jack russles were never shown lol Jack russles are bred to work, while now parsons and jacks are differnt breeds they used to be 2 differnt types of the same breed, Parson russles used to share the name Jack russle, with the true jack russles, while the long legged varietly was always shown, the short legged variety was and is bred to work. so I guess you could say jacks used to show but now theyt are known as parsons because they were never the same as true jacks lol confusing I know.