Jack Russell Terrier Jack Russell Terrier is also called Working Russell Terrier, Working Jack Russell Terrier, or JRT. The dog is named after an English priest, Reverend John (Jack) Russell, who initially came up with it. In the earlier times, the dog was mainly kept for hunting fox. How...
The breed history is wrapped in legend. Named for Parson Jack Russell, a hard-drinking, hard-riding hunter of the 1850-70s, the dog is from the same basic stock as the AKC-registered Wire-haired Fox Terrier1. The parson favored a dog that was bold enough to follow the fox into its e...
In the worst case scenario, some bitches will kill their puppies—a trait seen more in Jack Russell Terriers.94 Because this is a breed that hunts small prey, it has been hypothesized that these bitches fail to recognize puppies as dogs and treat them as rats instead.94 Cannibalism of a ...
Enjoy the rat terrier's loveable traits Rat terriersgot their name from being raised to chase rats on farms, and their solid, muscular bodies can still give a good chase. They are very playful, too, and in spite of being one of the calmest terriers, rat terriers are still energetic dogs...