Feist breed???
Stacy Jones
My mother told me about a sweet little dog that she ran into today,
she's going to meet a breeder, but neither of us have ever heard of this
breed before. Does anyone have any info on the Feist? I tried
searching for it on the internet and have come up with zilch.
Natalie Maynor
Stacy Jones <sta...@on-ramp.ior.com> writes:
I didn't realize until a few years ago that the term "feist" isn't as
common in other places as it is in the U.S. South. Feists are quite
common here. But feist isn't really a breed. A feist is a small,
short-haired dog of mixed breed, often (always?) involving some kind
of terrier. Even though it's not a real breed, you sometimes see
newspaper ads in the South for "pure-blooded feist puppies." I still
have the old and yellowed newspaper ad from when I bought my dog 14 1/2
years ago (for $10 to cover the worming he had already had): "Puppies,
1/2 beagle, 1/2 feist. [phone number]." He can pass as full beagle to
the undiscerning eye, though. (You can see what he looks like at
http://walt.cs.msstate.edu/~maynor/.)
Often feists are pretty feisty, btw -- not always the "sweet little dog"
your mother described. When Bernard acts kind of hyper, I accuse him of
letting his feist blood show. For a famous feist in literature, check
out "the little fyce dog" in Faulkner's "The Bear." (There are several
different spellings of "feist.")
--
-- Natalie (may...@ra.msstate.edu)
Steven K. Phifer
>Does anyone have any info on the Feist?
Trying looking under Rat Terrier.
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Stacy Jones
I also received a similar reply in e-mail. Apparently this is a breed
that someone developed that is an offshoot of the rat terrier. The
breed is a mix of Beagle German Jag and Rat Terrier, and is registered
with the national kennel club of Knoxville TN. The parents of the
litter are one Rat Terrier and a Beagle German Jag mix. He apparently
chose the name of the breed. Now I'm wondering what the heck a German
Jag is, I've never heard of this breed either. I understand that the
Feist was developed for hunting and is shown in hunting trials. Sounds
like somebody is just being weird, like I mentioned with the possibility
of a smaller more mellow Dal. My mom has met one of the pups out of
this litter, and she was as sweet as she could be, I hope she doesn't
get taken for a lot of money on these mixed pups. I have no info as of
yet that this mix breeds true.
JFRCHRDSN
Generally, "feists" are more a *kind* of dog
than a pure breed. However, some strains
exist that are as pure as any breed will ever
be. In Full Cry mag, there are many references
to this or that strain of feist. Many clubs
are either Terrier & Feist, Cur & Feist, etc.
"German Jag" sounds like a corruption of
"German Jagdterrier". They are, indeed,
a German breed (but derived largely from
British fox terriers back when), though there
are some American breeders. By *no* means
are all feists derived from jagdterriers,
though jagdterriers are not a bad choice for
terrier blood in a feist!
JohnR
MSchaef504
It's probably some sort of a smooth-coated terrier-Rat Terrier,Jack
Russell,Patterdale. What did it look like? Any of the three I mentioned
are fun dogs to own-little,quick,intelligent,eager to hunt. I particularly
like Patterdales-small,smooth-coated,black,very lively. They hold
go-to-ground and racing competitions for these dogs throughout the United
States.
The feist is your basic terrier hunting dog. What you saw may be some
mixture of the above. Read "The Bear" by William Faulkner for a
description of one and their method of performance.
Susan Mudgett aka little gator
: I also received a similar reply in e-mail. Apparently this is a breed
: that someone developed that is an offshoot of the rat terrier. The
: breed is a mix of Beagle German Jag and Rat Terrier, and is registered
: with the national kennel club of Knoxville TN. The parents of the
Feists have been around for centuries and are neither a mix nor
recent. As afra as I know they are not registered other than by their
own breed clubs.
: litter are one Rat Terrier and a Beagle German Jag mix. He apparently
: chose the name of the breed. Now I'm wondering what the heck a German
: Jag is, I've never heard of this breed either. I understand that the
The German Jagterrier is a German breed that is not well known in
North America.
: Feist was developed for hunting and is shown in hunting trials. Sounds
: like somebody is just being weird, like I mentioned with the possibility
: of a smaller more mellow Dal. My mom has met one of the pups out of
: this litter, and she was as sweet as she could be, I hope she doesn't
: get taken for a lot of money on these mixed pups. I have no info as of
: yet that this mix breeds true.
The puppies you describe are not Fiests. Someone is taking the name of
a littleknown breed and applying it to mutts.
Liisa Sarakontu
chose the name of the breed. Now I'm wondering what the heck a German
Jag is, I've never heard of this breed either. I understand that the
"German Jag" means probably Deutsche Jagdterrier (German hunting terrier).
It is very similar to fox terrier, but it is slightly heavier and the
nose is not as long. Wire coat is black and tan.
Liisa Sarakontu
Stacy Jones
Natalie Maynor wrote:
>snip
> your mother described. When Bernard acts kind of hyper, I accuse him of
> letting his feist blood show. For a famous feist in literature, check
> out "the little fyce dog" in Faulkner's "The Bear." (There are several
> different spellings of "feist.")
> --
> -- Natalie (may...@ra.msstate.edu)
My mother picked up her puppy and is in love. She's very sweet and my
mom got to do some temperament testing with her (Thank God I sent her
those books!), she was very pleased with this little girl, they just got
her yesterday, and my dad (who traditionally hates hounds) is in love
with her, he says that she looks like a smaller version of a black and
tan coonhound, with the exception of one white front paw. Mom only paid
50$ for her, but she is registered with a kennel club, and the breeder
did give her full health guarantees, up to the puppy's second birthday,
offering a replacement puppy or a help with vet bills for any genetic
defects. Sounds like Mom has done well here, the puppy is three months
old, and she's already baying at the moon. I got to hear her when I was
talking to Mom today, and I'll get to see her when I go home to visit
next week, I'll post more info about her then. She'll only be about 18
pounds at adulthood.