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 The Boston Terrier  
The Boston Terrier is a lively highly intelligent, smooth coated, compact built, short tail, well balanced dog, brindle, seal of black in color and evenly marked with white.  The head is proportion to the size of the dog and the expression indicates a high degree of intelligence. The body is rather short and well knit, the limbs strong and neatly turned, the tail is short and no frature is so prominent that the dog appears badly proportioned. The dog conveys an impression of determination, strength, and activity, with style of a high order; carriage easy and graceful.  A proportionate combination of "Color and white markings" is a particularly distinctive feature of a representative specimen. "Balance, Expression, Color, and White Markings" should be given particular consideration in determining the relative value of GENERAL APPEARANCE to other points.
The American Gentlemen
 
 
 
 

 

The Boston Terrier is nicknamed the American Gentleman among dogs because of his characteristically gentle disposition.  The breed is a true American creation resulting from a cross between an English bulldog and a white English Terrier.