
This is a Brinley x Ranger breeding, we are very excited.
Ranger being a Pearl, this has been very anticipated litter.
Brinley is proven red, chocolate and more
Ranger is proven pearl /sable, blue, chocolate and more




Our puppies come to YOU
TRAINED, yes trained.
We feel you deserve a puppy ready to learn and
become a part of your family. We understand the frustration of
housebreaking your new puppy, so we help you through the first year,
teaching you how to housebreak.
We will be here anytime to assist your needs
with your new puppy.
We can also offer additional training if you feel
it necessary.
We will teach your new puppy house manners
and how to
socialize with other pets and children.
We offer these service because
we feel you and
your new bundle of joy deserve it.
Please take the time to fill out our APPLICATION if you are interested in adopting from
5280 Toy Rat Terriers
We plan each litter carefully.
We have a limited number of litters per year and can only guarantee puppies to clients with deposits and currently on the waiting list.
Our puppies are bred for conformation, size and color and temperament.
We take notice of the issues surrounding breeding , and want to be sure your puppy will never end up in a shelter, we do this by giving you what frustrates new puppy owners most, TRAINING.
Our puppies are raised in the house with human
interaction.
The advantage of working at home raising Toy Rat Terriers is that I
am here to imprint their minds in these critical first 8 weeks of life. You can never make up for lack of socialization at
this stage.
We take each puppy out individually and begin handle and train them from day one.
When they go to their new
homes, 5280 Toy Rat Terriers puppies have already began to learn commands such as sit , walking on a leash, and much more.
we are available by phone or stop by and we will be happy to assist you with any concerns you may have with your new bundle of joy with training or socialization issues.
At 5280 Toy Rat Terriers our puppies are Leash Trained, collar trained,
play ball, AND puppy play.
Some learn fetch before the leave also! We will also work on sounds , de-sentisthsing your puppy to loud, and obtrusive sounds , as well as every day sounds and activities. We take your puppy for car rides, and teach it to walk over different surfaces. We also take time to teach your new puppy how to greet at the door. The extra steps and time involved means puppy will be more adjusted to be part of your family and home environment when they arrive.
The young puppies are constantly playing with small children and are already gaining the social skills needed to be a well rounded and integral part of your family.
Litter Training
Our puppies are litter trained and begin the process the day mom no longer takes care of the process herself. All of my adult females are litter trained as well, teaching puppies, in the whelping box as well.
We do this by giving the puppies a designated place in the whelping box to GO, they catch on very easily and continue to make this their potty area.
The puppies learn to use it!
They potty as
soon as they wake up. This keeps the play pen very sanitary. And will be the foundation for your new puppy and you.
You will continue this process when you take puppy home, making house training MUCH easier.
Crate Training
We crate train our
puppies starting at 5-6 weeks old. We do this by first leaving an open crate in
the puppy play area.
They naturally go in it when they are sleepy.
We then
begin try to close the door for small periods of time time give the puppies the idea ,
right outside the door to the crate, we put a "litter box" ( with ABM).
Clean Living
Puppies who are kept clean in the whelping box or litter box, are animals that learn how to be clean, and strive to be clean.
It is very difficult to retrain a puppy not kept clean during this time , as I am sure many of you have already experienced, this is one of the most important imprints, I as a breeder can make on your new puppy, and this is a priority for me.
Once this imprint is lost it can never be regained, unfortunately, I myself have experienced this too.
So when I decided to breed , I decided to never raise a puppy in an environment less than what I would offer to a infant itself.
You see I have very high standards for breeding I stand by, and for those reasons, I stand apart from any other breeder.
Feel free to stop by anytime and take a look for yourself.
Breeding Stock
We here at 5280 Toy Rat Terriers take pride in the puppies we produce. So much pride, we keep our own puppies for our breeding program. While out-crossing your kennel IS a must to ensure good quality bloodlines, keeping back your own stock is essential to a good breeding program as well. We choose only the best for breeding based on parentage, history, quality, and pedigree. What we look for goes beyond visual appearances, we want to ensure he/she will have the temperament and qualities we look for in our breeding program. We know if quality is important to us it is important to our clients as well.
What Color is your Dog?
I get many calls , a breeder has a dog, she said it was blue, it looks like a black dog, what colors is it?
Ok well Blue , colors of a dog are denoted by the color of the nose, blue dog , blue nose.
The only exception to the rule is in Charcoal , this color will have a darker color nose, looking black or dark blue, and dog will appear black and blue at times.
Chocolate dogs have chocolate/liver noses.
