Brazilian Terrier

Height at the withers : males from 35 to 40 cm
bitches from 33 to 38 cm
Weight : Maximum 10 kg.

The ancestors of the Brazilian Terrier do not originate from Brazil. In the last century and in the beginning of the present, many young Brazilians studied in the European universities, especially in France and England. These young people often returned married and their wives brought with them a small Terrier type dog. The young Brazilians and their families went back to the farms they had left. The little dog adapted to farm life and crossed with local dogs and bitches. Thus, a new model was shaped and the phenotype was fixed within a few generations. With the development of big cities, the farmers, with their families and employees were attracted by the great urban centres. In this way the little dog suffered another change in his surroundings.


Brazilian Terrier is medium-sized dog, slender, well balanced, with firm but not too heavy structure, body of square appearance with clean curved lines that distinguish him from the smooth Fox Terrier with square lines. Brazilian Terrier Temperament Restless, alert, active and keen; friendly and gentle to friends. Body is well balanced, not too heavy, square appearance with clean curved lines. Well pronounced and harmoniously connected to the front legs. Topline : Firm and straight, going slightly downwards from the withers to the croup.


HEADViewed from the top, the head is triangular in shape, broad at its base, with ears well apart, narrowing notably from the eyes to the nose tip. Viewed in profile, the upper line rises slightly from the tip of the nose to the stop, sharply between the eyes and continues to the occipital bone with a slight convexity. Skull : Rounded with moderately flat forehead. Its side lines, seen from the top, converge to the eyes. The distance from the external eye-corner to the attachment of the ears is equal to the distance between the two external eye-corners. Mediofrontal groove well developed.


Nose : Moderately developed, dark coloured with wide nostrils. Muzzle : Viewed from the top, it describes an equilateral triangle from both external eye-corners to the tip of the nose; strong and well chiselled under the eyes with a sloping root of muzzle, accentuating the stop. Lips : Dry, tight, the upper lip just over the lower, covering the teeth, allowing to close the mouth completely. Teeth : 42 teeth, regularly set and well developed, scissors bite. Eyes : Set halfway from the occipital protuberance to the nose tip, well apart, the distance between the two external eye-corners being equal to the distance from the external eye-corner to the nose tip.

COAT
HAIR : Short-haired, smooth, fine but not soft, laid close to the skin, in the type of rat's hair. One cannot see the skin through it. Finer on the head, ears, under the neck, on inner and lower parts of forequarters and backside of the thighs. COLOUR : Ground colour predominant white with black, brown or blue markings; the following typical and characteristic markings must
always be present : tan markings above the eyes, on both sides of the muzzle and inside and on edge of ears. These tan markings may extend to other body regions bordering markings. The head must always present black, brown or blue markings in the frontal region and ears; there may be a white blaze and white marks preferably on the frontal groove and lateral parts of the muzzle, distributed as harmoniously as possible.

Looking straight forward, moderately prominent, large with slightly accentuated eyebrows. Roundish, well opened, alive, with a keen expression; as dark as possible. The blue variety has bluish gray, the brown variety brown, green or blue eyes. Ears : Set on laterally, in line with the eyes, well apart from each other and leaving good space for the skull. Triangular shaped with pointed tips; carried half-pricked, with the folded tip falling down and pointing to the external eye-corner. Ears are not cropped.

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