Australian Silky Terriers History
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FIRST APPEARED. IN THE EARLY COLONIAL DAYS, TRAVEL TO AUSTRALIA TO ENGLAND TOOK MANY MONTHS. SPACE ON THE SHIPS[link:4]
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WAS RESTRICTED, AS WAS THE AMOUNT OF FOOD THAT COULD BE CARRIED.SO EXCEPT FOR A FEW WORKING DOGS. MOST[link:4]
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-CARRIED BREEDS ON THE SHIPS WERE SHORT-LEGGED TERRIERS, SUCH AS THE SANDY ROUGH COATED SCOTCH TERRIER, PAISLEY[link:4]
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TERRIER, SKYE TERRIER, CLYDESDALE TERRIER AND WATERSIDE TERRIER. ROSENEATH -TERRIER, THESE WERE INTERBRED OVER[link:4]
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THE YEARS TO PRODUCE A BROKEN -COATED TERRIER. FROM THIS STAGE THERE ARE SEVERAL THEORIES REGARDING THE [link:4]
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PRODUCTION OF THE SILKY TERRIER. ONE THEORY IS THAT IN THE EARLY 1800" S BROKEN- COATED DOGS WITH A BLUE BODY [link:4]
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COLOR AND TAN MARKINGS WERE DEVELOPED IN TASMANIA. THEY WERE EXCELLENT WATCH DOGS, ALERT AND WITH AN [link:4]
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INSTINCTIVE REACTION TO BARK AT ANY APPROACHING STRANGERS. WERE EXPORTED TO ENGLAND. BETWEEN 1820-1830 SOME [link:4]
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BROKEN-COATED TERRIERS THESE WERE MATED WITH THE DANDY DIN MONT TERRIER. SOME OF THESE OFFSPRING WERE [link:4]
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IMPORTED BACK TO AUSTRALIA BY MR. MAC ARTHUR LITTLE. THE RESULT CAN BE SEEN IN THE SOFT SILVER TOP KNOT OF THE [link:4]
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AUSTRALIAN SILKY TERRIER. SEVERAL HAD DEVELOPED A SOFTER COAT AND WERE REFERRED TO AS THE SOFT SILKY BLUE COATED[link:4]
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TERRIER. IN FOLLOWING YEARS , TWO SEPARATE STRAINS OF TERRIERS WERE DEVELOPED, ONE THE AUSTRALIAN TERRIER AND[link:4]
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THE OTHER SOFT- COATED TERRIER ALTHOUGH SIMILAR IN COLOR. IN THE EARLY 1900"S FANCIERS OF THESE SOFT-COATED [link:4]
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TERRIERS PREFERRED A LONGER AND EVEN SOFTER AND SMOOTHER COAT TO ENHANCE THE DOGS' ATTRACTIVENESS AND DRAW IT[link:4]
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AWAY FROM THE RUGGED TERRIER APPEARANCE. THIS IS WHERE THE YORKSHIRE TERRIER WAS INTRODUCED TO THE SOFT[link:4]
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-COATED AUSTRALIAN - TYPE TERRIER TO PRODUCE THE AUSTRALIAN SILKY TERRIER. THE SECOND THEORY STILL FOLLOWS THE [link:4]
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THOUGHT THAT THE AUSTRALIAN TERRIER ORIGINATED FROM THE CROSS BREEDING OF THE BROKEN-COATED TERRIER AND THE [link:4]
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DANDY DIN MONT TERRIER. THIS RESULTED IN THE EARLY AUSTRALIAN TERRIERS HAVING A SOFT SILKY SILVER TOP KNOT.[link:4]
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YEARS LATER THE AUSTRALIAN TERRIER BREEDERS CROSS BRED LARGER YORKSHIRE TERRIERS WITH THE AUSTRALIAN TERRIER [link:4]
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TO IMPROVE THE BLUE AND TAN COLORING WHICH WAS LACKING . THE RESULTS OF THESE MATINGS INTRODUCED A NEW BREED,[link:4]
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THE AUSTRALIAN TERRIER. THE CROSS BREEDING BETWEEN THE THREE BREEDS CONTINUED FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL PROHIBITED.[link:4]
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IN 1904 A SILKY TERRIER AND YORKSHIRE TERRIER CLUB WAS FORMED IN MELBOURNE, WHERE A BREED STANDARD WAS WRITTEN[link:4]
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FOR BOTH BREEDS. SYDNEY FOLLOWED WITH THEIR OWN SILKY- AND STANDARD TWO YEARS LATER. IN 1932 THE KENNEL CONTROL[link:4]
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COUNCIL OF VICTORIA PROHIBITED CROSS BREEDING BETWEEN THE SILKY, AUSTRALIAN TERRIER AND YORKSHIRE TERRIER TO [link:4]
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PROTECT BREED IDENTITY, AS SMALL SILKY TERRIERS WERE BECOMING DIFFICULT TO SEPARATE FROM LARGE YORKSHIRE [link:4]
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TERRIERS. ON 30TH MARCH 1959 THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL KENNEL COUNCIL APPROVED AND ADOPTED A STANDARD FOR THE [link:4]
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BREED AND CHANGED THE NAME TO THE AUSTRALIAN -SILKY -TERRIER. DURING THE DRAFTING OF THE NATIONAL STANDARD,[link:4]
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THE SILKIES WERE WEIGHED , MEASURED IN HEIGHT AND SIZE, COLOR WAS DEFINED AS BLUE AND TAN OR GREY BLUE AND TAN AND[link:4]
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BODY CONFORMATION WAS DEFINED. THE STANDARD WAS LATER AMENDED IN THE 1970'S TO INCLUDE A FAWN TOP KNOT AS [link:4]
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ACCEPTABLE. SEVERAL OTHER THEORIES EXIST, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT PART OF BOTH STORIES ARE NON-FICTION AND COMBINE [link:4]
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TO REPRESENT THE TRUE ORIGIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN SILKY TERRIER - WHO KNOWS ??!! A More History Silky Terrier-->
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