Rat Terrier

Hopefully it was new to you today.

Your triple connections were Boston Bull and Rat, all types of terriers, Boston Terrier, Bull Terrier, Rat Terrier.

And your fact of the day, in Michigan City, Indiana, there is a prison that accepts shelter cats and allows prisoners to take care of them.

Michigan City, Indiana, not far from where I grew up in Chicagoland, Illinois.

That white coat wasn't an accident either.

The now extinct English White Terrier is the common ancestor behind not just the Jack Russell, but also breeds like the Sealyham Terrier and Rat Terrier.

In the chaos of a hunt with hounds and horses and terriers all tearing through the brush, you needed to be able to spot your dog at a glance and tell it apart from the fox it was chasing.

White fur solved that problem instantly.