Maddy is a 13-year-old Jack Russell. She is Willie’s “mom.”
Maddy has had three litters, and when Willie arrived, she decided that he was a baby she needed to protect.
I once saw Maddy thump another Jack Russell that was picking on little Willie.
She developed Glaucoma this winter, and she had to have her eye removed. She looks like she’s been in a heck of a fight. It certainly gives her some street credit. I know lots of Jack Russells would love to look like they’ve been in that kind of scrap.
She is a Jack Russell. I know what you’re thinking. I’ve often entertained that she has some Patterdale, Fell, or even Plummer terrier ancestry. However, for lack of a better description, she is more like a smooth-haired border terrier. Her coat is much thicker than any other smooth Jack Russell I’ve seen.
Miley and Maddy get along fine, but Maddy had to make it clear that she was not a puppy. Miley tends to think small dogs are puppies, and she tries to mother them. Maddy didn’t much like that attention.
But things are fine now.
Just don’t mess with Willie.
Aww, Maddy’s sweet. Maybe Maddy can meet my Buster and compare scars. Poor babies!
aw! she’s precious.
my mom has a 16 year old rat terrier who has pretty bad cataracts and looks like she’s a space case all the time.
Still has spunk though.
I think these russell terrier types never lose their spunk!