Sorry to complicate this, but, there are (just like the Bedlington) two very different types of Lakeland terrier being bred in the UK today.
Type one is the show type Lakeland - derived by crossing the original Lakeland with Welsh terriers
and possibly wire haired fox terriers.
Type two is the original working dog, bred true from its Cumbrian ancestors, and still much prized within these shores as a true working dog.
Having owned and worked both types as well as Bedlingtons, I can tell you that apart from being small(ish) English terriers, these breeds do not share many of the same characteristics.
Both types of Lakeland are generally overtly aggresive to other dogs, indeed to everything, wherereas the Bedlington (of both types)is a much more melancholy type of animal.
Working type Lakelands are true earthdogs , indeed, this is where they excel. Their drawbacks are
possible lack of intelligence (compared to the Bedlington) and poor noses - in a hunting sense).
Show type Lakelands are rarely if ever used as a working dog in the UK.
Interesting to read that Ken Bounden reckons that Lakelands have recently found their way into the Bedlington gene pool.
What type of Lakelands would you say it was?
Type one Lakelands? or type two?
David Bruce
Lancashire, England
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