Fawn/Pearl -purple/violet
Black-black
Lemon-choc
These are just a few , if you have questions call
the same goes for brindle, merle and any off color dogs as well
How big will my Puppy Be?
This is a frequent question is get from callers.
The answer to this question is easy.
KNOW YOUR LINEAGE.
Breeding for Tiny Tots 5 lbs and under is much different from breeding Toys. C-sections are NOT usual and should not be normal, Dams with C-sections should not be in a breeding program, all Dams in our breeding program are what are referred to as free whelpers, meaning they can deliver puppies free from C-sections.
C-Sections are not healthy for a breeding Dam to continually undergo this procedure and can be very stressful for her, imagine when you or your family member has to have a Cesarean, it takes time to recover, dogs are no different. We do not keep ANY Dams in or breeding program with a history of C-sections, nor do we breed off-spring from Dams with a history of C-sections , as they tend to carry their Dams history for the same type of delivery's.
Essentially the reason for breeding a larger female to a smaller male, if you have the right LINEAGE, you get the right results, every time.
Many will claim to be able to and many will claim to be able to just throw small in general, however you get what you pay for. Ask for PROOF.
Visit in person, take a look at their breeding stock.
My rule of thumb is if you can not go back AT LEAST 5 generations on one side TINY you are not going to get anything small or Tiny out of those parents , and you just have a runt breeding.
Any breeder can purchase a runt and breed it, this will not produce the tiny gene, or give you tiny or small puppies, you need the tiny tot gene in order to produce tiny tots or smaller puppies.
No breeder can guarantee how big or small your puppy will be full grown, however any seasoned breeder will KNOW their lines and be able to offer you some estimate of an idea of what size your puppy will be.
1. Interview your breeder well
2. What is their knowledge in the breed?
3. How knowledgeable are in their lineage?
4. How friendlily are they? Did they return your calls / emails?
5. Were they professional ? Keep in mind this is someone you will want to feel comfortable asking questions to, do you have a good rapport?
6. What are their credentials? Do they sit on any Boards of any kind? have they ever? What is their commitment to the breed?
7. If you have issues with your transaction, who can you report this to? What do they have to loose?
These are all importation questions to ask a breeder, and to ask
5280 Toy Rat Terriers
303-955-7876
We want you to be as happy with your little ones
as we are with ours.
We will be here to assist you with any
questions you may have.
We guarantee our puppies to be happy and healthy and offer a 1 year health guarantee.
Click here to see our Guarantee
We assist in all of our births.
Our parents are indoor pets, puppies are born in home and cared for 24 hrs. Our whelping box is kept in our bedroom and our moms are spoiled.
Puppies are well socialized and handled from birth.
tails are docked at 3 days old unless born natural docked. . We offer a health guarantee and sales contract with each puppy.
We encourage you have your new puppy vet checked.
We give the puppies their first vaccinations at 4 weeks of age.
The first shot is Parvo only, Neo-Par.
(Neo Par is the safest and most effective parvo vaccine for puppies. It is a modified live vaccine containing a high antigenic mass of a highly immunogenic strain of canine parvo.
Neo Par overrides moderate to high antibody levels such as maternal antibodies or from pre-existing vaccination. High levels of IgM and IgG antibodies are generated in puppies. Safe in puppies 3 weeks of age or older.)
At 6 & 8 weeks we give Duramune Max 5 - CVK (Protects against canine distemper, canine hepatitis, respiratory disease caused by adenovirus type 2, canine corona virus, canine parainfluenza and canine parvovirus.) The puppies go to their new homes at 8-12 weeks old with a health/shot record.
Follow up shots need to be given at
9 weeks,
12 weeks
and
15 weeks old.
Please write it on your calendar! It's critical get the proper shots.
We worm your puppy here , and suggest your vet to worm your puppy as well. If you live in a warm climate, you most likely will be suggested heart worm medication for your new puppy and a
heart worm test performed.
Rabies should be given between 4-6 months old. If your puppy is traveling by airline and is 12 weeks of age or older, a rabies shot will be required by law
In addition to providing the best possible environment and stimulus for the puppies first 8-9 weeks, we continue to be available for any questions the you might have regarding training the puppy and/or problems that might arise.
(Please call for help as it is an
easier way to communicate!) 303-955-7876
This is just as important to us as breeding and raising our puppies.
We are here to answer ANY questions you may have
Deposit/Waiting list procedure
We have a Deposit/Waiting list for pups.
most of our puppies are sold before they are born, this is from referrals, and the services we offer new owners. This is a courtesy service so you are ensured to keep your place in line until your puppy is born. To be polite to others on the list we do require a deposit to ensure your commitment to being on the list a adopting a puppy from 5280 Toy Rat Terriers. Please think this over carefully and thoroughly , as your deposit is non-refundable.
