![Jack Russell Terrier](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium_440x440/public/2022-10/BREED%20Hero%20Jack%20Russell.jpg?itok=bcefS9eo)
Family-friendly: | 5/5 |
Exercise needs: | 5/5 |
Easy to train: | 4/5 |
Tolerates being alone: | 3/5 |
Likes other pets: | 4/5 |
Energy level: | 5/5 |
Grooming needs: | 3/5 |
Shedding: | 3/5 |
This is the ultimate ‘big dog in a small body’. A Jack has no idea they are little dogs and will happily take on the world with a wag and a twinkle in their eye!
All Jack Russell type terriers should be friendly to people, filled with fun and a strong sense of humour, affable and cheekiness – and slightly roguish! This is a working dog who can go from casually stealing a chip from your plate in the pub garden, to diving into the hedgerow and fetching out a now-deceased rat, and come back to chip-scrounging in seconds. Fast moving, fast thinking and cheerfully impulsive!
Typical Jacks are not overly tolerant of fussing and prodding, and they don’t possess the greatest impulse control – owners should be prepared to work on this, and manage their expectations reasonably. They might never be safe with cats (especially unknown ones - although most will learn to live with their own) and definitely not safe with ‘small furries’.