EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

Why are jagd's popular but not Jack russells? I have seen a lot of Gamey JRT's??

The law of supply and demand...  ;D

IMO - I have both, I hunt both on hogs, so I can tell the differences between the ones I have. I know alot of people don't like the JRTs because they have had the crap bred out of them for pets.

My JRT "Max" does not have the stamina, nor the bottom of the Jagds that I own. He won't stay out with the curs for long long hunts, He will hunt, but I consider him a hot nose, short range dog, that is hell on a hog, but is a weiny once he gets hurt, in his defense as soon as he is healed he is mad at the hogs again! On another note, He is awesome for training pups, great in super thick brush, and is pretty handy all around dog with a great handle on him. He was a key player in my pack for the TDHA contest weekend, I really only hunt him these days when I know I am going to need his sneaky little rear in the thick stuff, My other dogs will honor him and know what end is what, its crazy that they just make a good team, he will nail a hog just in time to distract to help the other dogs out too. I can talk him to catch a hog when you don't have a catch dog. I love my JRT, even when nobody else does.
The Jagds are far more driven to hunt for themselves, harder headed at times, if you can imagine that!

Thanks uglydog, very informative.

Jagds are bred to hunt, track and catch game. Their noses are far supperior as well as their hunting drive. They have not been bred down as house pets like the JRT....not yet anyway.

JRT have been bred down as pets but primarily used for hole dogs prior to the popular increase into the US. They are English bred dogs carried on horseback to pull foxes from their den once treed.

I had several JRT in the early 90's....there is no comparison in my opinion.

Or puppy milling hog doggers.

I have seen a few jagd and a few JRT's.  Those little jagd are just crazy full hearted little dude's.  If i could have 65 lbs cur with the heart of a jagd i wouldn't need more then one dog!!!!

There is a fellow on Predator Masters that crossed his jagd with a cur. Devin is his name I think. Yote and varmint dog.

No comparison..... Just got my 1st Jagd 8 weeks old - little sh&& is full of drive - by the way my 1st hog dog.... I have seen good JRT but not in a long time most are pets in CenTex.... JMO

I have a little JRT that I've hunted on several things except hogs. He's even tracked wounded deer. I'd like to try the little sucker on a hog. He's got a ton of hunt drive and I've seen him get in some fights with critters. Seems like the rougher the animal, the rougher he gets. I've seen him take some lickin's and keep on tickin' too!!!

I had two JRT hog dogs  before my jagdterrier years.  Great dogs the JRTs are, but as all say above, still only a remote reminder of a jagdterrier.  I know this sometimes offends JRT owners, but they need to see their JRTs on the ground next to trained mature hardened jagdterriers.  I like to say a jagdterrier is a JRT someone dyed black and fed it steroids and methamphetamines.

Jack Russell on meth and roids, I think that is a accurate depiction. I had a half jagd female, killer little dog. Never learned much respect for a hog thou. But the heat killed her, not a hog, go figure.

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