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The Ratonero Bodeguero Andaluz is often considered to be the ‘Spanish Jack Russell’ due to the extremely similar characteristics of the two breeds.
History of the Spanish Jack Russell
The name of the Ratonero Bodeguero Andaluz translates to ‘wine cellar pest control dog from Andalusia’.
They are said to have originated from the fox terriers that were taken from England to Spain by British wine merchants in order to hunt rats on the wine merchants’ ships and in wine cellars around the 1800s’. When the wine merchants settled in Andalusia, they brought their dogs with them to ward off any pests due to the fox terriers’ high prey-drive. The fox terriers then bred with local Andalusian dogs, overtime producing the wonderful Ratonero Bodeguero Andaluz. Although, they are also commonly referred to as the ‘Spanish Jack Russel’ due to the similarities between the breeds.
In the 1980s’ somebody decided that the Ratonero Bodeguero Andaluz deserved to be recognised as a breed standard in order to preserve the breed. The official recognition of the Ratonero Bodeguero Andaluz was officially…
