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Preface | xv | |
Chapter 1. | The Terriers of Scotland: "The Most Ancient Dog of Britain" | 3 |
Early Terrier History | 4 | |
Terriers in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries | 5 | |
Terriers in the Nineteenth Century | 6 | |
Terriers in Scotland | 9 | |
The Most Ancient Dog of Britain? | 10 | |
Chapter 2. | The Blue Paul Terrier: The Fighting Dog of Scotland | 11 |
Chapter 3. | The Clydesdale or Paisley Terrier: "The Most Beautiful of Terriers" | 17 |
Chapter 4. | The Cairn Terrier: The Original Scottish Terrier? | 23 |
The "Short-Haired Skye" | 23 | |
The Working Cairn | 24 | |
"Tod-hunters" | 27 | |
Chapter 5. | The Origin of the Cairn Terrier | 29 |
The Elusive Cairn of Old | 29 | |
Early Literature | 30 | |
The Artistic Evidence | 34 | |
The "Ancient" Cairn | 36 | |
Chapter 6. | The Cairn Terrier: Breed Recognition and Early Winners | 37 |
In Britain | 37 | |
In North America | 45 | |
Chapter 7. | The West Highland White Terrier: Definitely Not Just a Baby Face! | 51 |
The Working Westie | 52 | |
From Working to Show Bench | 54 | |
Chapter 8. | The Origin of the West Highland White Terrier | 55 |
"Pure" Terriers | 55 | |
The Problem of Color | 56 | |
A Tantalizing Piece of Evidence | 60 | |
That Ubiquitous "Spanish Dog" | 60 | |
Family Connections | 61 | |
Definitely Not a "White Scottie" | 68 | |
Chapter 9. | The Westie: Breed Recognition and Early Winners | 69 |
In Britain | 69 | |
In North America | 78 | |
Chapter 10. | The Skye Terrier: "The Heavenly Breed" With the Heart of a Lion | 85 |
Unique Conformation | 86 | |
From Sport to Show Bench | 88 | |
Chapter 11. | The Origin of the Skye Terrier | 91 |
Nineteenth Century Theories | 93 | |
Twentieth Century Theories | 99 | |
Whither the Skye Terrier? | 103 | |
Chapter 12. | The Skye Terrier: Breed Recognition and Early Winners | 107 |
In Britain | 107 | |
In North America | 114 | |
Chapter 13. | The Dandie Dinmont Terrier: More Than a Fictional Character | 119 |
Sir Walter Scott and the Dandie Dinmont Terrier | 119 | |
The Sporting Dandie | 120 | |
The Dandie and Badgers | 122 | |
The Superdog Phenomenon and the Dandie | 124 | |
Today's Dandie Dinmont | 126 | |
Chapter 14. | The Origin of the Dandie Dinmont Terrier | 127 |
The "Gypsy" Connection | 128 | |
The "Piper" Allan Connection | 130 | |
The James Davidson Connection | 132 | |
The Nineteenth Century Cynologists and Their Theories | 135 | |
Twentieth Century Theories for the Origin of the Dandie | 140 | |
And so... | 142 | |
Chapter 15. | The Dandie Dinmont Terrier: Breed Recognition and Early Winners | 145 |
In Britain | 145 | |
In North America | 152 | |
Chapter 16. | The Scottish Terrier: The Little "Diehard" | 155 |
The "Scotch" Terrier and the Scottish Terrier | 155 | |
The Working Scot | 157 | |
Today's Scottie | 160 | |
Chapter 17. | The Origin of the Scottish Terrier | 161 |
Controversy | 161 | |
Two Conflicting Views | 162 | |
From Cairn Terrier to Scottish Terrier | 166 | |
Whither the Scottie? | 168 | |
Chapter 18. | The Scottish Terrier: Breed Recognition and Early Winners | 169 |
In Britain | 169 | |
In North America | 176 | |
Chapter 19. | The Terriers of Ireland: Enigmas Wrapped in a Riddle | 185 |
The Riddle | 185 | |
Breed Similarities | 186 | |
The Tangled Ancestry | 188 | |
The Theories | 190 | |
Who Came First? | 193 | |
Chapter 20. | The Kerry Blue Terrier: Ireland's All-Purpose Terrier | 197 |
Terriers and Badgers--What Can We Believe? | 197 | |
Hunting at Home and Abroad | 198 | |
The Protective Kerry | 200 | |
Chapter 21. | The Origin of the Kerry Blue Terrier | 203 |
Narrowing the Focus | 210 | |
Chapter 22. | The Kerry Blue Terrier: Breed Recognition and Early Winners | 215 |
In Britain | 215 | |
In North America | 217 | |
Chapter 23. | The Glen of Imaal Terrier: The Fighting Irish? | 221 |
Chapter 24. | The Origin of the Glen of Imaal Terrier | 225 |
The Theories | 225 | |
History and Geography | 226 | |
The Wheaten Factor | 227 | |
Enter the Cairn | 229 | |
The Bulldog and Bull and Terrier | 230 | |
The Glen | 231 | |
Chapter 25. | The Glen of Imaal Terrier: The Road to Recognition | 233 |
In Ireland | 233 | |
In England | 234 | |
In North America | 235 | |
Chapter 26. | The Irish Terrier: Ireland's Red Devil | 237 |
The Heroic Irish | 238 | |
Rough Roots | 239 | |
The Hunting Dog | 240 | |
The War Dog | 242 | |
Chapter 27. | The Origin of the Irish Terrier | 245 |
The Theories | 245 | |
The "Scottish" Terrier Influence | 249 | |
The Irish Wolfhound Influence | 251 | |
The Soft Coated Wheaten Influence | 254 | |
Bulldog and Bull Terrier Influence | 254 | |
The Kerry Blue Influence | 256 | |
Whither the Irish Terrier? | 258 | |
Chapter 28. | The Irish Terrier: Breed Recognition and Early Winners | 259 |
In Britain | 259 | |
In North America | 266 | |
Chapter 29. | The Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier: An Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove | 271 |
A Sporting Heritage | 271 | |
Chapter 30. | The Origin of the Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier | 273 |
A Lack of Data | 273 | |
Possible Ancestors | 275 | |
Chapter 31. | The Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier: Breed Recognition and Early Winners | 281 |
In Ireland | 281 | |
In England | 283 | |
In North America | 284 | |
Chapter 32. | The Riddle Solved? | 287 |
Bibliography | 289 | |
Index | 295 |
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