r/nextfuckinglevel • u/kchoyin • 1d ago
Small pup, speed demon
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u/MikeMac999 1d ago
Fastest dog at my dog park looks just like him, must be a speedy breed
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u/iiTzSTeVO 1d ago
Jack Russell? Anyone got another guess?
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u/Patriark 1d ago
Seems like a Jack Russel, yes. A lot of energy in those doggos
A coworker is a professional trainer of Jack Russel terriers. When properly trained they are really funny dogs, but they need A LOT of activity to be happy
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u/godtogblandet 1d ago edited 1d ago
Hunting breed made for killing small mammals. Not meant to be a companion dog. Don’t get one unless you plan on hunting something or have a rodent problem. There’s far better companion dogs or dogs suited for training various tasks. They are stubborn, hard to train and not to be trusted around other small animals or children. Too see what’s the natural state of a jack russel terrier look up ‘Ratting’ videos. That’s what they want to do and how much of a prey drive they have. It’s a working dog.
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u/Judgementday209 1d ago
I've had 3 or 4.
That's all true but they have the most personality of any other dog I've interacted with and if properly trained, can be lovely dogs.
But they are high effort dogs for sure.
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u/godtogblandet 1d ago
The problem is that most owners don’t train their dogs and a JRT is not a good option for someone just looking for a friendly dog to have at home despite looking like one. There’s a reason you can often find one at a shelter given up, very few people are prepared for that much energy and killer instinct. It’s like the honey badger of small dogs.
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u/RazzmatazzTraining42 1d ago
This is all true, however my dog is half jack Russell half Yorkie and I swear to God this is the perfect dog breed. Never barks,nips,chases cats,shows any sign of aggression. Also is way cuter than any full breed Russell or Yorkie lol. I might be a little biased but I promise if you ever come across a Yorkie/Russell mix get em. You won't regret.
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u/UntamedAnomaly 1d ago edited 1d ago
One of the coolest dogs I've ever met was a JRT and chi mix, she was tiny and spunky AF. You could play wrestle her with your hand and she was gentle enough to not to bite hard enough to ever hurt you, and when she would get the zoomies, she was like a tiny tornado-y blur. Also one of the most demonically possessed dogs I've ever met, was also a JRT and chi mix, that guy was a absolute terror, even to his owner.....that dude would chomp and raise hell at his own tail until it bled, would actively try to fight any male dog and breed any female dog (he wasn't fixed of course), would chomp his owner and would growl at literally everyone, peed on everything, including his owner.
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u/callin-br 1d ago
I had a Russell/ mini schnauzer mix. He was a very, very smart dog. He had a big personality too. And yes he was incredibly fast, just like the one in this video.
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u/buerglermeister 1d ago
That‘s a generalization. A friend of mine has a Jack Russel that is a fantastic companion.
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u/godtogblandet 1d ago
And there’s very nice pitbulls out there, I still wouldn’t recommend people go get one.
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u/Appropriate_Tower680 1d ago
It's like playing toss with a hand grenade. You CAN, and it's totally fine. I'm sure you could for years. It's the liability, when you can use a tennis ball and have zero worries, with essentially the same results.
You have the dog a decade, he's a wonderful companion, ONE time his instincts shift and something happens. Now that poor guy is punished for just fulfilling his nature. Not to mention the fallout. The neighbors rat looking dog gets hurt, a family child, some litigious neighbor gets bit....
Not worth the liability, for me. If it has teeth, it can bite. I had a wonderful cocker spaniel as a kid. One day he attacked me out of nowhere. Turns out he was riddled with cancer and couldn't hold back the pain my love was causing him anymore....
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u/monkeyjay 1d ago edited 1d ago
That‘s a generalization
Exactly. And a good one. You're saying it like it's a negative. That's what generalisations are, helpful "general" facts for making informed decisions. otherwise you have to weigh up every single anecdote as it comes by.
