Dragon Heart Woods
Welcome to Dragon Heart Woods!
Thank you for stopping by. Dragon Heart Woods is a family farm in Southern Oregon devoted to English Short Legged Jack Russell Terriers. Our goal is to breed and raise unbelievably awesome Shorty Jacks!
WE CURRENTLY HAVE PUPPIES AVAILABLE 858-951-6674 call or text
We have been a hobby breeder of English Short Legged Jack Russell Terriers since the early nineties. Our focus has always been on temperament and trainability, with attention paid to hardiness and sturdy conformation. Over the years many of our previous puppies have lived into their late teens and even been known to make it to 20 years. Our puppies become valued family members, in addition to excelling at agility, they make great hiking partners and caring empathetic service or therapy dogs. If you’re looking for a happy, intelligent, loving furry friend to add to your family an English Shorty Jack is a great choice.
A Bit About Who We Are...
Our dogs are different. We are a small breeder, our dogs spend the day out on the farm with us and sleep in our beds at night. All our dogs are house broke, travel well in a car, walk on a leash, wear winter coats and holiday costumes, they are welcome at the homes of friends and family because they are very well behaved. Most of our dogs have been or are therapy dogs, they spend time each week at an adult foster care home, keeping elderly residents company being cuddly and loving.
Our puppies are born in our bedroom and as they get mobile, we move them into the living room or kitchen. Our puppies are truly "home raised" NOT crated or kept in a back room away from normal home activities. Our puppy pens are temporary and our puppies are turned loose several times a day to introduce them to many different experiences. The sounds and bustle of a busy household can intimidate and scare a puppy only familiar with a kennel or quiet back room puppy pen. Our puppies learn from being submerged in daily life. Our tolerant cats teach them everything furry isn't another dog and cats are friends that don't need chasing. They learn vacuum cleaners and garbage disposals don't eat puppies. We do our best to teach them that bathes can be fun or at least that there's no need to get upset over a bath. We handle their feet, look in their ears and mouths and clip their toenails regularly, it helps them to accept visits to the vet or groomer when they're older.
We do our best to prepare our puppies for their forever home. They wear little harnesses and clothes (under supervision of course) and we begin leash training. They get car rides (well, with us it's generally truck rides) they all get to spend time at an adult foster care home loving and being loved by the residents. My young grandson gets them accustomed to small, noisy, active children.
The short legged English Jack Russell, also known as puddin jacks, are a shorter, calmer version of the way better known Jack Russell Terrier. These little terriers were initially bred for fox hunting and had to be small enough to fit into a saddle bag. When the fox went underground, it was the little English Jacks that came out of the saddle bags and into the hole after the fox. The farmer could then, reach into the hole, grab a jack by the tail and pull out the little Jack usually with a fox attached!
These are playful dogs, often inventing games all on their own. Ours play a couple of games that have been passed down from our older dogs (Leeim especially) one is "hide the ball in a blanket" they hide a ball in a blanket or box and then look for it. Our dogs open Christmas presents. Better yet, they will wait until you tell them it's okay to open them. Often Rufus, our die hard toy boy, will lay, nose touching a present, waiting for Christmas to come. He usually knows which ones are his, how, we have no idea, he's just a very clever little dog.
The demand for these puppies keeps increasing. We strongly suggest that if you decide you want one of our puppies to put a deposit down for one. We generally don't have puppies available once they're born and if we do, they are reserved very quickly. My cell number is 858-951-6674, email is dragonheartwoods@yahoo.com
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Our current prices for puppies is $1,200. A deposit of $200.00 will put you on our reserved puppy list and hold your place in line for choosing a puppy. We're no longer offering a no deposit waiting list.