Page 132 - JRT Magazine - 2023 Issue 2

Stud Dog

Stud Dog

Directory

Jack Russell Terriers/ Russell

Terriers are one of the few
breeds in which the lines

have not been segregated by
country…so far.

The Australian-developed kennel-club JRTs Reproductive technology advancements allow
have spread throughout Europe, Asia, and the us to bring back old genes from dogs that have
Americas, and the breed has become mixed in passed away many years ago through stored
many cases with some of the original old English frozen semen. With the techniques in artificial
JRT lines. Now, the reverse migration is occurring, insemination improving all the time and the high
with Australia seeing an influx in European lines, success rates achieved, it is far easier to choose a
through dogs or semen, moving back to Oz. Even suitable dog without the limitation of location. For
in the USA, which has a history of nationalism this reason, we hope that this Directory of Studs
when it comes to developing and changing dog from around the world will grow and become a
breed types, the JRT/Russell, so far, has escaped useful tool for breeders and help introduce and
that phenomenon. Let’s hope that the sharing of enable communication between breeders and
bloodlines continues so that we do not end up with enthusiasts all over the world.
an Australian JRT, an English JRT, a Scandinavian
JRT, and an American Russell etc.
We would like to present
Gone are the days where you must use a local dog to you a selection of entries
for a natural mating, possibly a dog that doesn't
compliment your female properly - nowadays the showcasing some terriers
possibilities of using a stud which lives thousands available for stud duties.
of miles away is far easier than in the past.

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