Jack Russel Terrier question

[chickerdoodle]

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Our Jack (really Parson) is out of Horsemaster's Wager and still pretty active nearing 15. I have no idea about the Malinois breeding! She has those big ears (good conformation Malis don't) so I would doubt it's your mentor's line. She is fawn colored and big for a female--24" and 65 lbs--solid rock hard. She partially tore her cruciate during patrol training (she did explosive detection too) so we got her at 2 yrs. old. We had it repaired--its perfect! We had stem cell injections for her other knee as it was injured as well but no too badly. That was fine for 2 years and now we are having it repaired as she is so intense and active she re-injured it. All the costs are out of our pocket (about $5,000 per knee). She is sooo full of personality and a such big lovable goofball so she's worth every penny! She is super friendly but her protection instincts can turn on in an instant--I've seen it and she's a very serious girl.

 

[tink]

I will share what our dogs are like.....cant guarantee what others will do. When we moved in we inhereted two goats with the house. Our Pit would love to eat them if we let him. Our Jack doesnt care and the Doxie is too old. Then we got chickens. We kept them in the house and would let the Pit smell them and lick them and we told him that they were his babies. We didn't dare let the Jack get near them....dinner or really snack time! lol Now the Pit guards them and breaks up the chickens when they fuss at eachother!! The jack doesnt bother them at all. They are bigger than her...and the Doxie is still too old!!!! lol

Hope this helps
Tink

 

[RedStickLA]

I would like to clarify my post about my JRT’s…

Ours are defiantly not “Vanilla”!....they are more like “Rocky Road”!

We have a lot experience with high prey drive dogs. My husband has trained, worked, handled and judged Police K-9 Narcotics dogs for about 18 years. He is the senior officer over the narcotics dogs on his department and oversees the training for them. He has won numerous awards thru the years with his Belgian Malinois’. He is a “very good" dog handler/trainer.

JRT’s are defiantly not for everyone. Having experience handling/training dogs with high prey drives makes a big difference but you can’t get experience if you don’t own one…just know what you are getting into beforehand. They are A LOT of work and are not a dog I would recommend to most people. They demand a lot of time and attention…if you cannot give that to them they are not the dog for you. If you can they are a joy to own. We love ours.

Mitzi

 

[chickerdoodle]

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Woohoo! Another Belgian Malinois and Jack Russell owner!! What are the odds of that???

 

[goobhen]

Here is your answer! Jake is either JRT or Wire-Hair Terrier!

He was helping guard them from two hawks. I would let Jake in the chicken run, but he is blind in his left eye & the roos & hens like to peck him! I trust Jake, but I am a responsible person, he is only there if I am around! Theresa
PS: when my chicks were little three got out of the coop, the run was 1" x 2" welded wire. They could go in/out of it. Jake saw me and he helped herd them. If my husband had not witnessed it, he would not have believed me. Jake was a dumped dog. He loves me becuase I think he knows I saved his life!

 

[walkswithdog]

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Our Jack (really Parson) is out of Horsemaster's Wager and still pretty active nearing 15. I have no idea about the Malinois breeding! She has those big ears (good conformation Malis don't) so I would doubt it's your mentor's line. She is fawn colored and big for a female--24" and 65 lbs--solid rock hard. She partially tore her cruciate during patrol training (she did explosive detection too) so we got her at 2 yrs. old. We had it repaired--its perfect! We had stem cell injections for her other knee as it was injured as well but no too badly. That was fine for 2 years and now we are having it repaired as she is so intense and active she re-injured it. All the costs are out of our pocket (about $5,000 per knee). She is sooo full of personality and a such big lovable goofball so she's worth every penny! She is super friendly but her protection instincts can turn on in an instant--I've seen it and she's a very serious girl.

Bless you for taking on those vet costs - but a good Mal is always worth it. I so miss our girl. Jean Claude's dogs ran very typey so no probably not the same lines - though if someone had outcrossed one of his larger males maybe. His little ballistic grump, could hit like 200 lbs even though they didn't top 60. I saw them take down big burly helpers who had looked at their size and laughed more than a few times. He also trained helpers, so that was fun to watch those guys under-estimate his dogs at first and wind up on their backs with a triumphant little grump forcing them to stay there.

I miss that part of the work a great deal, retirement/disability sucks. Still do a little rehabilitation for different rescues here but I miss full time training a great deal.

 

[lockedhearts]

I raise JRT's we have the "shorties" or "Puddin" type under 12" , my oldest Female and Youngest female would, given the chance chase and kill anything that runs from them. My Cocker Spaniel and both my Male JRT's would be ok supervised around chickens.
I think any dog has the potential to hurt or kill another animal, especially one they look at as prey, most JRT's and Terriers in general have a strong Prey instinct.

 

[chickerdoodle]

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Our Jack (really Parson) is out of Horsemaster's Wager and still pretty active nearing 15. I have no idea about the Malinois breeding! She has those big ears (good conformation Malis don't) so I would doubt it's your mentor's line. She is fawn colored and big for a female--24" and 65 lbs--solid rock hard. She partially tore her cruciate during patrol training (she did explosive detection too) so we got her at 2 yrs. old. We had it repaired--its perfect! We had stem cell injections for her other knee as it was injured as well but no too badly. That was fine for 2 years and now we are having it repaired as she is so intense and active she re-injured it. All the costs are out of our pocket (about $5,000 per knee). She is sooo full of personality and a such big lovable goofball so she's worth every penny! She is super friendly but her protection instincts can turn on in an instant--I've seen it and she's a very serious girl.

Bless you for taking on those vet costs - but a good Mal is always worth it. I so miss our girl. Jean Claude's dogs ran very typey so no probably not the same lines - though if someone had outcrossed one of his larger males maybe. His little ballistic grump, could hit like 200 lbs even though they didn't top 60. I saw them take down big burly helpers who had looked at their size and laughed more than a few times. He also trained helpers, so that was fun to watch those guys under-estimate his dogs at first and wind up on their backs with a triumphant little grump forcing them to stay there.

I miss that part of the work a great deal, retirement/disability sucks. Still do a little rehabilitation for different rescues here but I miss full time training a great deal.

Yes, they are worth it although its been a bit of a ouch to our pocketbook.

Basically, she likes everything--she really enjoys going to new places and meeting people. I've taken her to classes and she learned some fun tricks. She would learn them so quickly that the trainer was very impressed. Once she finally gets tired after playing, some training and running all day she loves to collapse stretched out on the couch with me with all her feet in the air. She then swings her head around gently snapping her teeth and groaning to entice me to pet her belly. She loves a good belly rub!

 

[peopleRanimals2]

Are they okay with cats?

Do Jack Russel Terriers get along well with Chickens? Why or why not?

I don't know about chickens, but our JRT will find a dying/dead small animal on the ground and bring it inside, but then she doesn't know what to do with it. She does chase my hamster in it's ball though, so I wouldn't put it with them (chickens). My old cat touched noses with the hamster a couple times, through bars, of course, but when it got out she was the one to find it first. Sorry, I don't think it's a good idea. I am having a similar problem, because I am getting chickens soon and my dog will try to chase them, definitely.