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Breed Club

The Origins And History Of The

ETT Club Committee member Steve Inch Dog Shows at the time regularly attracted
(Edalene) looks into the history behind the entries of between 40-60 Black And Tans with
establishment of The English Toy Terrier (Black one London Show in 1863 attracting nearly
And Tan) Club – the only ETT breed club 100 entries divided into three groups by weight.
recognised by the Kennel Club – and gives an Equally common however were unregulated dog
insight into the work which the club is currently shows, often taking place in the back rooms of
doing to support the development and promotion pubs. Reports from the time suggest that the
of this vulnerable native breed. early show rings saw “various guises of Black
And Tan with motley collections of size and
The Black And Tan coating“. Cross
breeding was
Although The English Toy Terrier (Black &Tan) common and
Club formally celebrated its 80th anniversary there were
in 2018 the origins of the club go back much no approved
further. To understand and appreciate this it standards
is necessary to understand how the canine to which
world was changing in the latter part of the 19th breeders could
Century. The last 25 years of that Century saw operate. In
a number of developments which provided the fact many of
foundations for much of the dog breeding and the UK breeds
showing which we take for granted today. Until we know today
the 1870’s dog breeding and showing was are products of
largely unregulated with, for example, several cross breeding
varieties of coloured Terriers, with no real – and the ETT
categorisation other than Smooth Coat Black as we know it
and Tans and Rough Coat Black And Tans. is no different.

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