Pat Lent: The First Movement in US Terrier Work

Teddy Moritz writes to tell me that Patricia Adams Lent died November 16th, at the age of 95, at the Randolph, Vermont home of son and daughter-in-law, Jeffrey and Marion Lent. Her obituary can be read here.

For all practical purposes, the story of American terrier work begins in 1971 with Patricia Adams Lent, who founded the American Working Terrier Association in 1971 to promote working terriers and dachshunds, and who wrote a book entitled "Sport with Terriers" (1973).

I have written about Pat Lent's contributions to American terrier work before (see
Origins, Schisms, and the True Church of Work) and given a brief history of the American Working Terrier Association as well (see A Brief History of AWTA) 

Back in 2006, I also wrote a go-to-ground history and instruction sheet that mentioned Pat Lent's contribution to American terrier work (see Uncorking a Bottle of Working Terrier).

Suffice it to say that without Pat Lent, there might not have been a Jack Russell Terrier Club of America, as the JRTCA more or less copied the American Working Terrier Association's go-to-ground format.

God speed Ms. Lent, and thanks for the work on behalf of the dogs.