Paisley Terrier

The Paisley Terrier was a small Scottish toy terrier type associated with Paisley and Glasgow, remembered mainly for its long silky coat and influence on the Yorkshire Terrier. It is now extinct as a separate breed, but nineteenth-century accounts describe a refined companion and show dog rather than a hard-working earth terrier. Blue-and-tan coloring, floor-length coat, and careful presentation were central to its appeal. Its story shows how some terrier families moved from practical vermin work toward urban companionship and exhibition.

Modern care notes for the Paisley Terrier are necessarily historical. People encounter the name while studying early toy terriers, Yorkie ancestry, or old dog-show classes. A living dog advertised under the name should be treated as a recreation unless transparent documentation explains the breeding program. The practical lessons concern coat maintenance, small-dog soundness, and the risk of selecting for glamour over health. For breed historians, the Paisley Terrier marks a transition point between regional terriers and the highly groomed companion breeds that followed.

Colors: Albino, Apricot, Bicolor, Black, Black and Tan, Black and White, Black Mask, Blue, Blue and Tan, Blue Merle, Blue Roan, Blue Tick, Brindle, Brown, Brown and Tan, Brown and White, Chocolate, Cream, Dapple, Domino, Fawn, Fawn and White, Gold, Gray, Grey, Harlequin, Irish Marked, Leucistic, Liver, Liver Mask, Mantle, Mask, Melanistic, Merle, Mottled, Parti-Color, Piebald, Red, Red and White, Red Merle, Red Roan, Red Tick, Reverse Brindle, Roan, Sable, Saddle, Silver, Speckled, Spotted, Tan, Ticked, Tricolor, Tuxedo, White, Yellow