MANCHESTER TERRIER APPRECIATION PAGES

• Lily at three months old

• Lily grows up and has three puppies

  • The Packs Pedigree

  • Smudge wears red

  • Peewee wears blue

  • Percy wears black

  • Lily and The Gang of Three

  • Smudge and Percytoo

• Lily & Percytoo

• More Percy 2005-

• Percy 2009

Our first Manchester Terrier was Ratty who lived with us for 13 years.

Lily is the second. Lily had three sons in March 2004 all of whom we were going to sell; however when it came to the crunch we just couldn't part with PercyToo, so he is now a permanent part of the family.

Lily aged 4 years and Percy 4 months

Ratty aged 13 in 1999

We have also discovered that a Step-Great-Grand-Aunt had a Manchester Terrier in Bath around 1900.

Manchester Terriers:-

They make wonderful pets and great family dogs.
They are very clean and probably the least smelly breed of dog.
Amongst moulting dogs, their short dark hair may be the least problem around the house.
Even on a wet day, their tidy feet lose 90% of the mud as they walk across a Turtle Mat at the door.

Their bad side is that Manchesters are very good at training their Owners to do exactly what they want.

A memorable quote referring to Manchesters: "A privilege once granted is a right forever".

Our opinion and not necessarily the official Kennel Club view or any one else's : -

Remember they were bred to be Ratters that could be carried to work in a very large pocket.
They should be bred to be small enough to at least fit into a large shoulder bag.
They should be bold, quick and intelligent.

They should be taken to meet and be handled by lots of different people when they are very young; then
as adults they will enjoy meeting people and, more importantly, your friends will enjoy meeting them.

They are very fast and should have lots of space to race and play and lots of different things to do.

Discover more at the British Manchester Terrier Club.

Lily & PercyToo in pursuit of an Aerobie
Slow frame photography by David Dalgety (allow time to load).

'Rat-Catching at the Blue Anchor Tavern, Bunhill Row, Finsbury', c1850. A Manchester terrier called Tiny the Wonder is attempting to kill two hundred barn rats in under an hour, a feat which he accomplished on two separate occasions, on 28th March 1848 and 27th March 1849. Count d'Orsay is among the audience, and the man in the centre holding a watch is the time-keeper. Tiny was owned by Jimmy Shaw, the proprietor of the Blue Anchor Inn, who could store up to 2000 farm rats in his establishment.

(Original Painting copyright Museum of London from whom prints may be purchased).