Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site inuxd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!inuxd!jla From: jla@inuxd.UUCP (Joyce Andrews) Newsgroups: net.pets Subject: Re: Jack Russell Terriers Message-ID: <674@inuxd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Dec-84 09:06:04 EST Article-I.D.: inuxd.674 Posted: Thu Dec 27 09:06:04 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Dec-84 05:23:32 EST Organization: AT&T Consumer Products Div., Indianapolis Lines: 26 I tried to reply to the Jack Russell inquiry, but my message was returned twice, so I will post this to the net, hoping it is of some interest to the rest of you. Jack Russells are very fashionable among the "hunt" set--that group who dresses in special attire and follows the fox hounds over hill and dale and, hopefully, some fences, because jumping their horses is what it's all about. As I understand the development of the breed, it has to do with small, fast, brave little fellows that can get right down into the den and drive Mr. Reynard out in the open (that was in the days when they really wanted to get rid of the fox because he was raiding the hen house). What the breeders got for their efforts is a small, fast, brave little dog that is also about as smart as you can get and still be a dog. They are affectionate, and loyal. They are also compatible with city living, and make nice house dogs. You do not have to own a horse in order to own a Jack Russell! Most of the hunt/race/jumper show magazines (Chronicle of the Horse, Middleburg, Virginia; Blood Horse; Practical Horseman; EQUUS) will have classifieds from Jack Russell breeders--and they are usually reputable. The prices are a couple hundred dollars, and the breeders who advertise in those magazines are usually reputable.