Paisley Terrier – Video Learning – WizScience.com
the Paisley Terrier was a breed of
terrier type dog from Great Britain the
breed is now extinct the Paisley Terrier
was bred primarily as a pet and show dog
version of the Skye Terrier and was the
progenitor of today’s yorkshire terrier
the breed was called the Paisley Terrier
since most of the dogs came from that
location but it was also called the
Clydesdale Terrier for another location
in the Clyde Valley where the dogs were
bred the appearance of the Paisley
Terrier was similar to the Skye Terrier
but was shorter backed and weighed
around 7 kilograms about half the weight
of today’s Skye Terrier the breed had a
flowing silvery soft jacket of blue and
10 and was shown along with the
hard-coded Skye Terriers they were
further described as having a great
profusion of silky fur with very
profusely feathering to differentiated
from the sky it was nicknamed the silkie
from the earliest time of the breed the
beauty of the coat won prizes at dog
shows traditionally the dogs were shown
standing on a box so that the length of
the silky coat could be shown to its
best advantage
the Paisley Terrier was described in
1894 as an excellent house dog and most
suitable for a lady who wishes something
more substantial than a toy but the care
requirements for the coat made it less
desirable than some other popular breeds
as a pet in a book written in 1894 the
authors speculate that the Paisley
Terrier was created by fanciers in
Glasgow who selected Skye Terriers with
short backs and long silky coats until
they bred fairly truly
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