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Bijoux - Small, yappy, ill-tempered Jack Russell Terrier dog on the police
drama HOOPERMAN/ABC/1987-89.
Bijoux was willed to San Francisco police detective Harry
Hooperman (John Ritter) by his landlady after her murder. The will had one
important stipulation: Hooperman could have her apartment house if he took
care of her dog. Since Bijoux hated cops, their partnership was off to a
"ruff" start.
Bijoux's real name was Little Britches'. She was
owned and trained by animal handler Cindy James,
the stepdaughter of Edgar Rice Burroughs (of
Tarzan fame).
In 1954, Cindy was the first woman animal trainer
to be accepted into the Los Angles Teamsters
Union.
For fun, Little Britches' ("the dog
from hell") loved to chase mice and to eat a
Canadian meat treat called Rollover.
Little Britches' other credits included TV commercials for Kibbles and
Bits, MCI, and Church's Chicken and the feature film Harry and the Hendersons
(1987). Little Britches' died in 1999 at the age of fourteen.
TRIVIA NOTE: The Jack Russell terrier breed
was established in the early l9th century by the Reverend Jack Russell of
Devon, England. He was an avid fox hunter and needed a dog with spirit and
endurance.
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