Jack Russells are fantastic fur dogs. No, they aren't our primary track dogs (we run walkers), but for running coon up into bank holes, or under old barn foundations, etc etc, they're hard to beat. We first got the jacks to run up under barns during the day after cold nights, or new snow when the coons would be bedded down, but eventually we just started taking them along with the coonhounds at night too, since they're really effective at night when the coons hole up.

Not to mention, they're little four legged ninja's! It's nothing for a 40lb boar (without a bullet in it) to whoop a coon hound, but a good jack (like that red-headed bitch of mine "Chisel") will put any coon alive through the wringer.

The Jacks are also nicer on the hides (oddly enough). Two or three coonhounds can pull hard enough to tear their canines through the pelts, but the little jacks don't have as much horsepower.