Boston Terrier Breed Information at Munchkins To Love

Boston Terrier-Breed Information

The Boston Terrier is a distinguished-looking dog with an excellent disposition of
friendliness. They are lively dogs and very smart, however, the Boston may not be suitable
for families with very young children, as the Boston doesn't always realize his level of
playfulness.

The Boston is an "easy keeper" with a short coat that requires very little maintenance. A
bath every six weeks (or when your Boston makes a mess) with occasional wiping down in
between, clipping nails (if you're comfortable doing this) and your yearly visit to the vet and
your Boston is set. For more information on the care of a short-coated dog, please visit our
pet care pages.

The History of the Boston Terrier:

The Boston Terrier is an all American Classic. The Boston begins its journey in the 1800's
in, you guessed it, Boston, Massachusetts. The background of the Boston includes the
crossing and introduction of breeds like the English Bulldog and English Terrier, and
perhaps, later on, the French Bulldog. From these crossings we would eventually get the
Old Bull and Terrier. This breed would eventually split into two camps. Those wanting the
more bulldoggy look and those wanting the terrier look. From these beginnings we get the
Old Boston Bulldog and the Boston Terrier.

The Boston Terrier would continue to be refined and scaled down from its original weight of
around 30 pounds to the more common lighter weight of today. The Boston would further
be condensed to the colors most widely know today: the brindle/black/seal and white colors
recognized today. However, the original Bull and Terrier was of all colors commonly
accepted of the bulldog of that time. You can still find some of the original colors from time
to time.

Reference material: barkbytes.com

The
Bost
on
is
an
"eas
y
kee
per"

with
a
shor
t
coat

that
requ
ires
very

little
main
tena
nce.
A
bath

ever
y
six
wee
ks
(or
whe
n
your

Bost
on
mak
es a
mes
s)
with

occ
asio
nal
wipi
ng
dow
n in
bet
wee
n,
clip
ping

nails
(if
you'
re
com
forta
ble
doin
g
this)

and
your

year
ly
visit
to
the
vet
and
your

Bost
on
is
set.
For
mor
e
infor
mati
on
on
the
care
of
a
shor
t-co
ated

dog,

plea
se
visit
our
pet
care

pag
es.

The
Hist
ory
of
the
Bost
on
Terr
ier:

The
Bost
on
Terr
ier
is
an
all
Am
eric
an
Clas
sic.
The
Bost
on
begi
ns
its
jour
ney
in
the
180
0's
in,
you
gues
sed
it,
Bost
on,
Mas
sach
usett
s.
The
bac
kgro
und
of
the
Bost
on
inclu
des
the
cros
sing
and
intro
duct
ion
of
bree
ds
like
the
Engl
ish
Bull
dog
and
Engl
ish
Terr
ier,
and
perh
aps,

later
on,
the
Fren
ch
Bull
dog.

Fro
m
thes
e
cros
sing
s
we
wou
ld
even
tuall
y
get
the
Old
Bull
and
Terr
ier.
This

bree
d
wou
ld
even
tuall
y
split
into
two
cam
ps.
Tho
se
wan
ting
the
mor
e
bull
dog
gy
look

and
thos
e
wan
ting
the
terri
er
look
.
Fro
m
thes
e
begi
nnin
gs
we
get
the
Old
Bost
on
Bull
dog
and
the
Bost
on
Terr
ier.

The
Bost
on
Terr
ier
wou
ld
cont
inue
to
be
refin
ed
and
scal
ed
dow
n
from
its
origi
nal
weig
ht
of
arou
nd
30
pou
nds
to
the
mor
e
com
mon

light
er
weig
ht
of
toda
y.
The
Bost
on
wou
ld
furth
er
be
con
dens
ed
to
the
colo
rs
mos
t
wid
ely
kno
w
toda
y:
the
brin
dle/
blac
k/se
al
and
whit
e
colo
rs
reco
gniz
ed
toda
y.
Ho
wev
er,
the
origi
nal
Bull
and
Terr
ier
was
of
all
colo
rs
com
mon
ly
acce
pted
of
the
bull
dog
of
that
time
.
You

can
still
find
som
e of
the
origi
nal
colo
rs
from

time
to
time
.

Ref
ere
nce

ma
teri
al:
bar
kb
yte
s.c
om

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ld

B
o
st
o
n
B
ul
ld
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g