The Story of Roxie.  

This is Roxie at about 2-yrs age. 

This is the story of a Patterdale Terrier girl-dog named Roxie, a dog that made Patterdale history at about 2-yrs of age. She was whelped out of Maxine-the-Monster in the first of her litters sired by Bambam.

 Roxie was raised as a family member in a condo with a small child. She was crate trained and was soon accustomed to apartment style living. She was kept in great shape by going on a 2+mile run a couple times a week from about age 4-months onward to about 2-yrs old because the owner is a running man. As she got bigger and more able, they sometimes ran farther. Roxie was in great condition all the time.

Roxie's owner thought these dogs would be perfect for folks living in the city who wanted a dog to discourage unexpected & unwanted "visitors” but couldn't keep a large dog. He hoped she'd be a household protection dog and to that end he carefully did-not socialize her with other people. He said she was wonderful with children but ranged from "suspiciously alert" to "openly hostile" with adults. Mission accomplished!

When Roxie was about 8-months old she was leading the way on a run through a large local park. Without warning a full-grown male Jack Russell Terrier (JRT) burst from the brush, having dashed over from a another path. The JRT was locally known as a bully and his owner seemed to be proud of how his little dog terrorized other dogs and people on those park trails. He went straight for Roxie with obvious hostile intent. Everyone, including Roxie's owner (and that JRT) thought the pup was in for a thrashing. They were all mistaken, especially the JRT. Roxie stood her ground and things quickly went downhill for the bully. Within a few seconds the JRT was squealing like a pig set afire in his panic to escape the punishing teeth and surprising power of a smaller but unquestionably superior athlete. It was quite a surprise for everyone. The owner of the JRT, (now thoroughly shamed,) tried to save face by crying foul and soon the authorities were on the scene. Fortunately, the many witnesses combined with the matter of a loose dog vs a leashed dog won the day. From then on Roxie was intolerant of "rude behavior" from dogs. She was okay with friendly dogs but bullies, not so much!

Later, at about 18 months she was sent to be bred to a “Piranha Dog.” ( Piranha Dogs Link ) This was in keeping with the idea of making small home-protection dogs. The Piranha dog man told Roxie's owner that he was glad to see her gone. It seems she was a bit much for him! (We're pretty sure most of that story won't be told.)  

Roxie a few days before whelping the litter sired by the Piranha-Dog.

 
In due time Roxie whelped a good-looking litter containing one female which Roxie's owner kept.  

Many of the people that lived near Roxie [and watched her grow up] had said, “I want one of those!” And they weren't kidding. The male pups were all sold before their eyes were open! Those folks all got one-of-a-kind dogs. 

Roxie's owner could only keep one dog in the condo-complex, and he really wanted the girl-pup. So, Roxie was reluctantly advertised and was soon sold to, “a pitbull man.”

The new owner was pretty upset but eventually calmed down and Roxie was still there and becoming part of the family at last report.

Here I'll offer some of my reasoning on the matter. I'll make the assumption that the pit-bull-terrier was on a chain which is a terrible disadvantage for a dog faced with a capable opponent. I'd have presumed a smaller, non-pitbull dog wouldn't be such a challenge and I'd have lost money betting on the pit-bull in this case. (Who would guess differently?) Since no other details about that incident are currently available we must rely on what we know about these types of dogs coupled with whatever experiences help us make sense of the story. As hard as it is to believe, Roxie is alive and the nearly 30% bigger pit-bull-terrier is dead. Those are the basic facts of the matter.

We'll have to stop the tale at this point. But, since Roxie isn't quite 3-yrs old at the time of this writing, there's a good chance there will be more tales to tell about her later on. Hopefully it'll get back to us and we'll get to include it here.

If you're curious about Roxie's pedigree, it can be examined here. >>>> Roxie's Pedigree.pdf