Greyfriars Bobby was NOT a Jack Russel Terrier he was along-haired breed - sort of like a bedraggled Skye Terrier but with a longer coat.

He was known as Greyfriars Bobby LONG before he died - while his master (a constable of police) was alive he was 'Bobby'. After he refused to leave his master's grave site in the Greyfriars kirkyard he became known as Greyfriars Bobby. There is an exhibit to him in the 'museum' along the Royal Mile and a statue out on the road outside the Kirkyard. Bobby himself is buried at the front of the kirkyard and his grave is marked by a granite headstone and lies about 30 yards from that of his master.

Walt Disney turned his master into a shepherd and several children's books perpetuate the story.

I have just returned from Edinburgh, where I visited the kirkyard, the statue, and the graves. (As part of a tour)

Muttley