New Addition to the family; four legged content!

The missus and I have been together a few years now, and we decided to take things to the next level… No, not with a baby, a dog! We’ve both grown up with animals and wanted one for a while and with the recent Speight of trail dog videos online, the desire for canine companionship grew, and sealed the deal!

So that was it, a pup was on the cards. Just needed to figure out what would be an ideal breed for our busy lifestyle that would also fit the bill, doubling up as a super quick, trail hound!

We had both grown up with terriers in the families so were used to smaller dogs, albeit harder to train.

After scouring the internet and watching Lilly the trail dog tearing up the North American trails on YouTube; that was it. A long legged Jack Russell was the one for us!

We found an eleven month old long legged jack cross Patterdale terrier online, which needed re-homing due to his owner’s illness. Wanting to give the little fella the best, we drove straight over that afternoon, and picked him up!

Readers, I’d like to introduce Bailey.

Providing training goes well, Bailey will be shredding up trails across Yorkshire and Cumbria very soon.

So far, a few days into his new life with us, I have taken him walking around the local trails to get him used to the terrain and the paths. I don’t think he’s a huge fan of the step sections as they are very steep, especially for such a little chap!

Much training is needed though as he isn’t the best line picker, and I think he is punching above his weight with the drop off’s he is eying up!

Time will tell. Trail hound pics to follow after basic training, hopefully a video too.

Thanks for reading!