📊Group | 📌 |
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📊Size | Medium📌 |
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📊Utilization | Versatile farmyard dog, family pet, guard dog with utter contempt for danger or hurt, hunter and gundog |
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✨Appearance | The dog must present an active, lively, lithe and wiry appearance; lots of substance, at the same time free of clumsiness, as speed and endurance as well as power is very essential. |
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🖍️Nicknames | Irish Red Terrier Red Devil |
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🌐Country of origin | Ireland |
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⌛Lifespan, years | 12 - 15 |
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📏Height | 45 cm - 48 cm |
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⚖Weight | 11 kg - 12 kg |
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🌡Temperament | The Irish Terrier is remarkably loyal, good tempered, and affectionate with mankind, but once he is attacked, he has the courage of a lion and will fight to the bitter end. |
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📜History | Ireland has produced four Terrier breeds, all of which are markedly different from terriers on the continent and in England. The Irish Terrier is possibly the oldest of the Irish terrier breeds, but records are so scarce that it would be difficult to prove this conclusively. The first breed club was set up in Dublin on March 31st, 1879. |
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