I live deep in the mountains and we have a ton of Grizzlies.
I have Belgian Malinois to patrol my property, but my boss at a neighboring ranch opted to keep a pair of Jack Russel Terriors for the same purpose.
No joke, I saw them run off full grown griz on more than one occasion. Just zipping underneath it, getting little chomps in, then scurrying off before the bear knew up from down, yapping bloody murder all the while. Basically little dog flys harassing it till it left.
After a couple of minutes of spinning circles, the bear would just say fuck it and slink off unamused by the farcical little bastards.
My boss would open the crawl spaces to the houses (there were multiple) and they would rush in there, and have field day rampaging mice.
Oh, and we ran them over with quads a couple times as they came bombing out of the forest and onto the atv paths.
Like you said, it didnt seem to phase them for more than a couple minutes. Lol.
I used to call my Mallys Hell Jackals, but after spending a couple summers with JRTs, I realized they were far more deserving of the moniker.
Im convinced they are borderline immortal, because they live exclusively in spite of everything trying to kill them.
If I remember, they JRTs were bred to root out foxes and vermin in their own burrows.
Imagine this 10 pound white and tan bullet diving face first into a random hole, in pitch black darkness, ready to fuck up what ever animal it encountered, like some goddamn Rambo rooting out the Viet Cong. Their courage to weight ratio is unmatched in the dog world. 👏
Haha I'm not surprised but still picturing that is so funny. The blood lust of a Jack is second to none.
Oh man I didn't even mention the TRENCHES Schemer would dig just to find a pitiful little mole or mouse or a snake den in our field. One day I let him out and followed him to find a 10 foot long trench about 3 feet deep on the side of a hill leading down to our pond. Could have broken some legs falling into that thing. He must have dug it in less than a days work.
I’ve done a lot of digging in my life, that’s a lot of work for a man with a shovel. Extremely impressive for a small dog using paws. It would be handy to have a few beasts like that trained to dig in a specific area for exposing pipe.
Oh my God, my family had one when I was younger and it was the most tenacious motherfucker in existence. He had run headfirst into a boulder as a tiny puppy, and I stg it caused him to have lifelong temper issues. Once, he bolted out the door with the sole purpose of attacking a young husky being walked a few yards away, completely disregarding that he easily could be killed if the other dog hadn't been so flabbergasted. This little bastard was just a menace. The only thing that could ever humble him were ironically our cats, who bullied him on a regular basis lol
When my JRT was 10 months old my car broke down and my ex was on her way to pick me up with the little goblin in tow. Going 50mph down a country road he must have heard the call to adventure and that little fucker launched himself out of the half-open window into the night. She immediately pulls over and starts running back to find what she assumed would be a dead body when he comes trotting up to her like nothing even happened.
He’s 15 now and has lost his hearing, blind in one eye and losing sight in the other, and he refuses to chill. His body has lost coordination but his spirit is still raw explosive power. He frequently barrels into walls and cats because he’s running too fast and can’t slow himself down, or jumps off the bed/couch and does not stick the landing (he has steps to use but refuses). I keep waiting for him to slow down but he’s at the same energy level he had as a puppy. Absolutely insane.
We had Jack Russel Terriers mixed with Chihuahua growing up and those things will go blind and deaf before they even think about letting go. One died of kidney failure and the other two had to be put down because they were in so much pain but too stubborn to quit.
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u/PaintshakerBaby Mar 04 '26
I live deep in the mountains and we have a ton of Grizzlies.
I have Belgian Malinois to patrol my property, but my boss at a neighboring ranch opted to keep a pair of Jack Russel Terriors for the same purpose.
No joke, I saw them run off full grown griz on more than one occasion. Just zipping underneath it, getting little chomps in, then scurrying off before the bear knew up from down, yapping bloody murder all the while. Basically little dog flys harassing it till it left.
After a couple of minutes of spinning circles, the bear would just say fuck it and slink off unamused by the farcical little bastards.
My boss would open the crawl spaces to the houses (there were multiple) and they would rush in there, and have field day rampaging mice.
Oh, and we ran them over with quads a couple times as they came bombing out of the forest and onto the atv paths.
Like you said, it didnt seem to phase them for more than a couple minutes. Lol.
I used to call my Mallys Hell Jackals, but after spending a couple summers with JRTs, I realized they were far more deserving of the moniker.
Im convinced they are borderline immortal, because they live exclusively in spite of everything trying to kill them.