LH, you did well with the laborers in the vineyard parable. How 'bout the prodigal son.......I see similarities.....especially the father, and the pouting older son/brother.

And about Jack Russells.....it's been my experience that they are about the most neurotic dog around. I've known three, and they were so attached to their female owners that they went bananas when a male was near. ...Next to Dalmations, about the nastiest dogs to approach.