Am I too nice?

[Paint Me Proud]

I had my male Large Munsterlander at the yard recently and another livery (teenage girl) had her male jack russell there too.

The two dogs are about the same age (just over 2 years) and are both entire males.

When her JR saw my LM he went mental and flew at my lad straining the lead. My boy just stepped back and looked at me as if to say 'what the hell?'. For the rest of the time the JR was stood rigid just staring at my boy and going mad if we went anywhere near.

Anyway i was talking about my LM and someone asked if i was going to use him at stud. I replied that he had had his elbow and hips scored and his eye tests done and I had sent his DNA off to be checked for a breed specific problem and that all where very good. Continuing that i was just waiting to be approached my bitch owners but that i would only agree if the pedigrees complimented and the mating was beneficial to the breed etc.

The JR owner looked at me and said 'oh we are going to use [their JR] as a stud dog just because he is so handsome and he would love to have a girlfriend'


Now i know she wasnt joking and that they do intend on breeding him to another JR when one comes along.

Was I being too nice that i didnt say anything against it?

 

[CorvusCorax]

Possibly, but then again, would you have made an impact?
I would probably have snarked something about slipping patellas and epilepsy, but then again, I am a cow...

 

[Elsbells]

Until recently the good old traditional JRT has been a back yard/farm yard bred working dog mixture of all types of terrier and not kennel club registered. They were not considered a breed as such and hence they have not been inbred so there are less genetic problems with them, but given time and the kennel club, no doubt it could happen.

As for the JRT's temperment and tenatious attitude to life, long live it I say

We have always have one of these dogs in our life, well in the last 40 years anyway and would not be without one. Love em!!

 

[Paint Me Proud]

i do like JRT, just not that particular dog in question. There is a difference between a tenacious dog and an aggressive dog and that was was aggressive.

I just worry that they want to breed him because they think he will like it and have no worry about what will happen to the puppies

 

[echodomino]

They have a stupid reason to breed but I agree with elsbells.

The KC luckily still doesn't recognise the JRT as a breed, it has too much variation in it. The Parson Russell Terrier is not that same thing and didn't want to be associated hence the dropping of "Jack" in the name. See I'm full of useless information!!

I don't think an aggressive Jack should be bred from as they can be sharp to begin with. I'd worry too but as someone else has said, JRTs owner probably wouldn't listen. Unless you can find a good horror story to put her off??

 

[CorvusCorax]

It's the reasoning behind it, if we all bred because our dogs were 'handsome' or 'friendly' we'd be in even more of a pickle than we are already.

Is epilepsy not hereditary? Cause I've heard of a hell of a lot of JRTs with it (not pointing the finger, I know there's enough to be going on with in my own breed - but x-breed or outcrossing does not guarantee that hereditary conditions will not be passed on, only stopping the line dead)

 

[echodomino]

It's the reasoning behind it, if we all bred because our dogs were 'handsome' or 'friendly' we'd be in even more of a pickle than we are already.

Damn!! Does that mean I shouldn't have bred from Millie because of her cute, fluffy face? Which, btw, makes her immune from everything! Lol - sorry couldn't resist! And, just for the record, no that's not why I breed from any of my dogs. Although a good temper helps.