I've had dogs all my life and love training them, and after four dogless years we're finally getting another one. I've always been surrounded by dogs, a side effect of working as a trainer at several large horse barns. Horsepeople and dogs go together like, well, kibbles and bits.

Anyway. ..

All of my other dogs have been either retrievers or shepherds, and I know rat terriers have a very different temprament.  I've lived with a few of them, but never actually trained one.

So, I'm curious as to whether anybody has found anything that is particularly helpful to them as terrier owners in specific. I know he is going to be different in tempriment to the dogs I'm used to, and I'd rather avoid any heartache if I possibly can by knowing what I should expect when I start to train him.

I know, thats horribly  vague.

Thanks to anybody with ideas,

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