what are patterdales like?

fly_dragon_fly

hello,

we viewed a patterdale yesterday that needs re-homing but i've never dealt with the breed before, can anyone advise please

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ameliarate

They are not all the same. I have a Patterdale B!tch who is frankly mad as a hatter. She runs off willy nilly, she will have a nip at people if you are not careful, I honestly believe she thinks it is funny because it is literally just a nip, and she completely runs the house. She is loving and funny and loves other dogs but she doesn't believe she is a dog at all. She is great with kids. She will not run for a ball, it is beneath her.

I have another Patterdale who is scared of her own shadow, hates other dogs and kids, but loves to cuddle up to you on a night, will chase and fetch a ball until she collapses from exhaustion, her greed knows no bounds and so she is quite easy to train with food.

Sorry I'm not much help am I?

ameliarate

oh, and they both yap incessantly.

candykisses

My friend has two patterdales, both male littermates, think they are 6 years old now.

I can honestly say they are two of the most sociable dogs I have met.

We actually met up through doggysnaps.com, there are a lot of group walks arranged there and me and my hubby have met up with my friend and her hubby and taken the dogs with us to dog friendly pubs for a meals and other social gatherings and they both behaved immpecably.

As with all breeds, I suppose you have to consider that it's often their environment that has an outcome on their behaviour, ie. my friend does exercise them regularly, they are socialised to the extreme so that makes for good behaviour.

Perhaps if you google the breed it will tell you more about their breed traits and personality.

Wishing you luck

fly_dragon_fly

thanks for the replies.

when we meet him yesterday, he was barking and shy/ nervous but after 10 minutes he warmed to me and my son and let us tickle his belly etc whilst he warmed to my husband 15 minutes or so.

he was a very yappy dog until you told him to shhhh with your finger to your mouth.

i have trained collies and if my girl who lives at my mothers was 14 and use to a house full of dogs i would have her like that but its unfair to remove her from a house that is alive with dogs.

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