And I should clarify that generalisations about dog breeds are useful. 'generalisations' can be bad when they don't have an basis (ie, like a racial stereotype). Dog breeds didn't burst out of the ether, Humans created them all. For very specific purposes. Purposes that we know. Like we know pugs were bred to have super squished up faces. This causes breathing problems. It's a 'generalisation' to say that you have to be careful buying a pug because they were basically bred to have breathing problems. It doesn't matter that you know someone who had a pug that lived to 15 without any breathing problems.
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u/Bringthegato 1d ago
We had an incredibly lazy jack Russel when I was a kid. Never saw him catching any rats, he did however furiously devour a large toad once.
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u/WideAinous 1d ago
Jack Russell Terrier is a very popular companion dog and I don't think small animals and children are in danger. Like any dog JRT are great pets if raised right. Since they are more active they need more walks or play time, they don't need to hunt; they need a basic level of rules, routine, enough attention and love (again like almost any dog). It sounds like you watched one "Ratting video" and thought yourself an expert on dog psychology.
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u/Acerhand 1d ago
This is such an exaggeration lmao. Not an ideal first dog with babies around or small animals but not what you are presenting them to be.
They are fully capable of being lap dogs and definitely like companionship.
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u/Huckleberrywine918 1d ago
I have what I think is a Jack Russell mix. He’s great bc he will play ball all day and loves an adventure but he also could just lay in bed and be a little spoon all day too. He also loves kids more than any dog i have ever met. He’s awesome.
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u/StandUpPeddlingMode 1d ago
Both my kids were born after we had two jacks and lived with them for 17 years. They never once, ever, nipped at them. They were fucking amazing with my kids. One didn’t give a shit and the other would just walk away. You’ve no idea what you’re talking about. Raise them right and they act right. Raise them like animals and they’ll act like it. My dogs would hunt squirrels and chipmunks and murder groundhogs all day but never in a million years snap at my kids.
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u/DragonfruitFew5542 1d ago
I have a primarily JRT mix and she needs an energy outlet for sure, but even more she craves intellectual stimulation.
She's a careful observer of everything happening around her. I never taught her commands, formally. I just talked to her and occasionally threw out words that I guess could be associated with commands, but no traditional training, whatsoever. She picked up on key words and does what I ask now. I never provided positive reinforcement. She just figured it out.
I just told her to go to her bed and she did so right away.
They're incredible.
Also yes, fast as hell.
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u/ortofon88 1d ago
I used to ride 4 wheelers with my neighbor and he had 2 Jack Russels. They would chase us all over their property and try to bite the air nozzel on the tire. Which was crazy that it could even see the nozzel going around at those speeds. The ground was dusty and it made it look like the dogs had smoke coming from their feet when they ran super fast, it was so funny.
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u/Sandalman3000 1d ago
I ended up with the most low effort lazy Jack Russell, it was pretty nice. She made it to just about 18.
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u/SquishedGremlin 1d ago
Jack Russell, can confirm have a few.
Yes. They go fast.
Little dog. Big heart.
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u/DragonfruitFew5542 1d ago
Biggest heart I've ever encountered, as a dog owner. I rescued my JRT mix and she is the best dog I've ever had. She is so smart, full of personality, fast, and at the end of the day just wants me to love on her. As much as she loves running her tail off at the dog park, she equally loves cuddling up next to me.
Sheds an insane enough, but it's a small price to pay for the amount of loyalty and love I receive from my little girl.
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u/arathorn867 1d ago
And they go vertical. Neighbor had one when I was a kid. I think that things could launch itself like 6' straight up.
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u/juniorRjuniorR 1d ago
By the end of her life my part-Jack Russell couldn’t jump up the two steps to my living room without hitting the bottom of her legs (she couldn’t jump a single foot) but could outrun every single dog neighbor until the week she died.
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u/Various_Alfalfa_1078 1d ago
Parson jack Russell
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u/massinvader 1d ago
Parson Russell Terrier is what you wanted to say here.
