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u/MikeMac999 21h ago
Fastest dog at my dog park looks just like him, must be a speedy breed
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u/iiTzSTeVO 21h ago
Jack Russell? Anyone got another guess?
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u/Patriark 21h ago
Seems like a Jack Russel, yes. A lot of energy in those doggos
A coworker is a professional trainer of Jack Russel terriers. When properly trained they are really funny dogs, but they need A LOT of activity to be happy
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u/godtogblandet 18h ago edited 18h ago
Hunting breed made for killing small mammals. Not meant to be a companion dog. Don’t get one unless you plan on hunting something or have a rodent problem. There’s far better companion dogs or dogs suited for training various tasks. They are stubborn, hard to train and not to be trusted around other small animals or children. Too see what’s the natural state of a jack russel terrier look up ‘Ratting’ videos. That’s what they want to do and how much of a prey drive they have. It’s a working dog.
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u/Judgementday209 18h ago
I've had 3 or 4.
That's all true but they have the most personality of any other dog I've interacted with and if properly trained, can be lovely dogs.
But they are high effort dogs for sure.
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u/godtogblandet 17h ago
The problem is that most owners don’t train their dogs and a JRT is not a good option for someone just looking for a friendly dog to have at home despite looking like one. There’s a reason you can often find one at a shelter given up, very few people are prepared for that much energy and killer instinct. It’s like the honey badger of small dogs.
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u/RazzmatazzTraining42 16h ago
This is all true, however my dog is half jack Russell half Yorkie and I swear to God this is the perfect dog breed. Never barks,nips,chases cats,shows any sign of aggression. Also is way cuter than any full breed Russell or Yorkie lol. I might be a little biased but I promise if you ever come across a Yorkie/Russell mix get em. You won't regret.
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u/UntamedAnomaly 14h ago edited 9h ago
One of the coolest dogs I've ever met was a JRT and chi mix, she was tiny and spunky AF. You could play wrestle her with your hand and she was gentle enough to not to bite hard enough to ever hurt you, and when she would get the zoomies, she was like a tiny tornado-y blur. Also one of the most demonically possessed dogs I've ever met, was also a JRT and chi mix, that guy was a absolute terror, even to his owner.....that dude would chomp and raise hell at his own tail until it bled, would actively try to fight any male dog and breed any female dog (he wasn't fixed of course), would chomp his owner and would growl at literally everyone, peed on everything, including his owner.
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u/callin-br 15h ago
I had a Russell/ mini schnauzer mix. He was a very, very smart dog. He had a big personality too. And yes he was incredibly fast, just like the one in this video.
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u/buerglermeister 18h ago
That‘s a generalization. A friend of mine has a Jack Russel that is a fantastic companion.
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u/godtogblandet 17h ago
And there’s very nice pitbulls out there, I still wouldn’t recommend people go get one.
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u/Appropriate_Tower680 12h ago
It's like playing toss with a hand grenade. You CAN, and it's totally fine. I'm sure you could for years. It's the liability, when you can use a tennis ball and have zero worries, with essentially the same results.
You have the dog a decade, he's a wonderful companion, ONE time his instincts shift and something happens. Now that poor guy is punished for just fulfilling his nature. Not to mention the fallout. The neighbors rat looking dog gets hurt, a family child, some litigious neighbor gets bit....
Not worth the liability, for me. If it has teeth, it can bite. I had a wonderful cocker spaniel as a kid. One day he attacked me out of nowhere. Turns out he was riddled with cancer and couldn't hold back the pain my love was causing him anymore....
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u/monkeyjay 16h ago edited 8h ago
That‘s a generalization
Exactly. And a good one. You're saying it like it's a negative. That's what generalisations are, helpful "general" facts for making informed decisions. otherwise you have to weigh up every single anecdote as it comes by.
And I should clarify that generalisations about dog breeds are useful. 'generalisations' can be bad when they don't have an basis (ie, like a racial stereotype). Dog breeds didn't burst out of the ether, Humans created them all. For very specific purposes. Purposes that we know. Like we know pugs were bred to have super squished up faces. This causes breathing problems. It's a 'generalisation' to say that you have to be careful buying a pug because they were basically bred to have breathing problems. It doesn't matter that you know someone who had a pug that lived to 15 without any breathing problems.
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u/Bringthegato 15h ago
We had an incredibly lazy jack Russel when I was a kid. Never saw him catching any rats, he did however furiously devour a large toad once.
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u/WideAinous 13h ago
Jack Russell Terrier is a very popular companion dog and I don't think small animals and children are in danger. Like any dog JRT are great pets if raised right. Since they are more active they need more walks or play time, they don't need to hunt; they need a basic level of rules, routine, enough attention and love (again like almost any dog). It sounds like you watched one "Ratting video" and thought yourself an expert on dog psychology.
