Gashi : santsi, m ko "waya". Mafi rinjayen fari, tare da alamar baki ko fari.

Girman (tsawo a bushe) : daga 25 cm zuwa 30 cm.

Weight : 5-6 kg (1 kg a kowace 5 cm tsayi a bushe, bisa ga Fédération Cynologique Internationale).

Babban darajar FCI : N ° 345.

Jack Russell terrier yana dauke da sunan mahaliccin nau'in, Reverend John Russell da aka sani da "Jack" Russell wanda bai daina ba a duk rayuwarsa, a cikin karni na XNUMX, don haɓaka mafi kyawun Fox Terriers don shiga cikin sha'awarsa ta biyu. bayan Allah, farauta da farauta. Ya haƙura ya ketare kuma ya zaɓi karnuka da yawa na shekaru masu yawa waɗanda za su iya farautar ƙaramin wasa (musamman foxes) a cikin burrows ɗinsu, ban da farauta. Iri biyu sun fito daga wannan zaɓin: Parson Russell Terrier da Jack Russell Terrier, wanda tsohon ya kasance mafi girma akan ƙafafu fiye da na ƙarshe.

Jack Russell ya fi kowane kare farauta, kyakkyawan kare farauta. Shi mai hankali ne, mai raye-raye, mai aiki, har ma da wuce gona da iri. Yana ba da ƙwarin gwiwa ga illolinsa: bin waƙoƙi, bin motoci, sake haƙawa, yin haushi… Jack Russell zai yi kama da wasu dabbobin gida da na mutane. ba a kyautata zamantakewarsa ba. Bugu da ƙari, wannan ɗan kare ya yi imanin kansa ya zama babba, yana da ƙarfin hali kuma ba ya jinkirin kalubalanci da kai hari ga manyan karnuka.

Jack Russell yana da tsawon rai wanda za'a iya la'akari dashi tsawon lokaci idan aka kwatanta da sauran nau'ikan iri. Hakika, idan babu cuta, yana iya rayuwa a matsakaicin shekaru goma sha biyar kuma wasu ma sun kai shekaru 20.

Ragewar ruwan tabarau da cataracts: waɗannan cututtukan ido guda biyu na haihuwa kuma suna da alaƙa a cikin Jack Russell. (1) Rage ruwan tabarau yana faruwa a matsakaici tsakanin shekaru 3 zuwa 6 kuma ana lura dashi a cikin jajayen ido, gajimare na ruwan tabarau da girgizar iris. Yana da zafi sosai ga kare kuma idan babu gaggawar tiyata zai iya haifar da glaucoma da makanta. Jack Russell yana ɗaya daga cikin ƴan nau'ikan nau'ikan waɗanda ake samun gwajin gwajin ƙwayoyin halitta don gano masu ɗaukar maye gurbin. Hakanan ana siffanta cataracts ta gabaɗaya ko wani ɓangare na gajimare na ruwan tabarau, yana haifar da gabaɗaya ko ɓarna na hangen nesa.

Kurame: Wani bincike ya nuna cewa wannan cutar za ta kasance ƙasa da yawa fiye da yadda aka ruwaito ta farko (yawan rashin jin daɗi na waje da na biyu shine 3,5% da 0,50% bi da bi), cewa za a gaji daga iyaye kuma ana iya danganta shi da farin launi na gashin dabba don haka tare da kwayoyin pigmentation. (2)

Rushewar Patella: zai iya haifar da lalacewa ga ligaments, kasusuwa da guringuntsi a cikin haɗin gwiwa. Bichons, Bassets, Terriers, Pugs…, suma an riga sun riga sun kamu da wannan cuta wanda aka nuna halayen gadonsa (amma kuma yana iya zama na biyu zuwa rauni).

Ataxia: wannan rashin lafiyar tsarin juyayi yana haifar da wahala wajen daidaita motsi kuma yana lalata ikon dabbar. Jack Russell terrier da Parson Russell terrier suna da kaddara ga cerebellar ataxia, wanda ke da alaƙa da lalacewar jijiya ga cerebellum. Yana bayyana tsakanin watanni 2 zuwa 9 kuma tasirinsa akan ingancin rayuwar kare yana da sauri yana haifar da euthanasia. (3)

Jack Russell kuma yana da tsinkaya ga myasthenia gravis, cutar Legg-Perthes-Calvé da cutar Von Willebrand.

Sana'o'in wannan karen farautar suna kallon mummunan abu daga masu yawa waɗanda bai kamata su sayi irin wannan kare ba. Gaskiya ne, yawancin burrows suna ƙarewa a cikin matsuguni, an watsar da su. Iliminsa yana buƙatar tsayin daka da daidaito, domin shi dabba ne mai hankali wanda koyaushe yana gwada iyakokinsa… da na wasu. A takaice, Jack Russell yana da matuƙar buƙata kuma yakamata a keɓe shi don ƙwararren mai himma.