Jack Russell TERRIERS—More Than a Pet: Little (Big) Dogs Doing Really BIG Jobs (Working the JRT--The Supermen of the Dog World). The JRT has and continues to demonstrate loyalty and bravery in the field and also in the line of duty. Originally bred for hunting fox, badger and otter (and still so gainfully employed), these little working terriers --best described as big dogs in small-to-medium size packages--naturally provide all the right stuff to make them perfect not only as loving companions and family pets, but also and especially as service, therapy, sniffing, search-and-rescue dogs, and also as entertainers in the film and entertainment industry generally. These small dogs are strong and well built. They are the supermen of the dog world, and MUST be allowed to “vent their energy, either through work or exercise,” and they are also highly intelligent, sagacious, and “courageous animals that will stop at nothing to protect their loved ones. They have shown their loyalty and bravery in the line of duty time and again. Their usefulness in society has shown that the Jack Russell Terrier is much more than a pet… (Many w)orking (JRTs) in police duty service ... once were family pets. Various police forces, Customs, the military and other authorities employ JRTs in their regulatory and public safety activities, and such activities include military and police using JRTs to sniff out and detect bombs and explosive devices, narcotics and other illegal contraband, to Fish and Wildlife Officers. In the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, JRTs are used to search for and identify whether dangerous snakes are on cargo, and one such JRT that does so is named Daisy who, on patrol with a quarantine officer/handler, keeps the place safe and about which authorities have the following to say:(JRTs) are the breed used, for several reasons. The dogs have a natural hunting instinct and will readily investigate and enter small cramped spaces. The small size of the dog makes them ideal for placement on boxes or stacked up cargo. The handler can easily pick up the dog to allow it to sniff off ground cargo. See: dfw.gov.mp/Wildlife/BTS%20Sniffer%20Dogs.html . The US military agrees, adding that, (w)orking dogs are needed for all branches of the military. One such working terrier is a JRT named Lars, a highly trained bomb and explosive devices sniffer dog, who keeps the US President and others safe. Another such JRT (to name but a few, there are of course a great many others) is Little Juul, who is employed by the Navy, Norfolk Naval Station, for her acute sense of smell. The navy has specific requirements for dogs; they must get used to obstacles at sea, ladder wells, paint fumes, fuel and exhaust fumes, and even drug detection on ships and in ports of entry. Juul can get into tight corners under seats, and unlike larger dogs she can fit into submarines, helicopters and small planes. She is akin to a secret weapon; she and her handler could walk through a park and people would assume shes his pet: navy.mil/view_ahhsingle.asp?id=455 ; terrificpets/articles/10262965.asp . In addition to joining K-9 units in tracking and trailing (being trained for instance to search and rescue small children, such as is Max the JRT, who can also wedge himself into very small areas between rocks and crevices to find lost articles, or even important clues on the scene of a crime (Id.), civilian Jacks are out there doing police dog work even when not trained to ever do so, such as but not limited to George the little (big) JRT from NZ who heroically gave his life saving a group of children who were being attacked by vicious dogs; George received numerous posthumous awards for his bravery, including but not limited to: the PDSA award (doggy equivalent of the “Gold Cross”), a statute, his heroic tale immortalized in song, and so touched by his story was a retired US military man who sent off his own medal—the Purple Heart that he had himself earned for bravery in action, to George in care of his owner: Since then, countless JR Terrier owners have come forward with stories of bravery and loyalty about their own Jacks, recounting how theirs have warded off danger such as but not limited to Angel the JRT from FL, who saved a young child—her owner’s 9-year old daughter--from being attacked and abducted by a man, see: liveleak/view?i=707_1193511397&comments=1 .
Posted on: Thu, 08 May 2014 05:31:34 +0000
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