The whole venture began last night with me looking through my trusty old "Reader's Digest Book of Dogs" for pieces that might fit into the puzzle of our dog. As I flipped by the page of the Jagdterrier I was immediately caught by it's ears. Very few dogs in the book had such small and distinctly shaped ears. As I went on to read about this animal I came across the following: "It's stubborn, nervous nature, however, has made it one of the few terriers which has not been widely accepted as a companion dog." Well smack my bottom and call me Harry! That sounds like my dog!
So on this fine, rainy day I endeavored to find some more facts and images of this..... terrier. Early on, it became clear that the Jagdterrier is not a very prolific breed in these United States. This kind of made me second guess my feeling that Jessie might be one. But as I read further, I saw that they are actually used for hunting dogs - most commonly racoons and squirrels. Jessie was rescued from an overcrowded shelter in Virginia. Who's more likely to hunt racoons that Virginians? That's what I'm talking about. Anyway, it's difficult to find any halfway decent pictures of the Jagd, but from the small ones I was able to google, I have become quite convinced.
So, now, it is with trepidation that I present to the world pictures of the Jagdterrier that I fear incriminate our puppy:
Sigh. It seems nearly irrefutable at this point. I have a terrier.
My one consolation may be the fact that one source claimed Jagdterriers are often used to hunt such creatures as black bears. I was skeptical, but then came across this picture of a couple of the little fellows cornering a mountain lion:
Eh, I guess it's at least a tough terrier. Or something.
5 comments:
umm, I don't get it. What's wrong with having a terrier?
i think he's implying that a terrier is girly...but that is after saying "smack my bottom and call me harry"...so whatever...
haha.
she also looks like a greater swiss mountain dog to me - but i'm not doing a careful analysis - just lookng at a picture of a friends dog and looking at jessie's pic.
Terriers are just so.... so..... terrier-ry. It makes me think of little yappy dogs who bite peoples' ankles and wear sweaters.
Jessie sure does look an awful lot like these pictures. I think we need to use your book sometime to find out if Moby is really something other than what we think. Right now I think he's a Jekyll and Hyde breed, i.e. looks so sweet but will attack you if he's even slightly provoked. I can only hope that the big "snip, snip" will right him.
Hey! Wait! Cleo is terrier and...
Yeah, I guess I see your point. Welcome to the terrier fraternity!
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