Tateguru weJack Russell Terrier mwanakomana wemufundisi wechiRungu Parson John Russell. Nyanzvi yezvechitendero, yaifarira zvekuvhima, yakatanga kupfuya maJagdterriers achiri kudzidza kuOxford. Chinangwa chekuedza kwake chaive chekugadzira tambo yefox terrier yaizomhanya nemafoxhounds ake nekudzinga makava nedzimwe mhuka kubva mumakomba madzo. Mhando mbiri dzakasiyana dzeJack Russell dzakagadzirwa kubva kurudzi urwu: "Parson Jack Russell" uye "Jack Russell Terrier". Kutariswa kwekukodzera kwekuvhima uye kuyambuka nguva zhinji kwemamwe marudzi senge bull terriers, beagles, uye corgis zvaireva kuti rudzi urwu haruna kuzivikanwa zviri pamutemo nemasangano kusvika 1991.
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