She was a major love
in our life. They say a large percentage of JRT's get ran over in the street
because
of the nature of JRT's.
They get going and don't stop.
We were graced with
"Two Bits" for eight years. She knew not to get past the drive way.
But being in season,
she had her first visitor come by that was about her size, and she liked him.
So she took off
playing and it wasn't long before she was hit in the road.
I think our life stood
still.
BUT, on the brighter
side, after we quit crying, we ended up getting three JRT pups.
It wasn't planned that
way, but filling the empty place "Two Bits" left in our heart, THREE JRT's will
probably work.
Always smiling and
always ready.
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She was always within feet of where I was |
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I didn't go from one room to another without her by my side |
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She really wasn't a photo HAM |
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Normally, when I had the camera ready, she'd turn her back. Taking pictures wasn't easy. |
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Her and "Sissy" were best of friends
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Even when they were older, they played together a lot |
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Visiting an old friend of mine |
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She took on the neighbors dog. I think she thought she was as big as he was. |
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It was her first experience with a large dog |
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and she seemed to think it was necessary for her to bark |
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But the big dog had a bigger bark |
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So she took off. |
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Always going to the highest place |
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For a birds eye view of things |
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She was as gentle as a lamb. |
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Not many JRT's will do this without thinking about lunch |
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"Chiggar" fell out of a nest |
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We kept the squirrel for a year then let it go in the yard |
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But they became good friends |
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It was amazing to see her play with a little squirrel without hurting it. |
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There were times later, that they actually slept together |
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Whenever "Chiggar" was awake |
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"Two Bits" was there and ready |
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Five to six days a week |
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As I set at the desk working, she was right there next to my desk. |
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Her favorite place was on the boat |
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She would practically strip the fish scales off every fish that was caught. Later, she learned to pick them up and drop them in the ice chest |
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When we thew the net out to catch bait fish |
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She would scream, wanting some action |
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The aligator gar messed up our net |
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But "Two Bits" had the most fun |
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That's a quarter on her collar |
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A pigeon racing/fishing buddy of mine offered to give her to me. I flipped him a quarter and told him I'm naming her "Two Bits". My wife nicknamed her "Bitsy" |
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She had a litter and we almost kept them all |
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They were hard to let go of |
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But we did finally let them go |
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We kept them til they were 10 weeks old.
We almost had them house broke |
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She regained her figure |
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And was happy again |
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Always ready to go get it |
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Never hesitating or resisting the chase |
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Our suggestion........ |
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Don't get a Jack Russell if your trying not to fall in love |
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