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Australian Silky Terriers History

THE AUSTRALIAN SILKY TERRIER "HISTORY"

"The Only Australian Toy Dog"

(ARTICLE RESEARCHED BY HELMUT DRESSLER AND BRETT WALTHER FOR THE )

AUSTRALIAN SILKY TERRIER Web CLUB OF QUEENSLAND.

MANY DIFFERENT THEORIES HAVE BEEN GIVEN OVER THE YEARS REGARDING THE ORIGIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN SILKY TERRIER.

THE TRUE ORIGIN IS CLOUDED BECAUSE LITTLE, IF ANY TRUE RECORDS EXIST FROM THE LATE 19TH CENTURY WHEN THE SILKY

FIRST APPEARED. IN THE EARLY COLONIAL DAYS, TRAVEL TO AUSTRALIA TO ENGLAND TOOK MANY MONTHS. SPACE ON THE SHIPS

WAS RESTRICTED, AS WAS THE AMOUNT OF FOOD THAT COULD BE CARRIED.SO EXCEPT FOR A FEW WORKING DOGS. MOST

-CARRIED BREEDS ON THE SHIPS WERE SHORT-LEGGED TERRIERS, SUCH AS THE SANDY ROUGH COATED SCOTCH TERRIER, PAISLEY

TERRIER, SKYE TERRIER, CLYDESDALE TERRIER AND WATERSIDE TERRIER. ROSENEATH -TERRIER, THESE WERE INTERBRED OVER

THE YEARS TO PRODUCE A BROKEN -COATED TERRIER. FROM THIS STAGE THERE ARE SEVERAL THEORIES REGARDING THE

PRODUCTION OF THE SILKY TERRIER. ONE THEORY IS THAT IN THE EARLY 1800" S BROKEN- COATED DOGS WITH A BLUE BODY

COLOR AND TAN MARKINGS WERE DEVELOPED IN TASMANIA. THEY WERE EXCELLENT WATCH DOGS, ALERT AND WITH AN

INSTINCTIVE REACTION TO BARK AT ANY APPROACHING STRANGERS. WERE EXPORTED TO ENGLAND. BETWEEN 1820-1830 SOME

BROKEN-COATED TERRIERS THESE WERE MATED WITH THE DANDY DIN MONT TERRIER. SOME OF THESE OFFSPRING WERE

IMPORTED BACK TO AUSTRALIA BY MR. MAC ARTHUR LITTLE. THE RESULT CAN BE SEEN IN THE SOFT SILVER TOP KNOT OF THE

AUSTRALIAN SILKY TERRIER. SEVERAL HAD DEVELOPED A SOFTER COAT AND WERE REFERRED TO AS THE SOFT SILKY BLUE COATED

TERRIER. IN FOLLOWING YEARS , TWO SEPARATE STRAINS OF TERRIERS WERE DEVELOPED, ONE THE AUSTRALIAN TERRIER AND

THE OTHER SOFT- COATED TERRIER ALTHOUGH SIMILAR IN COLOR. IN THE EARLY 1900"S FANCIERS OF THESE SOFT-COATED

TERRIERS PREFERRED A LONGER AND EVEN SOFTER AND SMOOTHER COAT TO ENHANCE THE DOGS' ATTRACTIVENESS AND DRAW IT

AWAY FROM THE RUGGED TERRIER APPEARANCE. THIS IS WHERE THE YORKSHIRE TERRIER WAS INTRODUCED TO THE SOFT

-COATED AUSTRALIAN - TYPE TERRIER TO PRODUCE THE AUSTRALIAN SILKY TERRIER. THE SECOND THEORY STILL FOLLOWS THE

THOUGHT THAT THE AUSTRALIAN TERRIER ORIGINATED FROM THE CROSS BREEDING OF THE BROKEN-COATED TERRIER AND THE

DANDY DIN MONT TERRIER. THIS RESULTED IN THE EARLY AUSTRALIAN TERRIERS HAVING A SOFT SILKY SILVER TOP KNOT.

