My Jack Russle

[Mitchell1982 35]

Last year I bought myself a jack russle this being my first ever dog purchase I somewhat dove straight in and over looked what many of you seasoned terrier owners would consider to be school boy errors whilst buying a dog, the end result was (and dont get me wrong here because this dog and me are now totally inseparable) a queen Anne legged, 5 and a half kg snipy faced "so im told" jack russle called patch, a friend of mine who keeps a few working terrier's always chuckles and says "we learn by our mistakes" when he see's patch, now allthough he might not be the thickest set jack ive seen or the most aggressive dog ever. The little bugger will happily kill rats all day long, and now in his second ferreting season of his life at just a year old never miss marks a rabbit warren ever! Fair enough I never send him down a fox set but he is never the lest the most valuable part of our team and couldent imagine been in the field without him now, so I guess what I getting at as an inexperienced worker of dogs is what should I look out for in my next dog purchase, why are these trait's less favored, and do they really effect the dog's abillity ?????

[fireman 10,997]

Sounds like your pleased with her so does it matter what others think?.

[Mitchell1982 35]

I suppose not....... Thank you you'v just put my mind at ease in one fell swoop, if he works he works!

[bobby blackheart 1,209]

they all look the same when under the sod only has to please you f**k what anyone else thinks.

[marshman 7,758]

Some of the best dogs that I've had have been ugly Queen Anne legged dogs . Like others have said as long as he does the job you want him to do ! Or the flip side to that coin is you could have a looker that's useless lol

[nomoon 542]

Last year I bought myself a jack russle this being my first ever dog purchase I somewhat dove straight in and over looked what many of you seasoned terrier owners would consider to be school boy errors whilst buying a dog, the end result was (and dont get me wrong here because this dog and me are now totally inseparable) a queen Anne legged, 5 and a half kg snipy faced "so im told" jack russle called patch, a friend of mine who keeps a few working terrier's always chuckles and says "we learn by our mistakes" when he see's patch, now allthough he might not be the thickest set jack ive seen or the most aggressive dog ever. The little bugger will happily kill rats all day long, and now in his second ferreting season of his life at just a year old never miss marks a rabbit warren ever! Fair enough I never send him down a fox set but he is never the lest the most valuable part of our team and couldent imagine been in the field without him now, so I guess what I getting at as an inexperienced worker of dogs is what should I look out for in my next dog purchase, why are these trait's less favored, and do they really effect the dog's abillity ?????

hamesome is what hamesome does,enjoy,

[Mitchell1982 35]

Great! Thanks everyone...... I think with my inexperience I was half expecting him to develop some sort of inability to work, or there was some sort of underlining health problems that came hand in hand with the trait's people avoid....... Next time my mate takes the p**s ill tell him to shove it

[diggory 130]

first dog I had was a queen ann legger ,had 100s with him ...did me proud

[russ2012 328]

idiots always say things like this wrong size, wrong color, head to small ect, ect who gives a f**k wat they think as long as the dog does as hes reared to do then imo the dog has done nothing wrong and by the sound of it hes doing his job well good luck with him atb

[Accip74 7,112]

I met a guy this year in belgium, who had same sort of Russell, it didn't look like anything, but he showed me a photo of him with the dog & 16 foxes bolted over 2 days to guns in the Ardennes, he also gave me a DVD of this dog working, no locator, but bolt after bolt with this dog, dozens of foxes taken, just bolting to guns.......I would of prefered a nice fell type, but this dog was doing the business.......ATB

[Cleanspade 3,324]

sounds like you have a good little hunting partner as for your next dog. working stock is the main thing. anything else is secondary. or should be

[mule1943 291]

looks dont kill rats dogs do

[dytkos 17,820]

My first one was similar when I was a young lad.

Taught me more than I taught him.

Just enjoy your dog mate.

 

Cheers, D.

[wirral countryman 2,110]

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Edited November 4, 2013 by wirral countryman

[gonetoearth 5,144]

Last year I bought myself a jack russle this being my first ever dog purchase I somewhat dove straight in and over looked what many of you seasoned terrier owners would consider to be school boy errors whilst buying a dog, the end result was (and dont get me wrong here because this dog and me are now totally inseparable) a queen Anne legged, 5 and a half kg snipy faced "so im told" jack russle called patch, a friend of mine who keeps a few working terrier's always chuckles and says "we learn by our mistakes" when he see's patch, now allthough he might not be the thickest set jack ive seen or the most aggressive dog ever. The little bugger will happily kill rats all day long, and now in his second ferreting season of his life at just a year old never miss marks a rabbit warren ever! Fair enough I never send him down a fox set but he is never the lest the most valuable part of our team and couldent imagine been in the field without him now, so I guess what I getting at as an inexperienced worker of dogs is what should I look out for in my next dog purchase, why are these trait's less favored, and do they really effect the dog's abillity ?????

a pup of what you have you like him he does what you want end of sounds like a terrier to me. Ps lol i never looked down this post then read all the above. Good stuff lads Edited October 30, 2013 by gonetoearth