a character called Dandie
Dinmont, a farmer with a pack of little terriers, in
his novel Guy Mannering (1814). Thereafter, the
dogs became known as Dandie Dinmont's Terriers,
and, in time, as Dandie Dinmonts.
Now kept mainly as a pet, the Dandie Dinmont
makes a most affectionate, playful, and intelligent
companion, and is in its element as the family's sole
pet. It will be happy with as much exercise as its
owner is able to provide. This breed is fairly simple
to groom, the use of a stiff brush and comb, and the
removal of surplus hair, being all that is necessary. |
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