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Originally Posted by
madmare
If you do a class for terriers at some point will Milo be able to be shown as a Jack Russell as he is not a parson one and its only them that are actually recognised. But then you'd hardly look at Milo and think he was a poodle either
There will indeed be classes for the Terrier Group as well as well as individual Breed classes
As this is a virtual show and we are not KC affiliated

we can be very flexible, and its all for fun anyway

so JRTs
will be able to enter the pedigree classes alongside their Breed recognised counterparts.
This is one of those `special` cases where a breed has been effectively split into two camps, one a working type with suitable size and build for that and the Show type.
There is some controversy over it and probably always will be as to which should be the `recognised` breed.
Rev John Russell who the Parsons Russell was named after, [ many years after he died ], never actually bred the leggier Show type which are named after him, his were the shorter variety, none of his dogs were KC registered but I think if they had been we would be seeing the working type in the show ring instead of the officially recognised leggy type we see there.
Therefore, I believe it is fair to allow both types to enter this competition as equals :
A] for the reasons above
B] Its a purely fun show so its not going to rock the Breed showing world from its foundations
C] As the one putting together the classes and the rules, I say they can both enter on equal footing