Just lost dog and now have a puppy

:cry: we just lost our dog that we had for a couple of months. My borther-in-law just got us a Jack Russel Terrier and she is 4months old and she is hyper. How do i deal with her being so hyper?. She is also still teething what can i give her?. And is her breed good with kids?. I heard that they aren't good with kids but she seems to be doing well with our two. Does anybody have any advice about that breed?. Is it also normal for them to dig every time i take her out. And advice on how to potty train her to.
All the advice will be helpful in any way. This is my frist time with a breed like this.

Judy :?:

 

I'm sorry for the loss of your other dog.

JRT's are a terrier so it's in their nature to dig. Terriers are strong willed with a pretty high prey drive so she shouldn't be allowed off leash, unless in a confined area.

Terriers are pretty intelligent and they are pretty strong willed and can be very determined ( which I happen to love about them) so training can be a little more difficult than with other breeds. JRT's also require quite a bit of stimulation or they can become destructive.

Most of the JRT's I've known have been hyper pretty much to the end.

I pretty much see terriers as a big dog trapped in a little dogs body. They really don't seem to know their size and in some cases will pick fights with a dog of any size (no matter how big) if they're not properly socialized early on.

As far a being good with kids, I think any breed can get along with children as long as the kids are taught to be respectful of the dog.

 

one time, I was watcing two firends dogs, one was a fat lazy lab, he was huge! He is an awesome dog. Then there was Benny the JRT, he weighed 18 lbs, but he thought he was 180 lbs! Benny was so fearless! He loved to play with my dog, who is also 18lbs (but "tall" and "thin" at least for an 18lb dog). But as soon as the other dog came close, benny would barkbarkbark really loud and deep, but then it would suddenly change to a high pitch squeal, and we would all run thinking the big dog had barked and hurt Benny, so Benny was now squealing, but the better we knew Benny, the beter we knew the entire situation was all Benny!
Benny had a cute personality, I would not be able to handle him all the time though! He was a bit much. I never saw him around kids, but i could see him treating small children as he did the big dog.
I don't kow for sure, but I always think Benny was named Benny, not because it is a cute name, but because of that speed drug in the 70's. I don't know its real name but everyone called it Benny?Anyway good luck with your new dog!

 

JRT's can be a huge handful! For the hyperness, just exercise him as much as you can - he's a baby so letting him run around off leash in a safely fenced area is a good way to burn off some steam. We also had to learn to practice NILIF with our hyper dog. It stands for "Nothing In Life Is Free" and means the dog has to EARN anything he values. Teach him something like sit, and then require that he do it before everything he likes - playing, petting, going outside, eating, etc. If he knows other tricks you can ask for those, too. This helps him to learn that he must listen to you if he wants the things he enjoys.

It wouldn't hurt to check out the book sticky post near the top of this forum. Pick up an Ian Dunbar puppy book and a beginning clicker training book. You can teach anything with a clicker - including how to calm down - and with a dog such as a JRT, using a positive method such as a clicker will be better than getting into a battle of the wills with the little guy!

 

heres a really helpful link:

www.unclematty.com

www.petservice.com (you can email vets and ask questions and get training advice too).

i'm sorry about your dog you lost.......but happy you got a new pup.....the link i posted should help.

 

Thank you to all that helped

I just wanted to say thank you to all that gave me good advice. So far everything is going good with our new puppy. The reasson why i asked all those questions is because my brother-in-law got the puppy from his sister-in-law. She's still in Highschool and didn't have time to take care of the puppy. So i took her. She wasn't potty trained at all. So that we are still working on. It was hard because she is 4months old but i guess it's never to late to pott train her.

I just wanted to update you all on how she is doing and that i will diffently take all the advice to mind. I need all the help that i can get wih a JRT. It's just differnt having such a hyper dog. I just wish that she wouldn't take so long going potty outside it's getting colder by each day.

Once again thank you all for the advice.
Judy

 

You might try taking her out on leash and then just stand there in one spot being boring. As soon as she goes potty, take the leash off and let her play for a minute or so and then go back inside (assuming you have a fenced yard, of course). If you don't have a fenced yard, then after she goes take her for a short walk around the yard or play a short game or something and then head back in. Hopefully she will learn from this that she should hurry up and do her business so she can get to the fun part. Too often we whisk the dog back inside as soon as it potties, so they learn to hold it as long as possible so the fun doesn't end.