Giant/Decker Rat terrier
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I have a 12 year old one from FireMnt kennels. I can't say enough good about them.
I will definitely get another eventually. Hannah has never been a healthy dog but she's a fluke, they tend to be pretty healthy dogs. I do worry about their knees though, they tend like most terriers to have pretty straight knees.
I have my eye on a few kennels here and there, these are two of them:
http://imageevent.com/ratpkken;jsessionid=26jgn16to1.tiger_s
http://imageevent.com/pecatonica
I have owned 2 and dealt with a few others, do you have any specific questions?
I will definitely get another eventually. Hannah has never been a healthy dog but she's a fluke, they tend to be pretty healthy dogs. I do worry about their knees though, they tend like most terriers to have pretty straight knees.
I have my eye on a few kennels here and there, these are two of them:
http://imageevent.com/ratpkken;jsessionid=26jgn16to1.tiger_s
http://imageevent.com/pecatonica
I have owned 2 and dealt with a few others, do you have any specific questions?
I have a 12 year old one from FireMnt kennels. I can't say enough good about them.
I will definitely get another eventually. Hannah has never been a healthy dog but she's a fluke, they tend to be pretty healthy dogs. I do worry about their knees though, they tend like most terriers to have pretty straight knees.
I have my eye on a few kennels here and there, these are two of them:
http://imageevent.com/ratpkken;jsessionid=26jgn16to1.tiger_s
http://imageevent.com/pecatonica
I have owned 2 and dealt with a few others, do you have any specific questions?
I will definitely get another eventually. Hannah has never been a healthy dog but she's a fluke, they tend to be pretty healthy dogs. I do worry about their knees though, they tend like most terriers to have pretty straight knees.
I have my eye on a few kennels here and there, these are two of them:
http://imageevent.com/ratpkken;jsessionid=26jgn16to1.tiger_s
http://imageevent.com/pecatonica
I have owned 2 and dealt with a few others, do you have any specific questions?
Hannah lives with my mom across town, she stayed there when I moved in with 5 roommates, she hates strangers and it was too stressful for her. Does that help? 
We borrow her occasionally now and then, she's still my heart dog right along with Shamoo, but she's healthiest where she is, where it is quiet.
She's in the background here, she loves Backup.
We borrow her occasionally now and then, she's still my heart dog right along with Shamoo, but she's healthiest where she is, where it is quiet. She's in the background here, she loves Backup.
As for drive, they tend to be very similar to other RTs. They can be a bit more aloof and I have found a more serious attribute to them. They are still as obsessively devoted to their owners. To this day Hannah doesn't light up with anyone like she does with me, which is depressing sometimes but she's healthier where she is now.
Hannah was a ball player but never obsessive. She was great in agility but extremely sticky, she hated distance. When presented with a fight she was in for the kill, Shamoo my white/black pit bull has a funky ear from Hannah mutilating it in a fight (another stellar reason it's safer they are apart). She's also gone under the water, almost drown, and continued fighting my friends corgi mix. Hannah was tested on hogs but was seen as "too careless".
Her sister, Terra, was much more level and cocky and social. I think she went on to work hogs after she was returned (the two tried to kill one another as pups).
Basically, tough little dogs, driven but not obsessive. Intensely devoted but not needy and SA suffering. Smart dogs, not hard to convince to work with you but rarely silly dogs.
Hannah was a ball player but never obsessive. She was great in agility but extremely sticky, she hated distance. When presented with a fight she was in for the kill, Shamoo my white/black pit bull has a funky ear from Hannah mutilating it in a fight (another stellar reason it's safer they are apart). She's also gone under the water, almost drown, and continued fighting my friends corgi mix. Hannah was tested on hogs but was seen as "too careless".
Her sister, Terra, was much more level and cocky and social. I think she went on to work hogs after she was returned (the two tried to kill one another as pups).
Basically, tough little dogs, driven but not obsessive. Intensely devoted but not needy and SA suffering. Smart dogs, not hard to convince to work with you but rarely silly dogs.
I know there is one that kicks some serious butt on the agility field.
We had one at the daycare I worked at. Didn't generally do any serious playing with other dogs, but he liked to be there and just do his own thing. I know I have pictures of him somewhere, though of course I can't seem to find them.
He was all terrier though.
We had one at the daycare I worked at. Didn't generally do any serious playing with other dogs, but he liked to be there and just do his own thing. I know I have pictures of him somewhere, though of course I can't seem to find them.
He was all terrier though.
Sure, ratties have always been special to me, Jody the one I grew up with was one serious hunting girl. Looking back I wonder if she was a % Decker. Black Tri at 18" and 28 pounds with some CRAZY prey drive the girl would go after bear if I would have let her.
Yup you posted him on a thread you started the pool party one he is one seriously handsome dude.
Yup you posted him on a thread you started the pool party one
he is one seriously handsome dude.
Definitely sounds decker enough, they're pretty awesome.
Sometimes it amazes me how she's aged.
IMG_3613 by AdrianneIsabel, on Flickr
She moves with consistent twitches now but damned if she's not still full of fire. Her uncle lost a leg to a hog and still hunted for I think about a year before being bore and dying from internal injuries. They considered keeping him off the game but he was ridiculously depressed without it. He went out the way he was bred to go.
I just tried to find the link but I guess the website isn't up anymore. Gary Fuller with Fuller's American Bulldogs used to hunt with Hannahs stock. He's a great resource if you're looking for dedicated hunting stock.
This is the closest I have... It's one of her relatives but not the uncle.
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m79/TradingUp/Misc/5.jpg (left as a link because there is a hog catch in the photo)
Sometimes it amazes me how she's aged.
IMG_3613 by AdrianneIsabel, on Flickr
She moves with consistent twitches now but damned if she's not still full of fire. Her uncle lost a leg to a hog and still hunted for I think about a year before being bore and dying from internal injuries. They considered keeping him off the game but he was ridiculously depressed without it. He went out the way he was bred to go.
I just tried to find the link but I guess the website isn't up anymore. Gary Fuller with Fuller's American Bulldogs used to hunt with Hannahs stock. He's a great resource if you're looking for dedicated hunting stock.
This is the closest I have... It's one of her relatives but not the uncle.
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m79/TradingUp/Misc/5.jpg (left as a link because there is a hog catch in the photo)
Deckers is a bloodline basically. It's been given its own standard and is recognized commonly as a subset breed of rat terriers but it can be intrabred. They're bigger in height, muscle, stronger heads, and tending towards a "bigger dog" temper avoiding the "snippy little dog" temper that some of the smaller RTs can have.
My mom has Hannah (Deckers) and a standard rat terrier and though they can be subtle the differences extend beyond size alone, ime.
My mom has Hannah (Deckers) and a standard rat terrier and though they can be subtle the differences extend beyond size alone, ime.