Showing posts with label Jack Rusell (terrier). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jack Rusell (terrier). Show all posts
Friday, July 22, 2022

Plummer on the Rise of Mute Dogs

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A repost from 2005 Forty Years Onwards, By D. Brian Plummer I believe I have mentioned this before, but in the mid 1960's, Britain exp...
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Sunday, June 12, 2022

Westminster & the Death of the Fox Terrier

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A repost from July 2004     I came across an interesting book in the stacks -- " The Dog Show " By William Stifel (2003, ...
Sunday, April 17, 2022

Loopy Lupus Heard by Deaf Man

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A Jack Russell terrier was trapped for three days in a warren at Perranporth when a hunt for Easter bunnies took a turn for the worse.  Eigh...
Friday, May 18, 2018

Mrs. Jack Russell and Her Dog

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The picture above is Penelope Incledon Bury, aka "Mrs Jack Russell". She married the Reverend John Russell in 1826, and they...
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Thursday, May 17, 2018

Non-Extinct Terriers & Other Mysteries

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Many of the terrier breeds that people now lament the "extinction" of never actually existed except in the minds of Victorian...
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Jack The Ripper

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"Jack Russells are genetically programmed to react to small animals that make high pitched noises and jerky movements -- the exact ...
Thursday, October 26, 2017

Hitler's Jack Russell

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Hitler is under the "X". The Jack Russell was his.  For another picture . In World War I, it was common to find terriers in ...
Monday, October 23, 2017

What's Wrong With Working Dogs as Pets?

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A commercial breeder of Jack Russell terriers for pet buyers writes to ask a question. She says she is very sincere about breeding fo...
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Sunday, July 09, 2017

The Good Stuff

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A repost from this blog, circa 2004. Eddie Chapman writes in The Real Jack Russell Terrier (1993) that: The hunter terrier man [o...
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Saturday, July 08, 2017

The Nonsense of Pull Dogs

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. This is a repost from this blog, circa Feb 2005 : In "The Working Jack Russell Terrier," Eddie Chapman writes: "Someth...
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A Well Written Book With Something to Say

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RIP Eddie Chapman.  A re-post from 2005 Eddie Chapman's book, The Working Jack Russell Terrier , is one of the best books written ...
Friday, July 07, 2017

If John Russell Were Alive Today ...

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A lot of time and energy is spent by people on the show ring circuit culling through pedigrees counting the number of "champions...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

The Sad Rise of Hard Dogs

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Just as the world of rosette-chasers is filled with those chasing an ever-changing image of "the perfect terrier," so too are...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

No Tolerance for Diversity

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T he American Kennel Club has very little tolerance for diversity. The goal of conformation , after all is to conform . And so, if we...
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Friday, November 06, 2015

The Accuracy of the Internet

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A repost from this blog circa August, 2004 Some of the stuff on the internet really is amazing. I got a call the other day from a fact...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Reality Comes to the Rally

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The 2005 Monetpelier border terrier rally. This is a repost from 2005. I have done the Border Terrier Rally at Montpelier every year for...
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Monday, January 12, 2015

Cracking Tired Chestnuts About Form and Function

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Red fox taxidermy mannequins. There is no red fox taxidermy mannequin anywhere in the world that has a chest span of greater than 14 inche...
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Monday, February 24, 2014

A Wrench that Doesn't Fit

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Dog histories are always an interesting thing , as are breed standards and the all-breed dog books. I have found that all of these th...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

How Much Is That Jack Russell in the Window?

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I've happily plundered the web site of Embrace Pet Insurance in the past to write about the true cost of Golden Retrievers , Germa...
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