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The Australian Terrier is a small breed of dog in the terrier family. The Australian Terrier is a tough, cheeky little fellow with the courage of a much larger dog. It has boundless energy and is very loyal, showing great affection for its immediate family and its extraordinary intelligence makes it a responsive and very protective companion. It is an alert, amusing and loveable little dog. Spirited, curious, and self-assured, it has very keen hearing and eyesight, so it makes an excellent watchdog.
It wants to please its master and is more easily obedience trained than most other terriers. This breed is not snappish, likes to bark and is very good with children provided they do not tease the dog. They are friendly with other dogs as well as other pets. However they may chase small animals outside the house and should be in a safe area at all times.
Strangers, on the other hand, may find these dogs unfriendly although they are really not excessively suspicious. This is a good dog to travel with. The training of the Australian Terrier needs to be strict because this self-confident dog prefers to follow its own ideas, although they learn very quickly. The Australian Terrier is a very economical breed to feed.
Appearance: The Australian Terrier stands around 10
inches (25 cm) high at the withers and weighs around 14 pounds
(7 kg). It is a low-set dog; the length of its body is longer
than its height at the withers. The Aussie has a high-set tail
that is customarily docked.
The head of the Australian Terrier is elongated, with a
slight stop and pricked ears. The ANKC breed standard
describes the dog's look as "hard bitten" and
"rugged". The eyes are small, dark, and oval and
must have a keen terrier expression. The leather of the nose
runs up to the bridge of the muzzle, which is described as
"strong".
The dog's coat is rough or harsh to the touch, with a soft
undercoat and a distinctive ruff around the neck. The breed
standard specifies that it should be untrimmed, but some
prefer to neaten the dog for the show ring. Acceptable colours
are shades of blue or grey with tan face markings, or red.
Temperament: The Aussie should have the personality
of a working terrier; its even disposition makes it suitable
for a companion dog.
History: The Australian Terrier was the first
native-bred Australian dog to be shown, and the first to be
recognized overseas. Its origins are uncertain, but its
immediate ancestor was without doubt developed in the United
Kingdom in the early 1800s from the precursors of today's
British and Scottish terriers. Some of these breeds are now
extinct, but the Aussie likely has a mixed ancestry comprising
the same dog types that produced today's Dandie Dinmont,
Manchester, Irish, and Cairn terriers.
A new rough-coated terrier was evident in Australia by the
late middle-nineteenth century; the selectively-bred terrier
was used for rodent and snake control, as a watchdog, and
occasionally for sheep herding.
The first Broken-coated Terriers were exhibited in
Melbourne in 1868 and the Australian Rough-Coated Terrier Club
was founded in Melbourne in 1887. The breed was exhibited as
the Australian Terrier, Rough-Coated in 1899. Official breed
status was granted in the UK in 1933 and in the US in 1960.
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