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Short answer first: Good with children. That is the Barbado da Terceira's record with children, before the conditions every breed carries. What follows covers toddlers, school age children and visiting families, because a Barbado da Terceira meets all three differently.
Working bred energy at 5/5 does not switch off indoors unless the day has genuinely spent it. Breeds earn family reputations one ordinary afternoon at a time, and the Barbado da Terceira's Sharp, energetic, devoted and quick to learn character is built for those afternoons.
The Barbado da Terceira's growth stages run 8 weeks at about 6 to 9 lb, 9 months at about 34 to 49 lb, 18 months at about 46 to 66 lb, ending at the adult range of 46 to 66 lb and 19 to 23 inches tall. Standard colors: yellow, grey, black or fawn with white patches on the chest, belly and tip of the tail. Home ground: Azores, Portugal. The record groups the Barbado da Terceira with the Non-Sporting breeds.
Puppy or adult is the family's other decision: a Barbado da Terceira puppy grows up fluent in your chaos, an adult with a known history removes the guesswork.
Context from the wider record: the Barbado da Terceira stands in the Non-Sporting group, originates from Azores, Portugal, and carries a temperament summarised as Sharp, energetic, devoted and quick to learn.
It rates apartments as not ideal because exercise, brain and coat all push outward. It rates apartments as not ideal because exercise, brain and coat all push outward. It rates apartments as not ideal because exercise, brain and coat all push outward. Visiting children are the real test of a Barbado da Terceira: a gate for the first excited minutes and introductions once everyone calms down prevent nearly every incident.
Holidays stress test the pairing annually, and a Barbado da Terceira whose exercise of 60 to 120 minutes travels with it holidays as calmly as it lives.
A Barbado da Terceira comfortable with dogs (Usually good with dogs) and strangers (Reserved with strangers) makes the whole family calendar, parties included, simpler to run. The barking rating of 4 out of 5 is part of the Barbado da Terceira package, and in flats it is the trait most likely to be discussed by neighbours.
Children old enough to ask for the dog are old enough for a share of its routine, and a Barbado da Terceira bonds fastest with whoever feeds and walks it.
Older children can, on quiet routes, once the dog walks politely: a medium dog of 46 to 66 lb is a real weight on a lead when something exciting appears. Adults keep the road crossings and the final say, whatever the child's enthusiasm.
The candidates share the record on this page: Good with children with children, Reserved with strangers with strangers and trainability to pass the assessments. Plenty of Barbado da Terceiras do the work beautifully; the individual dog's enjoyment of it is the deciding test.
Children old enough to follow handling rules, usually school age and up, get the best of a breed rated Good with children. At 46 to 66 lb the practical question cuts both ways: small children can hurt a small Barbado da Terceira, and a big one can bowl a small child over without malice.
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Last updated: November 6, 2026