To get on the Deposit/Waiting list, you will need to fill out one of the puppy applications and mail it or fax it
with a deposit.
Deposits can be made via paypal, check, or snail mail.
No deposit will be accepted on applicants not approved.
(Or you can use paypal and then mail or fax a copy of the contract.)
do not send deposits unless you have been approved
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Bella Valentina
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bella is very spoiled with her closet of never ending clothes , and her puppy shower just gave her more and more
Bella's Puppy Shower
Bella 1 Year old ! full grown wt. 4/3/4lbs
Coda SOLD
we loved samson's #1 on his back, rene says when he runs to her she can see his #1 show on his back as he gets bigger and bigger
Samson all grown up, still has his #1
Samson and Delilah ( Lily Grace)
Now accepting deposits
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for more information
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applicants approved will take first priority
we usually have 4 puppies per litter
with 2 being tiny tots
UKCI (Universal Kennel Club International) was the first registry to recognize the Rat Terrier as a purebred and accept them as a recognized Purebred breed in 1936.
The Rat Terrier is a well known farm dog as far
back as anybody can remember but their numbers
started dwindling in the 1950's when modernization
of farms turned more to chemical/poison varmint
control thus the need for less varmint type dogs.
A few breeders still had small packs of these
wonderful dogs but the gene pool was declining to
very small numbers. In an attempt to
revitalize the dog and it's numbers the crossing of
these dogs with the Toy Fox, Chihuahua, I.G. and
Beagle breeds was acceptable practice from the
'70's until January 1, 1998 when UKCI officially refused to
register any dog as a Rat Terrier that was not bred from 2 previously
registered Rat Terriers.
The
introduction of the Toy Fox, Chihuahua and Manchester Terrier into the
bloodlines gave the smaller size that many desired for a smaller dog
needed for hunting of small prey.
The Rat Terrier is a
tenacious squirrel
dog and some say can do the job of finding, killing, retrieving and
bringing home the kill all by themselves.
The introduction of the
Chihuahua and Italian Greyhound gave the breed the multitude of colors
that it enjoys today including the merle pattern.
The introduction of the beagle was done to hone
hunting instincts but served little other purpose.
It only takes
watching this vivacious little dog in it's determined attempt to retrieve
it's prey to see that it's hunting instincts are very much intact today.
A
rat stands little if any chance against a determined Rat Terrier of any
size.
This little dog may have started out being developed as a
small type hunting dog but it has evolved into a dog of many purposes. It
is as at home in somebody's bed as it is in the woods. It is as happy in
somebody's lap as it is in the back yard. It's heart may be small in
comparison to larger breeds but NO dog can be any more loyal.
Registries that are most prevalent in promoting the
Rat Terrier as a purebred are ACR (American Canine Registry), UKCI
(Universal Kennel Club), APRI (America's Pet Registry Inc.) and UKC
(United Kennel Club).
Other registries do register the Rat Terrier as
a breed but their registration policies are less stringent than the ones
above therefore making me question the PUREBRED status of such
puppies/dogs.
There was rumor in 2001 that AKC (American Kennel Club)
was to accept Rat Terriers for foundation stock into their registry. This
would be a happy/sad occasion for the Rat Terrier as a breed. It would
mean that one of the largest registries in the world has finally accepted
the Rat Terrier as a breed probably due to it's increasing large number of
breeders and pups being produced but it could also mean the loss of health
of our beloved Rat Terrier. Show Breeders have a tendency to
continually
breed back to related dogs which can give them a superior sho
The Rat Terrier made a huge come-back and gained
the public's eye in the 1990's and with the
popularity came the "WILL OF OTHERS" to change
things to their own liking.
Breed standards
that had served the Rat Terrier breed well for over
50 years started being scrutinized, argued over and
changed. One change was in the acceptable
patterns. Merle and Brindle became an
overnight disqualification in some registries.
Colors and Patterns were hashed over from one end of the United States to the other and eventually the "POWERS THAT BE" got their way and most breed standards across the nation were changed to their will. 2 registries stand out for their courage and knowledge in not allowing a few to change the standard for us all and those 2 are ACR - American Canine Registry and APRI - American Pet Registry Inc. who stood their ground and refused to eliminate things in the breed standard that was certain to once again reduce the Rat Terriers numbers and gene pool and without doubt would be unfair to the breeders who were already registering with them.
The UKCI adopted the National Rat Terrier
Association's (NRTA) standard of the Rat Terrier and that is the standard
that all UKCI registered Rat Terriers should be judged by.
