Yes, I’m watching it now. Yes, be mad at me because it is great and I did not watch it when it was on and got it canceled. 
I’m on episode 2. Why is this show called Terriers?
Apparently, it’s an obscure slang term for a private investigator.
Ah, I would have guessed it was for the way they never let go of a case!
of course, never having seen it, I apparantly would have guessed wrongly.
Don’t believe them. It’s because the characters are cute and cuddly. Easy to feed.
And studies have shown they prolong old people’s lives.
I am sorry, I’ve wanted to make this joke every time I’ve seen a thread on this show, which I have never seen. I’ve finally been unable to resist.
Apparently, the advertising folks thought it was a show about dog walking or something. It didn’t help ratings.
I’ve never in my life - a life of reading mystery, crime, and private eye novels - ever heard the word terriers be used as slang for an investigators. It’s not hot new kid slang either, at least it’s not on urbandictionary.com. Whoever picked out a term that meant nothing to anybody as a title for a tv show is the number one person to blame for its demise. That was a truly record-setting epically stupid decision.
You’re not the only one.
Les terriers sont a peu pres vingt livres.
Ha! Even out of character, Donal Logue is in character. That’s hysterical. 
I’ve only ever heard it in Pratchett’s City Guard books. There Vimes is said by some to be Vetinari’s Terrier.
He’s not a PI, though; he’s Commander of the City Watch.
Ah, I see. What a terrible name for a cool show.
I disagree with this assessment. The lazy viewers who couldn’t be bothered to give the show a chance, despite numerous favorable reviews, just becasue the title didn’t immediately settle six different plot twists, robbed themselves of a wonderful television program and are the ones to blame for the show’s demise. That was a truly record-setting epically stupid decision on their parts.
They talk around it in an episode where they briefly discuss getting business cards. Britt says that they would also need a mascot. Something to let people know that they’re scrappy and won’t quit. That’s all you get to explain the title.
Yeah, alright. Blame the person who didn’t watch the show about PIs because it was named Terriers. It makes much more sense to blame the who got paid the big bucks and should have figured out this was a mistake long before it ever got on the air.
I loved the title. The show didn’t need to be called “This Is A Show About Private Investigators,” it needed to be marketed better.
Just me talking, but I watched every week because I took the time to get involved in the story and enjoyed the actors from previous work. Didn’t give a damn about the title, so yes, I’ll blame the people who didn’t watch. If I never bothered to give Castle a chance because I’m not into knights and medieval stuff (and wouldn’t have known Nathan Fillion if he introduced himself to me), I would have missed out on some very interesting television. Yeah, I know the guys name actually is Castle in the show, but the title never mentioned that. I took the time to check it out and decide for myself if the show was worth my time. Didn’t need some anonymous suit to tell me.
I specifically didn’t watch the show because of the title because I thought it was a show about dogs. Also I am not going to go and google every single show just to make sure the show is an awesome PI show and not some lame show about dogs.