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u/ortofon88 14h ago
I used to ride 4 wheelers with my neighbor and he had 2 Jack Russels. They would chase us all over their property and try to bite the air nozzel on the tire. Which was crazy that it could even see the nozzel going around at those speeds. The ground was dusty and it made it look like the dogs had smoke coming from their feet when they ran super fast, it was so funny.
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u/DragonfruitFew5542 15h ago
I have a primarily JRT mix and she needs an energy outlet for sure, but even more she craves intellectual stimulation.
She's a careful observer of everything happening around her. I never taught her commands, formally. I just talked to her and occasionally threw out words that I guess could be associated with commands, but no traditional training, whatsoever. She picked up on key words and does what I ask now. I never provided positive reinforcement. She just figured it out.
I just told her to go to her bed and she did so right away.
They're incredible.
Also yes, fast as hell.
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u/Sandalman3000 13h ago
I ended up with the most low effort lazy Jack Russell, it was pretty nice. She made it to just about 18.
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u/SquishedGremlin 21h ago
Jack Russell, can confirm have a few.
Yes. They go fast.
Little dog. Big heart.
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u/DragonfruitFew5542 15h ago
Biggest heart I've ever encountered, as a dog owner. I rescued my JRT mix and she is the best dog I've ever had. She is so smart, full of personality, fast, and at the end of the day just wants me to love on her. As much as she loves running her tail off at the dog park, she equally loves cuddling up next to me.
Sheds an insane enough, but it's a small price to pay for the amount of loyalty and love I receive from my little girl.
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u/arathorn867 11h ago
And they go vertical. Neighbor had one when I was a kid. I think that things could launch itself like 6' straight up.
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u/juniorRjuniorR 16h ago
By the end of her life my part-Jack Russell couldn’t jump up the two steps to my living room without hitting the bottom of her legs (she couldn’t jump a single foot) but could outrun every single dog neighbor until the week she died.
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u/Various_Alfalfa_1078 15h ago
Parson jack Russell
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u/massinvader 14h ago
Parson Russell Terrier is what you wanted to say here.
I must inform you though that i guess by (human)technicality, this is a jack Russell. Parson Russell is the original breed's look. Jack Russells like in this vid, have the shorter legs and theoretically have been bred for better temperament.
It gets funny though because they can both come from the same litters these days as people have bred more for pets rather than hunting.
so while im correcting you..its only by technicality lol
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u/Y0___0Y 17h ago
Jack Russels are incredibly athletic. My family had one about the size of this dog and she would jump up and lick the noses of houseguests.
She always wanted to play. And my siblings and I would try to block up the hallway in our basement with couch cusuons to see if we could contain her but she’d leap over them.
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u/SorryamSmarts 15h ago
You ever seen a video of a jack russel doing what they were bred to do? They are scary motherfuckers, cold blooded killers, ruthless little wrangle-your-neck-till your dead mofos.
If every animal on the planet all of the sudden became the same size, Jack Russels would be the dominant species
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u/MichaelFusion44 21h ago
That was so awesome
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u/awesomeness6000 16h ago
thought the little guy was tryna pop it at first, didnt realize he was tryna help lmao
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u/DragonfruitFew5542 15h ago edited 15h ago
I have a jack russell mix. She is practically a white and tan blur when she runs. I thought my childhood dachshund was fast, but she is so much faster.
Also incredibly intelligent, so much personality, and loyal. She's a rescue but I think I'll seek to adopt JRTs in the future, after my experience with her!
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u/Goodknight808 15h ago
Our first dog was a Rat Terrier who was more Jack Russell than the rest of their mix.
Given to us, but let us watch it for a few a days before announcing it was ours, like a dog is a houseplant.
I never wanted my first dog to be a small yap-yap-purse dog.
Threw the tennis ball across the yard and that girl made a sonic boom and was on the other side of the yard a full 2 seconds before that ball reached her.
She was no lap dog, she was pure sports car.
I miss my Dixie. She was a helion for 13 years.
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u/Illustrious-Mud1282 13h ago
My first dog was a Jack Russell I got when I was 23. Fast as greased lightning! We shared the same birthday. He was with me til I turned 40. His name was Ivan.
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u/LateNightMilesOBrien 13h ago
Similar experience but with an Italian Greyhound mixed with a Chihuahua (something I like to call a Mexican Greyhound). Just like you described, personality to spare and so much fun to play with. Loved nothing more than to spend time with humans or sleep. Also, if you could convince her not to be lazy she was speed incarnate.