The ACR
adopted the Rat Terrier Club International standard of the Rat Terrier and
that is the standard that all ACR registered Rat Terriers should be judged
by.
Keep in mind here though that several
registries now accept the
Rat Terrier as dog but can
also give them less vigor, more health problems and will surely start to
change the looks of the dog that we so love as it is now.
The rumor was indeed true and AKC now does FSS
Foundation Stock Service of the Rat Terrier.
Once the database has been built to a sufficient
number they will be recognized as a full AKC breed.
While the RTCA tries to make it seem that they were the official breed standard producers of an accepted breed standard that could be nothing further from the truth as UKCI did and does to this day have a recognized breed standard long before RTCA was even a dream.
Many try to accredit UKC (*UNITED) as being the
first registry of Rat Terriers and again this is
nothing but untruth. UKCI (*UNIVERSAL) was
the first REGISTRY to recognize and REGISTER the
Rat Terrier.
A registry is nothing but a company who DOCUMENTS and ISSUES paperwork and that is EXACTLY what UKCI has been doing with the Rat Terriers since 1936 which is a far cry longer than UKC's acceptance and documentation of the breed in 1999.
Added to 2010 Jennifer Mason
In May 2010, International Dog Registry opened it's registry to the public. After years of Toy Rat Terriers and Tiny Tot Rat Terriers (teacups) not being accepted in the show ring, a group of breders got together and decided our breed needed representation. We felt if our breed was just as beautiful , and just and well bred. As this has grown other breeds have come forward and admitted they too need representation.
Our dogs will have a place to be shown in all colors , and all sizes.
This
is a registry for your Merle, your Brindle, your UNIQUE
Coat Color.
All
Breeds, sizes and colors not recognized by other registrations.
We
will also be supporting the all dogs currently registered
with
other registries.
If
your breed calls the color a fault, most likely we
embrace it.
We are
not here to remake
any standard already out there, standards will remain the same,
coat colors
are the only item ever up for debate in the community.
Conformation
standard is
very important to maintain to keep the integrity of the breed,
and
integrity as we move forward with a new registry.
Supporting new coat colors will be very touchy. Some breeds have
had new breeds introduced for the sake of color,
this is not the same breed of dog, this is a new breed, and will
be recognized as such.
If this has happened with your breed, it will be a foundation stock
registered dog.
Our
stand on this matter
is, we are not supporting
new colors cropping up just for the purpose of breeding
dogs.
However
there are several colors and breeds already recognized worldwide, we
will
recognize
in this registry.
This registry will be offering
SHOWING for all
of these beautiful breeds through our registry, something most if none
currently have.
Just a sidenote : if we had to breed down the Toy Rat Terrier to get a smaller dog, how do you think we got smaller dogs, say a Mini Rat Terrier , from the Larger Rat Terriers.......


Bella Valentina
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Letters of Bliss from past litters
Tiny Tot- female
this little girl is just 3lbs
Good morning Jennifer
enjoy
Vega$pix
let
me know when you receive my email 
she
is too adorable
i thank my personal assistant in finding you
you are a caring breeder, thank you
Veronika and Vega$
Wink
Black/Tan Tuxedo male
Hey Jennifer,
I didn't want to bother you with another call. I thought you'd like to
know how
Ashton is doing. We had a great first night! We set up his pen like
you had
yours
set up. He saw his litter box, jumped in, rolled around and
pooped. We used the blanket in his kennel (cage/crate) and covered it
with another blanket. We had good play time in the back patio with our
other dog Max. They are still sniffing each other out. He went to
sleep easily and we never heard a peep from him all night. This
morning there were no accidents anywhere. Couldn't ask for a better
first night with a puppy. Right
now he's napping.
Thanks so much,
Cynthia
hercules
HERCULES
Sable/White male 6 1/2 lbs
Thank you so much for the time and care you and your family put into breeding these dogs. Not only did you do the bare minimum, but it seems you went above and beyond what most breeders would be required to do in terms of training, health, cleanliness, and more. Hercules has an excellent temperament and he is great around my 8 year old child and other pets.
I am really happy with the services you provided. Having a dog mostly crate and litter box trained made it very easy for everyone to adapt. He also adapted to leash training very quickly. We thank you for allowing us to visit with Hercules on occasion, and for being extremely patient when we were not sure which dog to choose. We know we chose the right pet, and I believe you helped us with that decision. We also appreciate you assisting with questions and offering lower priced shots in the present and future. Thanks for everything, and I would highly recommend you as a toy rat terrier breeder.
Irene