First and Second Thighs.—Strong and well muscled.
Feet.—Of a hare shape, but compact. A typical Welsh Terrier should be compactly built all over.
Club.—Welsh Terrier.
The Dandie-Dinmont
It was not until 1814 that this variety of dog received his present name, through Sir Walter Scott having written Guy Mannering, in which the hero, Dandie Dinmont, plays such a conspicuous part.
To the Field, so far back as 1778, a Mr J. Davidson wrote a letter as to how James Davidson, the original Dandie Dinmont, came into the possession of his first Dandies, the chief of this account being as follows:—
"The Border Muggers were great breeders of Terriers, and in their wanderings the different tribes would meet once or twice yearly at some of the border villages. If they could not get a badger, they would try their dogs on a foumart (wildcat) or a hedgehog.
"Jock Anderson, the head of the tribe, had a red bitch that for such work beat all the dogs that came over the border.
"Geordie Faa had a wire-haired dog that was the terror of all the dogs in the district, and that was good at badger, fox, or foumart.