FarmCliff.com
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Farmcliff Jack Russell Terriers, Glastonbury, CT
Contact
Administrative:
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- Capitola CA
- United States 95010-2720
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- +1.8314769065
Registrant:
- Farmcliff Jack Russell Terriers
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- Glastonbury CT
- United States 06033
Description
Our first introduction to Jack Russell Terriers was in 1982 through Ann Shepard who worked with Genie in the Glastonbury Tack Shop (equestrian supplies). Ann's bitch, Buns, had whelped a litter and we purchased Buster from Ann. Unfortunately, Buster met an untimely demise so we sadly accepted Ann's offer to let us have "pick" from Bun's next litter. There was only one puppy in that 1983 litter and that was Joshua.
From the beginning, we realized Joshua was special. Josh was about two inches taller than either his sire or dam and had that perfect broken coat plus a keen hunting instinct.
When Josh was almost 2 years old, we heard of a terrier trial in CT and decided to check it out. We arrived with Josh on a string lead and wandered around looking at the trial set-up. A very nice lady approached us and asked if we had ever been to a terrier trial and as we had not, she offered to show us around. She explained the go-to-ground and the race track and suggested we enter both of these events as well as the appropriate conformation class. "By the way" she says, "I really like your dog. But, I guess I probably shouldn't say that because I am the conformation judge today". This was our introduction to Teddy Moritz, one of the foremost terrier people in the USA. That day Josh was reserve racing champion and got 2nd in conformation sandwiched in between two Border Terriers. Needless to say, we were hooked on terrier trials.
