Patterdales arer hard dogs, its the breeding and what they were originally used for. By me we have a lot of old mines, and deep deep earths, where the dog needs to have balls if he is to stay. Patterdales are purfect for me.
My first one was my fisrst dog <you>ever</you> , she chased stock, fought other dogs and genereally run riiot, till i start to displince her, and then she became better with stock and other dogs. But unlike other patterdales she took 3 years to enter to ground, last christmas infact. (legally though on the shoot)