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[Andrew Vida]

Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> Andy:
> I think that Parson was the guy who formalized the breed ( if it is one).

	What they said is that he WAS a parson, and therefore the name change. 
  I don't like it.  I like Jack Russell just fine.

> There seem to be 2 big factions in the Jack Russel world and they 
> adamantly refuse to talk to each other.

	That world of dog breeding seems to make as much sense as the 
so-called "art world".  Bunch of pissy people getting all warlike over 
splits in someone's pubic hairs.  Sheesh.

> We have 2, or they have us...they are infamous for training their owners.

	Jack pretty much owned me, lock, stock, and barrel.  In the end, he 
cost me almost $40K and I'd have gone a hundred times that further into 
ruin for his sake, would it have made a difference.

	I had another one, Emma, but that alcoholic witch stole her.  Let me 
not get started on that topic.

> Our dinky one , Chula, slips into the shop and  patrols for mice,rats 
> and cats in the piles. She'll claw and bark endlessly till I move things 
> she can't get under.

	Sounds pretty typical.  Some of the smartest dogs I've ever seen, 
though my friend's dog, Blue, was a creature of truly phenomenal 
intelligence and character, but then he was half coyote.  Incredible 
blue eyes.

	Now all we have left is Teddy, our attack poodle, weighing in at a 
staggering 5 pounds.  Our silky terrier, Oogie, was appropriated by Sam 
Terry, a prominent Arizona glass and metal artist.  She taught herself 
blacksmithing.  Her work is very impressive.  I wish she had a site I 
could point you to.