Fair tangent but I've got a proper small miniature dachshund here with a good dose of Jack in it, didn't pick her, she was a rescue who couldn't be re-homed
Picked her up after seeing a 'free to collector" style advert locally after the woman's dog kept trying to attack her and we always worry when we see those adverts about where they'll lead and who'll get them...
Re-homed her once after a few weeks but she wasn't happy and the people couldn't cope.
Had her back, still tiny and months old, happy again but then a black lab managed to get hold of her. Always feel guilty, but you know how fast these things can happen, 0-60 immediately, didn't even see it coming until last second and no idea how it got so close in so little time.
Got them apart quickly but still a broken jaw, good sized wounds, cracked skull, almost put her down on the spot but ragged it over to the vet instead of a gut feeling, after re-setting and stitches and so on, oh and £3k, it was a feeding tube for a few weeks and some work afterwards.
Back in one piece and been with us for 7 years now, even after that she'll sniff out and follow anything anywhere, gets the odd rat or shrew of her own accord in the garden, bosses around dogs 6 times her size, will happily have a go at people if they're too keen and stronger than I'd have believed for her size. She's walked up Snowdon and similar with very little effort despite the tiny legs, 6 miles on sand, not phased at all. Insanely loyal too.
I can totally believe a well trained, well conditioned Jack Russell would be excellent.
www.outdoorlife.com
