The Aberdeen Terrier is better known as what type of dog?
Scottish Terrier description that shares characteristics with what was once known as the Aberdeen Terrier and is today known as the Scottish Terrier. In addition, the paintings of Sir Edwin Landseer and an 1835 lithograph entitled "Scottish Terriers at Work on a Cairn in the West Highlands" both depict Scottie type terriers very similar to those described in the first Scottish Terrier Standard. In the 19th century, the Highlands of Scotland, including the Isle of Skye, were abundant with terriers originally known by the generic term "short-haired terriers" or "little Skye Terriers." Towards the end of the 19th century, it was decided
Manchester Terrier in the Kennel Club categorising it as a vulnerable native breed, in danger of extinction. The Manchester Terrier closely resembles the Black and Tan Terrier, the oldest known breed of terrier, from which it was developed. Writing in the early 16th century, John Caius describes a Manchester-terrier type of dog in "De Banibus Britannicis", and at the beginning of the 19th century Sydenham Edwards described what he called a Manchester Terrier in his "Cynographia Britannica". The Black and Tan Terrier had an almost legendary status as a rat killer, an ability that was much prized in overcrowded and rat-infested cities