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We have been speculating as to possible breeds that Simon may be.  I wish that we could know his breeds and also his age, but alas it will only ever be speculation.  However, I personally believe that our little friend here is part wire-hair jack russell terrier.  Firstly, he looks like one!  Proof:

This is basically Simon's face, minus the white.

Also,

Simon's brother looked EXACTLY like this.  His ears were huge and stuck up.  And he was this color.  I mean, if I didn't now any better, I would believe that is Simon's brother.

Secondly, Simon has hops.  And abundant energy.  I can take him on an hour walk, that is largely uphill, and when we get inside he won't even need a drink of water.  Seriously, this happened.  I walked the little guy through the hills of Bellevue for an hour and about 30 minutes after being home he moseyed over to the water dish and took about a lap of water.  And then he was done.  

I have house sat for some family friends twice and they have a Jack Russell terrier and the little guy, though more on the hyper-active side than our little guy, reminds me so much of Simon.  He wasn't wire-haired or anything, but demeanor and things were similar.  

Anyway, I really should be getting ready for work as opposed to google image searching wire-haired Jack Russell terriers, so off I go.

But not before I say how awesomely Simon is adjusting to us.  The first couple nights he whined, yelped, and barked for 20-30 minutes after we put him in his crate at night.  Then Monday night he only whined for about 5 minutes, and last night he may have whimpered for about 30 seconds.  He is so good!