I must inform you though that i guess by (human)technicality, this is a jack Russell. Parson Russell is the original breed's look. Jack Russells like in this vid, have the shorter legs and theoretically have been bred for better temperament.
It gets funny though because they can both come from the same litters these days as people have bred more for pets rather than hunting.
so while im correcting you..its only by technicality lol
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u/Various_Alfalfa_1078 10h ago
My dog looks exactly the same. I had him d.n.a. tested. 90%+ Parson Russell Terrier. https://imgur.com/a/NAfqR6c
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u/Y0___0Y 1d ago
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.
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u/SorryamSmarts 1d ago
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
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u/WiredOrange 1d ago
He was getting close to the dog and part of my brain was screaming "DONT HIT THE DOG!!!"
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u/Meperkiz 1d ago
I kind of thought he was going to grab the pup at some point along the way but damn those speedy lil legs said not a chance!
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u/Styrene_Addict1965 1d ago
I think he was thinking the same thing. Then, the silly pup got in front of him on purpose!
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u/RectalSpawn 1d ago
"This slowpoke needs me to take his wind resistance just to keep up!"
-Doggo, probably
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u/eightbitboss 1d ago
It's in Slavik I don't know, but he had that signature worry in his voice when the sled(?) got close to his little pup.
He was equally as worried. Very good pup pop.
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u/Over_Editor2560 1d ago
Little bro was bumping Who Let the Dogs Out on his earbuds for motivation for sure
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u/Bradley182 1d ago
I forgot there was a dog who has a show who looked like this.
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u/Kazu2324 1d ago
Are you maybe thinking about the show Wishbone? The main character is a Jack Russel Terrier and he brings classic stories into live action stuff featuring himself as the lead. It's super cute, remember loving that show as a kid. Not sure if it's the same one you're thinking of.
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u/benrod1 1d ago
Wasn’t it a movie called “My Dog Skip” with Frankie Muniz?
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u/Sudden_Edge3436 1d ago
Nah he told stories where the dog would play the main character like icobod crane
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u/BigDad5000 1d ago
Those little back legs had me cracking up! I can’t even believe that dog can run that fast! Incredible.
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u/MeatZealousideal595 1d ago
Jack Russell, it´ll run like that for 3 fuckin´ days straight, then give it some food, water and a 20 minute nap and here we go again.
Methheads of the canine world.
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u/Big-Yam2723 1d ago
I am really impressed ! No doubts about the Winner 💫 Doggo deserves Superior UPVOTE !!
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u/Pretend-Reality5431 1d ago
How does he know to pull only at the seam?? I tried that with mine, he grabbed the tube and bit through it, and that was the end of sledding for the day.
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u/yollerballer 1d ago
What breed is that
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u/CynicalRecidivist 1d ago
Jack russell. I used to walk one as a kid. Loved been given "jobs" and activities, and fetch etc. They are a real power house in a little body.
RIP Titch. X
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u/ZealousidealBread948 19h ago
If he had not braked with his foot he would have crushed it
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u/calcaneus 1d ago
We raced our Jacks (for fun, terrier trials). In-fucking-sane, how fast they can move. Fun, tough little dogs.
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u/NeveLover88RS 1d ago
I had a long legged jack on my farm and she would nip at the horse’s ankles to get them to chase her. She’d outrun them anytime. It was insane.
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u/Ridge9876 1d ago
That kid s bunnyhopping from ivy, through middle and out our connector, like a fucking speed demon dude
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u/CaptainBC2222 1d ago
Let me translate what the dog you.
YOUR TRASH YOUR DOG WATER YOUR CRACKED YOUR BAD GET GUD NUUB
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u/Shaggy-Tea 1d ago
I think the guy may have been able to pass the pupper but he got close to squishing him so he had to swerve a bit
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u/MichaelFusion44 1d ago
That was so awesome