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u/Separate_Secret_8739 15h ago
We got one from a breeder. Named him sparky and he ruined us. Could teach him things after 3–4 times. Learned how to ring the bell to go outside or if you say the word outside. Anyways he died around 15 yrs old which is pretty good for a Jack Russell. All the dogs we have had since then seen dumb as shit. Happy but so damn dumb.
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u/Infinite_Ad3616 13h ago
My family adopted a Miniature Fox Terrier and we didn't know what hit us.
She would routinely wear us all out then start bouncing her rubber ball against a wall and either catch it or let it roll before chasing it down.
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u/Status_Jellyfish_213 14h ago
I have a JR as well. Very, very smart and sensitive dog.
He was watching me tidy away his toys one day and started to help me tidy as well, with the reward of a treat. If I’m ever having a nightmare, he’ll wake me up just staring at me checking I’m ok.
Lovely dog.
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u/MichaelFusion44 15h ago
So awesome to hear
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u/DragonfruitFew5542 15h ago
My favorite video of the little goofball
She also has a secret power of making incredibly weird noises
This is absolutely one of her manic JRT moments.
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u/WiredOrange 21h ago
He was getting close to the dog and part of my brain was screaming "DONT HIT THE DOG!!!"
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u/Meperkiz 20h ago
I kind of thought he was going to grab the pup at some point along the way but damn those speedy lil legs said not a chance!
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u/Styrene_Addict1965 17h ago
I think he was thinking the same thing. Then, the silly pup got in front of him on purpose!
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u/RectalSpawn 15h ago
"This slowpoke needs me to take his wind resistance just to keep up!"
-Doggo, probably
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u/eightbitboss 13h ago
It's in Slavik I don't know, but he had that signature worry in his voice when the sled(?) got close to his little pup.
He was equally as worried. Very good pup pop.
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u/Bradley182 21h ago
I forgot there was a dog who has a show who looked like this.
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u/Kazu2324 21h ago
Are you maybe thinking about the show Wishbone? The main character is a Jack Russel Terrier and he brings classic stories into live action stuff featuring himself as the lead. It's super cute, remember loving that show as a kid. Not sure if it's the same one you're thinking of.
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u/benrod1 21h ago
Wasn’t it a movie called “My Dog Skip” with Frankie Muniz?
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u/Sudden_Edge3436 21h ago
Nah he told stories where the dog would play the main character like icobod crane
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u/Over_Editor2560 21h ago
Little bro was bumping Who Let the Dogs Out on his earbuds for motivation for sure
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u/BigDad5000 15h ago
Those little back legs had me cracking up! I can’t even believe that dog can run that fast! Incredible.
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u/Big-Yam2723 21h ago
I am really impressed ! No doubts about the Winner 💫 Doggo deserves Superior UPVOTE !!
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u/MeatZealousideal595 19h ago
Jack Russell, it´ll run like that for 3 fuckin´ days straight, then give it some food, water and a 20 minute nap and here we go again.
Methheads of the canine world.
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u/yollerballer 21h ago
What breed is that
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u/CynicalRecidivist 21h ago
Jack russell. I used to walk one as a kid. Loved been given "jobs" and activities, and fetch etc. They are a real power house in a little body.
RIP Titch. X
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u/Pretend-Reality5431 21h ago
How does he know to pull only at the seam?? I tried that with mine, he grabbed the tube and bit through it, and that was the end of sledding for the day.
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u/calcaneus 15h ago
We raced our Jacks (for fun, terrier trials). In-fucking-sane, how fast they can move. Fun, tough little dogs.
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u/NeveLover88RS 13h ago
I had a long legged jack on my farm and she would nip at the horse’s ankles to get them to chase her. She’d outrun them anytime. It was insane.
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u/Ridge9876 18h ago
That kid s bunnyhopping from ivy, through middle and out our connector, like a fucking speed demon dude
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u/CaptainBC2222 14h ago
Let me translate what the dog you.
YOUR TRASH YOUR DOG WATER YOUR CRACKED YOUR BAD GET GUD NUUB
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u/Shaggy-Tea 14h ago
I think the guy may have been able to pass the pupper but he got close to squishing him so he had to swerve a bit
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u/HorrificAnalInjuries 11h ago
Putting this to the Diddy Kong Racing boss music is lit. Glad everyone involved had a blast!
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u/Waveofspring 11h ago
I love seeing dogs run at max speed, I feel like most dogs don’t get the opportunity to do that
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u/Far-Worldliness-4796 10h ago
Again again!!! Just like a little kid, I love terriers, their enthusiasm knows no bounds
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u/This_Albatross_8809 21h ago
Body of a bread loaf, spirit of a cheetah.