parsons

[steve109 43]

just thought i would mention the parsons jrt.....and what folk think of this breed as they dont get to much talk on here are they any good........

[Border Terrier 0]

Like them not as much as borders tho

[Guest stella]

is there any differance between a parson jr and a jr terrier

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

yes about £100 and a bit of paper

[hafod 1]

yes about £100 and a bit of paper

[Simoman 110]

Sad but true :11:

[The Ferret Tamer 1]

 

 

My Parson pup Stig and sad but true the real difference is the bit of paper and the cash.

 

YIS FT

[walker9595 0]

ive got a jack russell x lakeland looks exactly like a parson! say the difference is there alot quicker which is good when out bushing, for me anyway!

 

walker

[valerio 32]

My dog is a kc parson an is as good for real underground work as every other dog I've had

[samba 534]

both lines parson or just working russells have the same lines going backin pedigrees

but as you say kc means more money.also the kc stuff have white lakie in thereblood

if you look far enough back. so there fore not that true bred[stormer goulds]ad this

blood and in some kc parsons pedigree he is in them.

so no different to the next working jack excempt the price

but each to there own but i breed the cheaper type [duggan nixon steve wales bloodlines]

[PBurns 9]

There are only two types of terriers -- those that work, and those that don't.

 

And it's not all about the dog, is it? The dogs don't have keys to the truck and don't drive. So, push comes to shove, for a dog to work it has to be owned by someone who will work it. Kennel Club dogs are too rarely owned by people who work their dogs.

 

As for the Parson and the Jack Russell terriers, they are NOT the same dog. The Parson Russell terrier is, by definition, a dog that is being bred in a closed registry. A Jack Russell is not.

 

To understand why all working dogs (sled dogs, sheep dogs, racing greyhounds, terriers, etc.) tend to come from open registries, See Here

 

 

Patrick

[Rainmaker 7]

Just found these pics from last year of a mate's excellent earth dogs. They're from the same strain more or less, out of old Gould/Jones blood amongst others. Nicely line bred by a guy in Wales, I might just get myself a dog to match my Patterdale x Sealyham bitch this season

 

As for the £100 and a bit of paper, couldn't agree more in many respects. However I still think it's worth differentiating between long-legged JRs and shorter-legged (almost achondroplasic) JRs. The bitches below are both long legged, and the larger of the two was 14" - as you can see it never stopped her working almost every weekend in hard places (pre-ban).

 

Talking of price differences, these dogs (from this strain I mean) still go for £100 and definitely do the biz! I've dug these bitches (below) out of many a hole, and couldn't fault them

 

 

EDIT: Sorry forgot to say - the smaller white/red bitch is about 18mths old in the pic, and the older one is 11yrs old and was still working to ground at that time. She died at the end of last season after a good hard dig (on game-bird property).

Edited October 2, 2006 by RainmakerKennels

[steve109 43]

thats a nice looking young bitch you have there......

[bondy 0]

got any pictures of sealyham pat + rainmaker mate.

[Bandit 0]

My dog is a kc parson an is as good for real underground work as every other dog I've had

 

What are the odds of that happening eh! Every dog you've owned has been sh*te!