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Black Russian Terrier

Working Group

Black Russian Terrier dog, photographed by Guidopatek
Guidopatek · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

The Black Russian Terrier is a large and powerful breed of dog that was originally bred in Russia for guarding and protecting property. They are intelligent, loyal, and protective, and make excellent guard dogs.

Group
Working Group
Origin
Russia, Moscow (Red Star Kennel) (late 1940s-1950s)
Coat
medium wire · black and black with scattered gray hairs
Also known as
Russian Terrier, Chornyi Terrier, Tchiorny Terrier, and BRT
Recognized by
AKC, FCI, UKC, KC, CKC
Hypoallergenic
No
Id
361a7e04-f1d7-4152-be63-895bb9e75e44

Traits

Every rating runs from 1 to 5 against dogs in general, so a 3 is an average dog rather than an average Black Russian Terrier. They are researched estimates, not measurements.

Researched from images.akc.org brtca.org en.wikipedia.org petguide.com

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Everything above came from https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/361a7e04-f1d7-4152-be63-895bb9e75e44. No key, no sign up. See it in the reference.

Request 
curl -s "https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/361a7e04-f1d7-4152-be63-895bb9e75e44"
Response 
{
  "data": {
    "id": "361a7e04-f1d7-4152-be63-895bb9e75e44",
    "type": "breed",
    "attributes": {
      "name": "Black Russian Terrier",
      "description": "The Black Russian Terrier is a large and powerful breed of dog that was originally bred in Russia for guarding and protecting property. They are intelligent, loyal, and protective, and make excellent guard dogs.",
      "life": {
        "max": 14,
        "min": 10
      },
      "male_weight": {
        "max": 60,
        "min": 50
      },
      "female_weight": {
        "max": 50,
        "min": 45
      },
      "hypoallergenic": false,
      "male_height": {
        "max": 76,
        "min": 69
      },
      "female_height": {
        "max": 74,
        "min": 66
      },
      "origin": {
        "era": "late 1940s-1950s",
        "region": "Moscow (Red Star Kennel)",
        "country": "Russia"
      },
      "coat": {
        "type": "wire",
        "colors": [
          "black",
          "black with scattered gray hairs"
        ],
        "length": "medium"
      },
      "traits": {
        "energy": 4,
        "barking": 2,
        "drooling": 2,
        "grooming": 4,
        "shedding": 2,
        "temperament": [
          "confident",
          "courageous",
          "stable",
          "protective",
          "loyal",
          "reserved with strangers"
        ],
        "trainability": 4,
        "good_with_dogs": 3,
        "exercise_minutes": 60,
        "apartment_friendly": 2,
        "good_with_children": 4,
        "good_with_strangers": 2
      },
      "other_names": [
        "Russian Terrier",
        "Chornyi Terrier",
        "Tchiorny Terrier",
        "BRT"
      ],
      "recognized_by": [
        "AKC",
        "FCI",
        "UKC",
        "KC",
        "CKC"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://images.akc.org/pdf/breeds/standards/BlackRussianTerrier.pdf",
          "title": "Official Standard of the Black Russian Terrier (AKC)"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.brtca.org/akc-standard.html",
          "title": "AKC Standard - Black Russian Terrier Club of America"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Russian_Terrier",
          "title": "Black Russian Terrier - Wikipedia"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.petguide.com/breeds/dog/black-russian-terrier/",
          "title": "Black Russian Terrier Dog Breed Information and Pictures - PetGuide"
        }
      ],
      "images": [
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          "medium": "https://images.dogapi.dog/kzbwuq2vqmgymo2z77gn9qalnjf7",
          "large": "https://images.dogapi.dog/8vz1r7xyi533j07p4jsqucf97jiw",
          "attribution": {
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          }
        },
        {
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          "medium": "https://images.dogapi.dog/1nbxx75hcb5c6vejzdo4yoq9obrb",
          "large": "https://images.dogapi.dog/uhsywcoq86778p8rectgxbotni2q",
          "attribution": {
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          }
        },
        {
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          "large": "https://images.dogapi.dog/9mcstk03204gn1vlrrzhga1wmebf",
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          }
        },
        {
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          "thumb": "https://images.dogapi.dog/fx271vu1gh7w9fcfyyopf7fajuc5",
          "medium": "https://images.dogapi.dog/4ww4189xoumnj3oqenj2icuyaf6b",
          "large": "https://images.dogapi.dog/n7fzefsa9jekx51ayz0phy606yrw",
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          }
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        {
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          }
        },
        {
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          "attribution": {
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          }
        },
        {
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          "url": "https://images.dogapi.dog/4oho0hqx1ua4vjwl8a9m0hnpwagl",
          "thumb": "https://images.dogapi.dog/llthgylsn4s09fdkmy5g4igqzxs9",
          "medium": "https://images.dogapi.dog/q54gjo48gacn4mszfigm8xiysipe",
          "large": "https://images.dogapi.dog/e5yh3km9lbm7gi0q7gcf1z90xgar",
          "attribution": {
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          }
        },
        {
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          "large": "https://images.dogapi.dog/av5iwdpps5mgrs06rcguhkefo9s4",
          "attribution": {
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          }
        },
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    },
    "relationships": {
      "group": {
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          "type": "group"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

The picture itself also has an endpoint: https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/361a7e04-f1d7-4152-be63-895bb9e75e44/image, which redirects straight to the file. See it in the reference.