Smooth Fox Terrier Did You Know?

• The Smooth Fox Terrier was originally bred to go to ground, their innate sense to dig comes out unless taught otherwise.



• Herbert Hoover had two Fox Terriers named Big Ben and Sonnie.



• His job was to harass a fox out of its hole. The dog would snap and growl and lunge at the hiding fox until it bolted.



• The Smooth is thought to have come about from crosses of the Old English Terrier, smooth coated Black and Tan terriers of England, Bull Terriers, Greyhounds and Beagles.



• They can be traced back to the middle of the 19th century when both smooth and broken coated were from the same origins and classed as one breed.



• The breed Standard for this dog was drawn up in 1876 by Officers of The Fox Terrier Club and there are few differences with today's Standard. Now the weight for dogs is more clearly stated and docking, though customary, is optional.