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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{EngvarB|date=May 2021}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox dog breed | image =Border_Terrier.jpg | image_caption = Male Border Terrier | name = Border Terrier | country = United Kingdom |weight = |maleweight = 6β7 kg (13β15.5 lb){{r|kc}} |femaleweight = 5β6.5 kg (11.5β14 lb){{r|kc}} |height = |maleheight = |femaleheight = |coat = Harsh and dense; with close undercoat. |colour = Red, wheaten, grizzle and tan, or blue and tan. |litter_size = |life_span = 14.2 years | kc_name = [[The Kennel Club]] | kc_std = https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/breed-standards/terrier/border-terrier/ | fcistd = http://www.fci.be/Nomenclature/Standards/010g03-en.pdf }} The '''Border Terrier''' is a British [[dog breed|breed]] of small, rough-coated [[terrier]]. It originates from the area of the Anglo-Scottish border, and shares ancestry with the [[Dandie Dinmont Terrier]] and the [[Bedlington Terrier]] from the same area.<ref name="Oberlin">{{Cite web |url=http://www.oberlin.edu/faculty/scarrier/Border_Terrier/Border_History.html |title=History of the Border Terrier |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140723062738/http://www.oberlin.edu/faculty/scarrier/Border_Terrier/Border_History.html |archive-date=23 July 2014}}</ref> The dogs were traditionally used in [[fox-hunting]], and worked with the Border Hunt in [[Northumberland]]. The breed was officially recognised by [[The Kennel Club]] in Great Britain in 1920, and by the [[American Kennel Club]] in 1930.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
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