Editorial of the President of the Jack and
Parson russell Terrier club in France.
This time it’s done !The Russel Terriers are
separated in two variaties which the border size is 31cm.The Jack Russell
Terier 25-30cm and the Parson Russell Terrier 31-36cm.The two variaties have
been judjed separately at Hourtin.Our National club match has assembled 120
Russell Terriers.The distribution was for about 1/3 Jack Russell Terriers and
2/3 Parsons.The participants had to measure their dog before registering
the dog in one or the other
variaty.The Parson Russell classes were very classic;The working
female class was of high level.The first of this class has won the BOB
,in front of the Jack Russell Terrier.
In the future,the club has to be alert concerning
faults which appeared in the two variaties.Concerning the Jack
Russell:forelegs are not always straight;they are often half-crooked.The ear
could be better.Concerning Parson Russell Terriers:the circomference of the
chest is often limit.The size tends to increase.The tail is often turned on
the back.Which is not good.We can ask ourselves how that tail would look if it
was undocked?
To improve thoses faults and preserve the qualitys
of the 2 variaties,the Club has asked to the SCC(French kennel club)the
justified permission to be able to mix them.Everyone
knows that in our actual litters of Russell Terriers ,there are small and big
ones,having the same genetic capital,but different by their sizes.The
confirmatory juje will choose at 12
months one of the two variaties,who will be kept.Dogs who have same proportions
of head,same carriage of ears,same pigmentation,same coat,same balance,the
same spanning,are
not of different “type” as some people would like to see them.In
that case anyway the Parson’s standard has been
just changed,the dog is no more square but longer than tall.This
modification is logical and fits to the reality.Imagine a Parson with 5cm
less leggs.He will appear to you longer ,preserving the same body
proportions.
Happy New Year 2002.See you soon.
Jacques-André
LEBRUN