Terrier breeds

The breeds

Terriers were bred to work alone against quarry. Everything difficult about owning one follows from that, and none of it is fixed by the dog being small.

Airedale TerrierWhat an Airedale Terrier actually costs in India, why every published running cost on page one is a converted dollar figure, and...American Hairless TerrierWhat an American Hairless Terrier would cost in India if one existed, why the recessive SGK3 mutation makes this the only...American Pit Bull TerrierWhat a pitbull actually costs in India, which of the four breeds you are being sold, what the law says after three High Courts...American Staffordshire TerrierWhat an AmStaff costs in India, why the top result for this query prints Staffordshire Bull Terrier figures on an AmStaff page,...Andalusian TerrierSpain's sherry-cellar rat catcher, provisionally recognised by the FCI in 2024 and described by three official documents that...Australian Silky TerrierOne breed, three registries and two near-identical cousins. What the standards actually say about the Silky's single silky coat...Australian TerrierThere is no verified Australian Terrier price in India, and the measurements and coat facts that separate this breed from the...Bedlington TerrierThe copper toxicosis genetics read from the primary papers rather than repeated, carrier and affected rates given with their...Border TerrierThe published Indian prices are for a dog nobody in India appears to be selling, and the breed carries a gluten-linked movement...Brazilian TerrierA 10 kg Brazilian terrier with a naturally short or long tail, an inbreeding problem at home, and an origin climate cooler than...Bull TerrierWhat a Bull Terrier costs in India, why the egg-shaped head is written into the breed standard rather than bred by accident, how...Bull-type terrierThe phrase names a shelf in a registry, not a dog. Four FCI breeds sit on that shelf, their standards contradict each other,...Ca Rater MallorquíMallorca's ratting terrier, four kilos and built to jump: 2,119 in the studbook, a tail clause the whole internet misreads, and...Cairn TerrierA 6 to 7.5 kg Scottish earth terrier whose own kennel club now lists it At Watch, whose harsh coat has to be hand stripped in a...Cesky TerrierA 6 to 10 kg Czech terrier built in 1949 from two named breeds, the only terrier whose standard tells you to cut the coat rather...Fox TerrierTwo separate breeds share this name and no register anywhere holds a breed called simply Fox Terrier. Here is which is which, and...Glen of Imaal TerrierIreland's only short-legged terrier, recognised by its own national kennel club in 1934, down to 61 UK registrations in 2025,...Gull TerrierA white, erect-eared bull terrier type of the Punjab, primarily Pakistani rather than Indian, and used in dog fighting on both...Jack Russell TerrierWhat a Jack Russell Terrier costs in India, which of three Russell breeds you are actually being sold, why primary lens luxation...JagdterrierGermany's only mandatory-working-trial terrier, measured against Indian heat, Indian law and a standard that describes a docked...Parson Russell TerrierThree registry breeds share the Russell name at three different heights, and India sells all of them under one. Which one you are...Rat TerrierAn American farm ratter in two size varieties, with the deepest screening record of any breed in this batch, the third-highest...Scottish TerrierA 25 to 28 cm Aberdeen earth terrier that its own registry now lists At Watch rather than Vulnerable, whose harsh double coat was...Sealyham TerrierA 9 kg white Pembrokeshire earth terrier on the Royal Kennel Club's vulnerable list at 111 registrations, with 45.6 percent of...Skye TerrierA 25 cm Hebridean earth terrier that is twice as long as it is high, carries 16 to 20 kg on those short legs, appears exactly...Staffordshire Bull TerrierWhat a Staffordshire Bull Terrier costs in India, why published prices differ by ten times, the two DNA tests a buyer can demand,...Tenterfield TerrierAn Australian working terrier that Dogs Australia still classes as a Breed under Development, a status written to expire on 31...Valencian TerrierA small Valencian ratting terrier with two official standards that disagree about its proportions, its tail and even which...West Highland White TerrierA 28 cm white Argyll terrier whose own breed standard ends its coat clause with the words free from obvious skin problems, whose...Yorkshire TerrierWhat a Yorkshire Terrier costs in India, why the published prices disagree ninefold, what a 2026 study of 11,061 Yorkies found...

Compare the breeds side by side

To compare these 30 breeds directly, read across the table rather than down the guides. Heat tolerance is a Bonbeno rating out of 5 for Indian conditions, and the reasoning behind each one sits on the breed's own page.

What matters in this group

The points below are what the evidence on these 30 guides actually supports, not what the category is assumed to mean.

• Prey drive is the defining trait of the group and the one Indian sellers never mention. A dog selected for centuries to pursue and dispatch small animals without waiting for instruction is not a neutral flatmate for a cat, a rabbit or an unsupervised balcony, and no amount of training removes the instinct.
• Noise is a close second. Terriers were bred to give voice on finding quarry, which in an Indian apartment block becomes a neighbour problem rather than a useful signal. It is manageable with work and it is not trainable to zero.
• The group spans an unusually wide health picture, from small breeds whose recurring costs are dental disease and patellar luxation to the bull types whose joint screening data differs sharply between breeds people treat as interchangeable. Each guide gives that breed's own figures rather than the group's average.