Editing Border Terrier (section)

== Characteristics ==
[[File:Border Terrier Kamu.jpg|right|thumb|A Border Terrier portrait]]

The Border Terrier was bred to have long enough legs to keep up with the horses and other foxhounds, which travelled with them, and small enough bodies to crawl in the burrows of foxes and chase them out so the hunters had a blank shot. The foxhounds that travelled with them were not small enough to do the Border Terrier's<ref>{{Cite web |date=Jun 30, 2021 |title=RUNNING WITH THE HOUNDS |url=https://www.thesouthernborderterrierclub.com/post/running-with-the-hounds }}</ref> job.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=RUNNING WITH THE HOUNDS |date=29 June 2021 |url=https://www.thesouthernborderterrierclub.com/post/running-with-the-hounds }}</ref>

Border Terriers have a broad skull and moderately short muzzle, and strong teeth.<ref name="terrier1">{{cite web|url=http://www.akc.org/breeds/border_terrier/index.cfm |title=American Kennel Club - Border Terrier |publisher=Akc.org |access-date=20 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219094851/http://akc.org/breeds/border_terrier/index.cfm |archive-date=19 February 2009}}</ref> The V-shaped ears are on the sides of the head and fall towards the cheeks.<ref name="terrier1" /> Common coat colours are grizzle-and-tan, blue-and-tan, red, or wheaten.<ref name="terrier1" /> Whiskers are few and short.<ref name="terrier1" /> The tail is moderately short, thick at the base and tapering.<ref name="terrier1" />

Narrow-bodied and well-proportioned, males stand {{convert|13|to|16|in|cm|abbr=on}} at the shoulder, and weigh {{convert|13|to|15.5|lb|kg|abbr=on}}; females {{convert|11|to|14|in|cm|abbr=on}} and {{convert|11.5|to|14|lb|kg}}.<ref name="terrier1"/>

The Border Terrier has a [[coat (dog)|double coat]] consisting of a short, dense, soft [[down hair|undercoat]] and harsh, wiry weather- and dirt-resistant, close-lying [[guard hair|outer coat]] with no curl or wave.