winnihoohoo
Bratty Ratty
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| 07/01/2008 10:27 PM |
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Reni Is A Toy. Trixie is a Miniature. Pumpkin is a Decker Giant, or Standard. It kinda works the same as Poodles. There are some rumors of Tea cup Rat Terriers,but I would think they might be Chi/rattie mixes. |
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Lucy's Mommy
Terrier Terror
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| 07/01/2008 10:40 PM |
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| They may be different sizes but they're all gorgeous! |
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michelle_custer
Rat-A-Tat-Tat
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| 07/01/2008 10:41 PM |
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domino is a standard type B if i remmber right |
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My Rats are my babies and I wouldnt trade them for anything in the world
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farmergurlyo
Ratastic
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| 07/01/2008 10:44 PM |
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thanks! i can deffinately tell there's a difference (especially with the decker!)  all lovely of course! |
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Ashley~
mommy to rattie kairi |
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melo
Ratastic
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| 07/01/2008 10:47 PM |
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| Those are some great lookin' dogs! |
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Nora's mommie --
www.melodybreyer-grell.com
Selling CD's with 50 percent going to Ratbones!! Check it out! |
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farmergurlyo
Ratastic
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| 07/02/2008 12:23 AM |
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| see?! here it is erin! follow my voice! lol |
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Ashley~
mommy to rattie kairi |
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Erinj09
Ratastic
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| 07/02/2008 12:31 AM |
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| haha omg you are so funny, i actually found it though, it was in the top of the pics forum, but thank you for finding it for me lol silly silly ashley lol |
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Proud owner of a rat terrier resides here.
Kahlua is my new puppy,Olive is my kitty-kat, Oh and 3 fish (Bonnie, Indiana Jones, and Rafiki) lol I love my animals hehe
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take...but by the moments that take our breath away" |
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farmergurlyo
Ratastic
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| 07/02/2008 12:45 AM |
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| can you hear me now?! lol (wow i'm a dork) |
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Ashley~
mommy to rattie kairi |
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theniffs
Obsessed
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| 07/02/2008 9:51 AM |
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| I actually read that even toy rat terriers are not true rat terriers that they are mixed to produce that size, though i forgot what they were mixed with. |
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Dinks Mom
Terrier Terror
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| 07/02/2008 10:04 AM |
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Dink is a Type A (Toy) Rat Terrier...I was told by the breeder that both his parents are full Ratties (we didn't get papers) but I had also heard that they bred Rat's with Chi's to make the Toy 'back in the day' I dunno??? When we got Dink I didn't know he'd be a Toy...I just assumed he would grow to be 12-15 lbs. I heard that was the size range that all Ratties are supposed to be. I didn't know till I joined here that they come in different sizes. I'm assuming Dink is going to stay a Toy b/c he's a year old now and under 10 lbs. This is Dink at 3 mos he was only as high as 2 bricks as you can see (not counting his head) |
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~Susy~
http://www.myspace.com/pbrluvr |
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DaisysMom
Moderator
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| 07/02/2008 10:11 AM |
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| I just posted additional information in the other ongoing thread about sizes/varieties. The toy variety of rat terriers likely was created later in the breed history as a matter of human convenience seeking a smaller, more portable dog. The toy size would not have been beneficial to the work they were originally created to do, i.e. keep farms free of vermin. A large rat would easily outweigh a toy sized rat terrier. They were, yes, most likely breed (as many breeds are) with chihuahua in order to "down size" them. |
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Tracey - Darlin' Daisy's Mom
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farmergurlyo
Ratastic
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| 07/02/2008 10:24 AM |
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here's a "family tree" i found on the internet for the rat terrier |
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Ashley~
mommy to rattie kairi |
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farmergurlyo
Ratastic
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| 07/02/2008 10:26 AM |
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| there's two branches that have chihuahua (one on the right in green and one on the left in tiny black) the toys probably just have "more" chihuaua in them? course i'm no genius in genetics lol jmo |
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Ashley~
mommy to rattie kairi |
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DaisysMom
Moderator
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| 07/02/2008 10:32 AM |
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Looks like my family tree....ha ha ha!!!! That's why I say I am of American heritage  All the history gets a bit complicated. Which, of course, the rattie is generally considered to be an "American" breed. |
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Tracey - Darlin' Daisy's Mom
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melo
Ratastic
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| 07/02/2008 1:07 PM |
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first a wanna say that dink is as cute as they come--I love em small--
funny he looks klnda big at 3 month to have stayed that small---how much did he wiegh if you remember at the time??? And How much at 6 months-- Nora has to be at least 10 pounds now at almost 6h months. |
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Nora's mommie --
www.melodybreyer-grell.com
Selling CD's with 50 percent going to Ratbones!! Check it out! |
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Dinks Mom
Terrier Terror
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| 07/02/2008 1:22 PM |
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Posted By melo on 07/02/2008 1:07 PM
first a wanna say that dink is as cute as they come--I love em small--
funny he looks klnda big at 3 month to have stayed that small---how much did he wiegh if you remember at the time??? And How much at 6 months-- Nora has to be at least 10 pounds now at almost 6h months.
Thank you!! He's a keeper!! 
I just had to go back to my calendar and look, he was born in June, we got him in Sept, his first vet appt was Oct 1st and they said he weighed 6 lbs, he was 15 wks old. He was and is very long legged. He's 1 now and only weighs 8 or 9 lbs (he's due for shots so I'll have the vet weigh him again) He's very sleek and muscular.
This is one of the most recent pictures of him......... |
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~Susy~
http://www.myspace.com/pbrluvr |
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melo
Ratastic
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| 07/02/2008 4:23 PM |
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| Not a wasted ounce on that boy eheh--he has a swimmers body-----er does he like girls??? eheh |
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Nora's mommie --
www.melodybreyer-grell.com
Selling CD's with 50 percent going to Ratbones!! Check it out! |
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Mitzy's Mom
PAWesome
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| 07/03/2008 7:14 AM |
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Dink looks about the same size as Morgandy, just a hair smaller. She weighs 9 pounds now but needs another 1 or 2 pounds so that makes her a very small mni-rat! |
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Mary Beth, mom to the Lollipop Kids
Georgia Foster Mom, New Rattitude
Check out our ratties at www.newrattitude.org |
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