No sooner had he opened the door than Blathers scrambled down-stairs with that graceful motion peculiar to a terrier on urgent business; his hind-quarters shoved his head all the way down-stairs, and tripped over it at the bottom.
But there was no use in pretending that he did not know to whom that scientific bull-terrier belonged.
The latter, among other accomplishments, succeeded after great effort in teaching him to drink beer; but Blathers never went beyond the bounds of propriety, as did frequently that disreputable Irish terrier of Dixey's.
Jack Rattleton's terrier Blathers, who was rarely separated from his master on any occasion, took more interest in a big dog with a blue blanket on the other side of the field, a familiar figure at recent foot-ball games.
One morning, when he opened his desk, a lively young Scots terrier puppy sprang up to welcome him, and nearly frightened Moossy out of such wits as he possessed.
The elderly terrier descended from his mistress' lap to bark at and otherwise take objection to this hat.
Perfectly good children, as good as any on the Avenue, are spoiled every day by the tenement; only we have not done with them then, as the terrierhad with the kitten.
There was a litter of them in the house and a jealous terrier dog to boot, whose one aim in life was to get rid of its mewing rivals.
We walked up the creaking steps, with a Scotch terrier barking and snapping at our heels, and were met at the door by, really, a very pretty woman.
A Caucasian is as keen after game as a terrier after rats, and if he has a rifle it is quite on the cards that at the critical moment he may think your movements too slow, outpace you in getting to your game, or even fire over your shoulder.
Ward laments the loss of a valuable terrier which was killed by a wounded buck, so that it is advisable to be careful in handling one.
I think I told you, my instinct is to get her neck between my two hands and shake her as a terrier shakes a rat.
The fox-terrier had seized it by the scruff of the neck and had rolled it over into the gutter just in front of a motor cycle.
A fox-terrier it was, belonging to a very young lady--it was when the disturbance was to a certain extent over that we discovered he belonged to this young lady.
An English owner of that fox-terrier would have given one look round and then have jumped upon the nearest tram going anywhere.
I am afraid it is out of the question," he says, putting Bertie back again upon the carpet where the foxterrier is barking furiously and jumping up and down in a frenzied fashion as if desirous of devouring the child's legs.
Round and round her the chase continues, until the boy, bursting away from his mother, dashes toward his father, the terrier after him.
The door is suddenly burst open in rather unconventional style, and Bertie rushes into the room, a fox terrier at his heels.
She arrived joyful and agitated, bringing a fox-terrier pup in her arms, a present for Anne-Marie, to prevent her crying.
Fraeulein spoke in whispers; Elisabeth and the fox-terrier sat in the dark while the Genius went to sleep.
And then he walked obediently to Dick's side, the snarling, yapping terrier literally pendent from his neck.
And then, having calmed him, Dick very carefully showed the terrierto Jan.
And reluctantly theterrier did cease his snarling.
Dick had noticed the fleck of blood on the gray of Jan's dewlap, which showed that the terrier had been very much in earnest.
The lady with the hairless terrier was particularly careful to avoid the proximity of this rather ill-conditioned brute, and of the weedy-looking little man in a frock-coat who led him.
That was stupid of you, little chap," said Dick, when he had detached the terrier and was holding him firmly in both his hands, still snarling angrily.
And whether or not the terrier understood, he did, at all events, walk off toward the veranda of his master's quarters without further demonstrations of belligerency.
In ten seconds Jan had bowled clean over on his back the too temerarious Gutty--to give this particular husky the name under which Mr. Beeching had bought him--and was shaking him by the throat as a terrier shakes a rat.
Captain Arnutt was distressed, for he made sure the terrier would be killed, and that Jan would thereby make an enemy of one of the senior officers.
Then, rather ostentatiously stroking the terrier in full view of Jan, Dick put the little beast down and bade it run away.
And never a dog on his travels but would get a pat and a whistle, and he thinking of the grizzled terrier in Louth that guarded the threshold of quiet beauty.
The Aberdeen terrier came forward to greet her, his tail waving gently, his ears up, his brown eyes grave and warm.
I was fond of them, but as I might be fond of some terrier dogs.
When I play compositions in F-sharp, an English fox-terrier of mine will lie on the floor and listen for an hour at a time.
I have repeatedly observed my terrier when under dream influence, and have been able to predicate the substance of his dreams from his actions.
Now and then the dangerous experiment was tried of allowing the terrier to remain while the tiger was fed.
While there, anotherterrier was introduced into his den.
Thus, day after day was passed in the closest bonds of affection, till the terrierdied of the disease from which she had been suffering.
A dear friend gave me, many years ago, a rough, white terrier puppy, which I called Alp.
Among the strange friendships existing between animals of different natures, I must mention one formed between a terrier and a bantam.
That terrier was a little dog, but still he was of much use, not only by killing rats, which was his regular duty, but by trying to find out what his master wanted to have done, and doing it.
Mrs Lee tells us of a fox-terrier named Fop, who used to hide his eyes, and suffer those playing with him to conceal themselves before he looked up.
Some one must wade across and strike him with a pole till he moves, or carry a terrier or two and pitch them in the hole, half above and half under water.
A terrier has his jaw loose and it has to be bound up, such a crushing bite has he had.
He is full of self-confidence and comes in plump and flourishing, with light gloves, and a terrier at his heels.
Plumet turns pale, and glancing at the half-opened door, through which the terrier is pushing its nose, steps forward to close it.
Monica questioned, eagerly; "because Tom had just been telling me about a jolly little wire-haired terrier his father wanted a home for, when you sent for me.
The ordinary dull-nosed dog goes past a wainscoting and never suspects a thing; then your terrier comes along and he takes one whiff at the bottom of that baseboard and immediately starts pawing for his prey.
But one luckless day, as Featherhead was lolling in his hole, up came two boys with the friskiest, wiriest Scotch terrier you ever saw.
He looks real worried then, and hugs theterrier up closer than ever.
With that he sits down on the steps, snuggles the terrier up alongside of him, and begins to look me and the place over careful, without sayin' any more.
Mr. Downing knelt on the floor beside the basket, and dug like a terrier at a rathole.
Sammy, short for Sampson, was a young bull terrier belonging to Mr. Downing.
The little fox-terrier jumped on his knee and began licking his hands.
A white fox-terrier with a pretty face retreated growling under a chair, but I coaxed her to come out.
The expedition with which a clever dog will put his victims out of their misery is such that a terrier not four pounds in weight has killed four hundred rats within two hours.
A story is told of a certain somnolent station clerk, who, in order to enjoy his nap, trained his terrier to scratch and awaken him at the first sound of the clicking needles.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "terrier" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
