Information on Smooth Fox Terriers
The following article was written by Riley's breeder, Mrs. Wendy Ellwood, and it is an excellent explaination of how the dogs assembly should correctly be made and work. This article was published in the The American Fox Terrier Club Newsletter Fall of 2007:
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For viewers that have arrived on this page to find out WHAT makes a Fox Terrier a Fox Terrier, the following websites and article will be of great help. Sometimes it is hard to compute in ones mind just what 'breeding to the Standard' means. What the 'Standard' is, is written words describing the points of how the breed is suppost to look, act and move like - hence, making it different than....say, a Poodle, or a Lab. Each breed has it's own written Standard - and each Breeder interpets the Standard a bit differently - but the essense boils down to specifics, like balance, movement and disqualifications. The following will help readers figure out just what makes a Fox Terrier a Fox Terrier, and why breeding to the Standard is so very important.
This is an excellent example of a top quality
Smooth Fox Terrier
