All Dog Breeds >>History of Lakeland Terrier
In 1925 the breed attained homogeneity following a cross-breeding with the Fox Terrier and the Airedale Terrier. The Lakeland Terrier is suitable for fox hunting and rabbit hunting, and are especially talented hunters of vermin. The UK Kennel Club recognised Lakeland Terriers in 1928, and the general public was introduced to the breed at Kennel-Club sanctioned shows organised by the Lakeland Terrier Club in 1932 and later the Lakeland Terrier Society. In the Lake District of the UK, the mountainous, rocky terrain is unsuitable for hunting fox on horseback and foxes were hunted on foot. It has been suggested that the lakeland terrier's great stamina derives from running all day with the hounds, unlike his close cousin, the fox terrier, who would have been carried in a saddle bag to be released only when the fox had gone to earth.