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	Terrier Group Dogs of the terrier group have in common the proclivity to kill rodents and vermin, often by digging or going to ground after them. The word terrier, in fact, refers to earth, or terra. Some terriers were developed in part to kill rats in pit contests, and later to fight against each other. The vermin-catching terriers are roughly divided into long-legged and short-legged breeds. Airedaile Terrier American Staffordshire Terrier Australian Terrier Bedlington Terrier Border Terrier Bull Terrier Cairn Terrier Dandie Dinmont Terrier Glen of Imaal Terrier Irish Terrier Kerry Blue Terrier Lakeland Terrier Manchester Terrier Miniature Bull Terrier Miniature Schnauzer Norfolk Terrier Norwich Terrier Parson Russell Terrier Scottish Terrier Sealyham Terrier Skye Terrier Smooth Fox Terrier Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier Staffordshire Bull Terrier Welsh Terrier West Highland White Terrier Wire Fox Terrier

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