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Top Terriers: These Are The 11 Most Popular Breeds Of Adorable Terrier Dog In Britain - Including The Loving Scottie Dog 🐶

It's been a bumper few years for dog ownership, with more of us than ever before welcoming a new four-legged friend into our homes – and our hearts.

One of the unexpected effects of the global pandemic – and the resulting series of lockdowns – was an increase in demand for puppies.

And the extent of that soaring in demand has been shown by the latest registrations statistics from the UK Kennel Club released this week.

In 2021 they registered a remarkable 349,013 dogs, compared to 250,659 in 2020 – in increase of 39.2 per cent year-on-year.

Of the 221 different recognised breeds of pedigree dog, many saw huge increases, including the ever-popular Labrador Retriever with 61,559 registrations in 2021 compared with 39,905 the year before.

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It was also a good year for Terriers, with 24,499 registrations – up 34 per cent from the year before.

Almost every breed of Terrier showed an increase of ownership, with big jumps for the likes of the Glen of Imaal Terrier, with a 130 per cent increase in popularity, and the Bull Terrier which saw registrations soar by 62 per cent.

Here are the 11 breeds of Terrier that have received the most new registrations in according to the latest Kennel Club figures.

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Hundreds Gather In Ballyraine For The Inaugural Kinnegar Dog Show

Kinnegar Brewing's inaugural Dog Show at the brewery's Ballyraine premises proved an overwhelming success, lucking out with a day of bright April sunshine after the shocking weather on Easter Sunday.

There was plenty of cover outdoors under tents and marquees when the day's one outburst of rain descended but for most of the 5-hour event the crowds were thronged around the show ring on Kinnegar's "Front Lawn", one of many spaces the brewery uses to welcome guests and run events.

"We had 86 dogs pre-registered on line, and a further 39 registered on the day", reported co-owner Libby Carton. "There were 125 dogs registered in total, ranging from miniature Chihuahuas to the noble Irish Wolfhound."

Martin Potts, well-known and much-loved local judge demonstrated his endless patience and kindness with a huge variety of amateur dog handlers who were experiencing such an event for the very first time. The handlers, like the dogs, came in all shapes and sizes, young and old.

A big crowd enjoying the Kinnegar Brewing Dog Show last week.

"And each dog brought an average of 3 humans with it to the event, so together with non-dog-owners, we probably welcomed about 400 people to the brewery on the day," reports Kinnegar's dog-loving Sean McCarthy.

"They enjoyed pizzas from Pizza Napoli, coffees from Sells Coffee, and of course plentiful local beer from our Kinnegar Taproom."

For many the highlight of the event was the centrepiece of demonstrations. A fascinating and unusual showcase of Ireland's nine native Irish dog breeds was brought together by top Irish Red & White Setter breeder, Jim Sheridan from Rathmullan, and included dogs from a number of very generous breeders and owners who went out of their way to bring their dogs on the day to make the showcase possible.

"It was a real highlight on the day", explains Libby, "and was only possible because of the goodwill of these supporters of our native breeds.

"It's not often you have the opportunity to see the rarer breeds like the Glen of Imaal Terrier, Kerry Beagle and Irish Water Spaniel in real life."

Judge Martin Potts having a busy day.

Tania Carron and her brilliant team from Academy Dog Training (also in Rathmullan) wowed the crowd with a thrilling demonstration of dog agility followed by an exciting speedball challenge that pitched dog relay teams from different local areas against each other.

Ger Brogan from Drumoghill demonstrated the precision obedience of a working dog with his gorgeous black retriever, and also used the opportunity to give his young red retriever an outing.

The second half of the dog classes gave young handlers, veteran dogs and rescue dogs an opportunity for show ring glory before the final two classes of Pedigrees and Crossbreeds completed the schedule.

The Best in Show for the Rusty Cup was awarded to Max, an eye-catching and most endearing tri-colour Bernese Mountain Dog who was handled by a delighted Eimear Doogan.

"We'll be running plenty of events at Kinnegar Brewing this year", explained Sean McCarthy. "We have a great facility in a very accessible location and we want to make the most of it.

"Expect a summer Street Food Festival and of course, Oktoberfest."

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