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~*~Click here to see our AVAILABLE RAT TERRIERS.~*~
11/26/2011: 7 robust puppies were born in the Lydia/Slim Litter.
Winter, 2011: 1 adult Rat Terrier will retire.
Read how to make a reservation or purchase.
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~*~Click here to see our UPCOMING LITTERS.~*~
Spring, 2012: 1 breeding is planned.
Read about our breeding program and how we raise our puppies, too!
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Hello and welcome to our Picturetrail albums! We at Southern Sands Kennels are located in balmy southeast Georgia. We have been breeding and showing the remarkable Rat Terrier for almost 2 decades now. We are absolutely dedicated to the preservation and betterment of this versatile American breed!

As minimum age requirements are met and events are available, all of our Rat Terriers are:

~*~ AKC & UKC registered.
~*~ AKC & UKC DNA profiled (our males).
~*~ Shown to their UKC championship titles or beyond.
~*~ Thoroughly checked by any number of our veterinarians:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Byron Steve Lynn, DVM (Reidsville, GA),
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kibbie Ringer, DVM (Reidsville, GA),
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Neal Deal, DVM (Glennville, GA) and
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Hobby, DVM (Dublin, GA).
~*~ Microchipped with Bayer resQ and registered with PetLink.
~*~ CHIC certified healthy with OFA according to and beyond the tests required for this breed:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cardiac (normal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patellas (normal)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elbows (normal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hips (fair, good or excellent)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Legg-Calve-Perthes ("LCP", normal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Primary Lens Luxation ("PLL", normal [clear]).

We hope you enjoy this tribute to our 8 beloved Rat Terriers. Please scroll down this page to visit their photo albums. In these photos, you will see us with our Rat Terriers competing in UKC show events, playing on the beach, hunting, relaxing at home and otherwise just enjoying life. We are proud to showcase their excellent conformation as well as their happiness, their health and the great quality of their lives. We strive to candidly display our intense devotion to them, to this unique breed as a whole and to the clear satisfaction of our buyers. And we are always glad to provide by request various references from previous buyers and colleagues as well.

Over the years, we have been honored to enrich our breeding program with the diverse bloodlines of some of the most remarkable Rat Terriers in the world! As we continue the development our own Rat Terrier bloodline, the Sands line, we uphold our dogs as a living testament to the quality of their ancestors and to our uncompromising committment to safeguarding this breed.

To learn more about us, please visit Our Website. We are active members of the RTCA and the ARTA. First and foremost, our Rat Terriers are cherished members of our family. We show in UKC competition events for the fellowship of the sport, for the advancement of this breed and to eventually put a championship title on every one of our Rat Terriers. For more information, please E-Mail us or call us at 912-654-1201. You can also see our latest Ad On Puppy-Stork. If interested in acquiring one of our available Rat Terriers, please fill out Our Online Application.

Thank you for stopping by!
~Lisa, Michael, Tyler and the "SandRats"
Southern Sands Kennels

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