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.
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
Working terriers are scary dogs because they are still bred towards the same hunting characteristics as they were hundreds of years ago. A lot of breeds lost the traits they were originally bred for as they became increasingly domesticated. If anything, JRTs have got even more deadly over time. The original Jack Russell was bred to be a baying terrier, rather than the killing machine it is today.
Farmers quickly realised a game JRT can kill just as well as it can bay, and put their JRTs to work on pest control duties. JRTs became popular barn dogs because they don't need any direction or encouragement to do their thing. Leave a couple of JRTs to their own devices and they will autonomously kill any varmint that scurries, scampers, or slithers into their AO.
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u/MikeMac999 1d ago
Fastest dog at my dog park looks just like him, must be a speedy breed