Anyone own one? Are they okay being left alone in the day or do they need a lot of attention?

Great dogs –

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/anyone-have-any-experience-of-patterdale-terriers

Nasty little bastards.

like most dogs, they can have good and bad characteristics brought out more. if you’re small and furry, and running away, then dd’s comment above is pretty fair tbh. they’re terriers, which means chasing things is fun for them. it’s what they do. however the flip side is that they’re pretty smart and quite people orientated. they’re always interested to see where you are and what you’re up to around the house, and they can be very playful. they can also be quite grumpy – mine used to growl and really get the hump if you started messing with him once he had gone to bed. he wasn’t being nasty towards me, just ‘bloody leave me alone’. 🙂
if it were me i wouldn’t want to get a dog if leaving him during the day is to be the norm, rather than the exception.

if it were me i wouldn’t want to get a dog if leaving him during the day is to be the norm, rather than the exception.

This really. 😐

Btw, my earlier comment was just poking fun at deluded. If you want a dog that you can leave all day, then get a cat.

Not a Paterdale but a Lakeland, Happy to be alone for several hours. Mad as a bucket of Frogs at all other times.

Hard as a coffin nail !

Pound for pound arguably one the the hardest little dogs around !

Excellent family pets, good with kids, loyal and quiet around the house until something fury goes past or something with feathers lands in the garden !

They need a good diet and a LOT of excercise, which isnt a problem until something with fur is spotted then the ears swithch off and the nostrils take over !

As for leaving in the house all day ! as said, get a cat !

Look like cracking little dogs, only trouble with terriers as far as I can see is they dig for England and they are yappy little buggers!