The club later changed it’s name to the Parson Jack Russell Terrier Club. At the onset of the 20th century Russell’s name became associated with this breed of dog. Terriers were acquired from Nicholas Snow of Oare and were likely descendants of John Russell’s original dogs as Russell would have hunted at some point with Snow’s hunting club and so probably provided some of their original terriers. The first breed standard was created by Arthur Blake Heinemann and in 1894 the Devon and Somerset Badger Club was founded whose aims were to promote badger digging rather than fox hunting and so breeding of terriers to fit this purpose. They aimed for a dog not as large as the show fox terrier and ideally weighing below 15 pounds. These traits say a great deal for their unwavering tenacity, strong mindedness and ability to get along well with other dogs not to mention digging like their lives depend on it!įollowing John Russell’s death two southern men made serious progress to continue the standard, both having dogs descended from one of John Russell’s dogs. Jack Russells being bred to hunt foxes had to work alongside hounds and cover extensive distances without slowing whilst being small enough to enter a fox den and be bold and brave enough to uphold the fox.
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