There is one person that played an important role in the
History of the Scottish terrier’s. It was King James VI and he became James I
of England in the 17th Century. King James sent six Scottie Terriers to the
French monarch as a gift; because of his love and his adoration for the
Scotties the breed increased their popularity throughout the world.
In the 19th century most of the dog writers seem to agree
that there were two varieties of the existing in Britain at the time. The one
was a rough haired so called Scotch terrier and the other one was a smooth
haired English Terrier.
In 1829 Thomas Brown in his book Biological Sketches and
Authentic Anecdotes of Dog he say that "the Scotch terrier is certainly
the purest in point of breed and the (smooth) English seems to have been
produced by a cross from him". Brown describe the Scotch Terriers
"low in stature, with a strong muscular body, short stout legs, a head
large in proportion to the body and was generally of a sandy colour or black
with a long matted and hard coat".
The Scottish Terriers is developed for hunting small animals
in the Scottish Highlands in the early 19th century. A description that shares
characteristics with what was once known as the Aberdeen Terrier and is today known
as the Scottish Terrier. In the paintings of Sir Edwin Landseer and an 1835
lithograph entitled "Scottish Terriers at Work on a Cairn in the West
Highlands both depict Scottie Type Terriers very similar to those described in
the first Scottish Terrier Standard".
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