Janet Boss said in
rec.pets.dogs.breeds:

what lead us to the choice was i have seen some at my my
soccer games, some of the families have some, but also one
of our family friends had airedale terriers and we loved
the look of them, but thought they were too big for us, so
we landed on welsh terriers

The personalities aren't the same.

Not at all. While my experience with Welsh Terriers is
different from yours, Janet, they're way different from
Airedales - I've never seen a biter or a nipper, but they're
*very* independent to the point of totally ignoring their
handler.

(As an aside, what similarities and differences do you see in
the attidues of Welsh, Lakeland, and Irish Terriers? I've
only looked after one Irish, and he was prone to nip *at* the
handler when he didn't get his way.)

Nothing beats spending time with a dog of a breed that you
are interested in, to make or break a deal. Even so,
realize that only so much is nature and a good deal is
nurture.

Yep, sometimes nurture can beat nature and you can lose the
attitude the dog was hopefully bred for. The OP needs to meet
a whole bunch of terriers. While I respect real terrier
attitude, it wouldn't fit in here long term.

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--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.