Can two short haired Jack Russell Terrier parents produce a long haired puppy?

Question

A breeder showed me a picture of the puppy and the parents. The parents have short hair and the puppy appears to be showing longer hair (mainly in the face). The sister of the puppy does appear to have shorter hair. Is this normal? I'm not a breeder, I just want a short haired JRT as a pet and want to make sure I am getting what I want.

Answer 1

Yes it can if both parents carry the long coat or broken coat gene. Just like my collies because in the states you can breed roughs and smooths together, you can get roughs out of 2 smooth parents if both parents carry the rough gene. But you cannot get smooth out of 2 rough parents, You can only get roughs. I am going to assume that your JRT comes from smooth parents that carry the gene for a broken coat which is not as long as the rough. They just get a little scruffy look around the face, etc.

Answer 2

if it had longer hair on its face there is long hair somewhere in the genealogy of the parents and the family.  when it is in the gemology of the dog the brothers and sisters can be different.

Answer 3

Sure its possible.

We actually breed Jack Russell Terriers, and I've been involved in this breed for a very long time.

Just because the parents were short haired(smooth coated) doesn't meant one of the grandparents, or other relatives were.

We've had many litters. In which, we've had long haired(rough coats) And minor long haired(broken coats) dogs have litters. Theres a chance of having any coat type.

We've bred short haired Jrts together, and have gotten long haired ones.

Don't let anybody tell you it isn't possible. Because it is. I should know... I've seen them bred, raised, and whelped.

Hope that helps! Have a nice day!

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Answer 4

No, I'm sorry. At least one of the parents have to be a long-haired.  Did you get your other dogs as puppies? If the same thing happened to them, that could be the case.