YEARS LATER THE AUSTRALIAN TERRIER BREEDERS CROSS BRED LARGER YORKSHIRE TERRIERS WITH THE AUSTRALIAN TERRIER

TO IMPROVE THE BLUE AND TAN COLORING WHICH WAS LACKING . THE RESULTS OF THESE MATINGS INTRODUCED A NEW BREED,

THE AUSTRALIAN TERRIER. THE CROSS BREEDING BETWEEN THE THREE BREEDS CONTINUED FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL PROHIBITED.

IN 1904 A SILKY TERRIER AND YORKSHIRE TERRIER CLUB WAS FORMED IN MELBOURNE, WHERE A BREED STANDARD WAS WRITTEN

FOR BOTH BREEDS. SYDNEY FOLLOWED WITH THEIR OWN SILKY- AND STANDARD TWO YEARS LATER. IN 1932 THE KENNEL CONTROL

COUNCIL OF VICTORIA PROHIBITED CROSS BREEDING BETWEEN THE SILKY, AUSTRALIAN TERRIER AND YORKSHIRE TERRIER TO

PROTECT BREED IDENTITY, AS SMALL SILKY TERRIERS WERE BECOMING DIFFICULT TO SEPARATE FROM LARGE YORKSHIRE

TERRIERS. ON 30TH MARCH 1959 THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL KENNEL COUNCIL APPROVED AND ADOPTED A STANDARD FOR THE

BREED AND CHANGED THE NAME TO THE AUSTRALIAN -SILKY -TERRIER. DURING THE DRAFTING OF THE NATIONAL STANDARD,

THE SILKIES WERE WEIGHED , MEASURED IN HEIGHT AND SIZE, COLOR WAS DEFINED AS BLUE AND TAN OR GREY BLUE AND TAN AND

BODY CONFORMATION WAS DEFINED. THE STANDARD WAS LATER AMENDED IN THE 1970'S TO INCLUDE A FAWN TOP KNOT AS

ACCEPTABLE. SEVERAL OTHER THEORIES EXIST, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT PART OF BOTH STORIES ARE NON-FICTION AND COMBINE

TO REPRESENT THE TRUE ORIGIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN SILKY TERRIER - WHO KNOWS ??!! / A - More History Silky Terrier-->

Key Benefits of the Breed:

Benefit (1) The Australian Silky Terrier is courageous, robust, elegant, and graceful and according to his name he has a shiny blue and tan, or gray blue and tan coat, which dos not shed. The Silky is more suitable to the Australian climate and is much easier to handle generally.

Benefit (2) The Only Australian Toy Dog -The Silky Terrier is protective of its own territory, making it a good little watchdog,

Benefit (3) Life expectancy is approx. 14 years.

Benefit (4) Bring your home to life. Looking for something special for your home? Instant gorgeous love! If you don't have a dog get one.

Benefit (5) The Silky Terrier has very fine hair. It is similar to human hair and does not shed like other breeds.

This is part of Austrailan Silky Terrier History

Poster - Silky Terrier Club of QLD-0

Notice to Members of the Dog World Fraternity.

As from 1st January 1988, the Australian Silky Terrier Club of Queensland
has been granted its Affiliation and the above has been approved by the
Members of the Club as it's Official Logo.

Membership to the Club can be made by contacting the Secretary.
Mrs. Lorna Hinsch, Suart Street, Goodna, 4300. Phone: (07) xxxxxxx.

ORIGINAL RE-PRODUCED AND SUPPLIED BY Helmut Dressler

From January 1, 1988 Queensland will join, at last, with the southern states in
having an Affiliated Breed Club "The Australian Silky Terrier Club of Queensland"-
A dream, a wish, a reality for all those devoted to the improvement and betterment
of the Australian Silky Terrier in Queensland. But all this is History - Thank you

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