The ANKC officially recognised the Jack Russell Terrier in 1991, although it has been in Australia since the ‘60s. ![]() The breed’s mainly white coat meant the hounds would not confuse the Terrier with the fox during a hunt and kill it by mistake. ![]() He was said to be so particular in his pursuit that he bred only those that were entirely white or had colour confined to the head and a small patch at the root of the tail. Legend has it that he acquired his first terrier ‘Trump’ around 1816 from a milkman, wanting to breed very specific characteristics. ![]() With a love of hunting typical of any 19th-century Englishman, Parson John Russell developed the Jack Russell Terrier (his namesake) almost 150 years ago to aid his fox hunts.
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