After much research and thought my husband and I have decided that the Rat Terrier breed is the one for us! My parents have one and we love spending time with her and taking care of her for weeks at a time while they are on vacation.  Now that we have decided we want one, we can't find a breeder who is reasonably close to MN. Reasonably close for us would be WI, Iowa, South Dakota, or North Dakota.  We would prefer to meet the breeder in person and pick up our new puppy rather then having it shipped or doing everything over the internet. We would get a puppy from the same place my parents did, but my dad bought her as a surprise for my mom from a local pet store-this is something we don't want to do.  We don't have anything against pet stores we just want to be able to see where our puppy comes from.

Any advice or suggestions you guys could give us would be great!

Thanks-

Corina

You might also post over on Annie's RT Board.  A lot of breeders lurking on that list.  Perhaps a member there can put you in touch with one in your area.

members3.boardhost.com/RATTERRIERS/

Thanks for your help and suggestions everyone! I am really glad I joined this board-everyone seems really friendly .   I did post on Annie's page and received a helpful response from some one there. I will let you all know where we end up getting our puppy from. 

Thanks-

Corina

your right about that site it's cool ha! they seem to have a great network going nice pups!

I love! that site! I found it when I was looking for #2 a while ago its soo!cool how they network! And there pups look good too!