that is completely up to you
The best mouser dogs are typically terrier breeds like Jack Russell Terriers, Rat Terriers, and Border Terriers. These breeds were originally bred for hunting small mammals, making them excellent at catching and controlling rodents.
Science Diet
A rat Terrier is a breed of dog hybrid from fox terriers, beagles, whippets, and black and tan terriers. There were bred to kill rats.
Technically dog shows are about conformation (appearance). Other dog events, such as trials, demonstrate what the dog can do. Rat terriers are bred to go after rats, as the name implies. They'd probably do well in Earth Dog trials.
Mine yelps but she doesn't howl.
Yes rat terriers were breed to kill rats and still do.
Rat terriers and Fox terriers are their own breed of dog. They all come from the same lines, going centuries back. But now due to breeding, these different breeds of dog have different characteristics although they may look alike they are in fact not all Jack Russell's.
Chordata. Rat Terriers are dogs, dogs are mammals, mammals are chordates. :)
Currently no. Rat Terriers are listed as a Foundation Stock Service breed.
a Westie or also called a rat terrier A west highland white terrier. Rat terriers are ENTIRELY different breeds - they don't even look remotely similar.
they could be a good dog but that is a opinion
No.