#terriers
Athlete: Amy Connell & Cynthia Herrera
School: Boston University
Team: BU Terriers
Sport: Rowing - Lightweight Double
Competition: 2016 IRA Championships
Opponent: Various
Result: 1. Place
Location: Lake Mercer - Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Date: 05-Jun-2016
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That is one serious case of bedhead!
Sleepy boy.
So excited for breakfast, I’m trembling!
Anyway, I know we all roast some of the terrier group for looking ridiculous, but realistically, their looks are entirely beneficial to them. The true ‘Form Follows Function’ dogs. The Skye and Dandie Dinmont may be low and long, but this allows them superior ability to wiggle their way into tight spaces. The Sealyham and Wheaten may look funny with the falls of hair over their eyes, but these are protective in the face of gnashing teeth, sticks, and dirt. Beards are the same. Torn lips are gnarly and hard to heal; cover them with hair to help prevent this. Wire coats to protect, dense, double coats to protect, long, thick coats to protect. Terriers of all types have strong muscular shoulders, thick necks, and especially muscular jaws; grab that vermin and do not let it go. They largely have small, compact ears to avoid being torn. You need to be able to span a Parson’s ribs with both hands because he will crawl into a space where you cannot reach him. A Fox Terrier needs to be long legged to run with the Foxhounds many times it’s size. The Cairn is a solid, beefy little dog because it must be this way to hunt things many times it’s size. They are white and cream to be easy to see. They are brown and grey to be easy to hide. They are man’s oldest working partner, and their designs are always intentional.
I’ve also noticed that terriers tails almost always stand straight up, is this so you can see where the dog is?
I can honestly say that I don’t know, however, yes. Because that’s the only way I can ever find mine in tall grass.
Patron poses at an award ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine on Sunday. The Jack Russell terrier is credited with detecting more than 200 Russian explosive devices since the start of the war. Efrem Lukatsky/AP
Patron the bomb-sniffing dog gets a medal from Zelenskyy : NPR
A tiny Jack Russell terrier has won hearts and admirers for helping neutralize hundreds of Russian explosives in Ukraine. Now he’s won state honors, too.
Patron the bomb-sniffing dog — and his owner, Mykhailo Iliev of the Civil Protection Service— received a medal from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a news conference on Sunday, in recognition of their service to the country.
Patron, whose name means “ammo” in Ukrainian, is credited with detecting more than 200 undetonated explosive devices since the beginning of the war in late February, according to Reuters.
With his powerful snout and pint-sized protective vest, Patron has become a fixture of Ukraine’s official social media channels and an international symbol of patriotism. He’s even inspired an outpouring of fan art in the form of illustrations (ranging from poignant to tongue-in-cheek) and knit plushies. His official Instagram page has more than 220,000 followers.
Zelenskyy handed out the award at a news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Kyiv, as Patron barked and enthusiastically wagged his tail….
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Ukraine’s mine-sniffing dog given medal after finding over 200 explosives | Ukraine | The Guardian
Volodymyr Zelenskiy presents award to jack russell Patron, who is seen as a symbol of resistance against Russia
A mine-sniffing dog credited with detecting more than 200 explosives since the start of the war in Ukraine has been given a medal for his services to the country.
Patron, a two-and-a-half-year-old jack russell, was presented with the award by Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, at a ceremony in Kyiv.
The terrier, whose name means “ammo” in Ukrainian, sniffs out Russian mines and explosives in the north-eastern city of Chernihiv and acts as a mascot of the country’s state emergency service.
He has become a national symbol of Ukraine’s resistance against Russia, featuring regularly in videos on official Ukrainian social media channels. …
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