Well, JRTs are very hyper and you'll need to work off that extra energy with something like training, walks etc. Try to make activities for your dog as much as an everyday routine as possible. Find out what his drive is and work on it, JRT are very intelligent and hyperactive dogs. Good luck.

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well, like reanne said, you need to work off their energy. That's why we, jrt owners call them Terrierist. If you have rear dogs b4 and you know how to train basic commands to dogs b4, it'll be a lil bit easier to train them since you have the basics already.

everyday you'll have to spend at least an hour to be with them, train them, play with them. the main purpose is to rid them of their pent up energy. If not, they can find/create their own games; ripping up sofas, biting shoes, etc.

where do you plan to house the jrt? in-house? outdoor?
take a short test here and you'll roughly the idea whether you're suitable or not

This post has been edited by nairud: Aug 22 2006, 12:03 PM

i took the test few days back. It provide me with a lot of insight of a jrt. many thank. i planning to house it in house. I always keep my pets in house except my german Shepard.

I have develop a few ideas on how to burn out those extra enegry from my jrt. Many thanks again. I looking forward for my 1st jrt.

Welcome to the world of Terrierist . U will have alot of good time with em.. I currently have 1 broken coat and planning to get another female once this little fella reaches a year old. Like Reanne & Nairud said, JRT's are always active (even after their vaccination & boosters) They require alot of attetion, esp. human contact. Fast learner, agile and most important of all, very lovable.

Well, tonite Shadow is going to boarding for 3 days.. will miss him alot.. poor fella.. Hopefully he eats well and sleeps well.

where are you boarding Shadow?

scpx: I have tried to call you and you didnt even try to call me back.

This post has been edited by nairud: Aug 23 2006, 03:13 PM

boarding? care to explain?

Cn also try teaching tricks coz JRTs r really keen on dat rather den OB. Anything involving activity is good, anything involving 'sit stay, stand stay, down stay' will b torturous. Of course, u'll get d occasional odd ball like Piper who actually competes in longest stay events n win, at times.

Dog sports like agility n flyball r also cool ideas for keeping ur JRT occupied n well exercised.

biasa la, piper

how's the article's progress?

this site has really increase my love and interest in dogs. Many thanks guys. I never knew having a dog can be so challenging!!!

How long apart between the 1st n 2nd jab? and how many jabs needed

I'm not trying to put you off but you should at least do more research on dogs b4 you buy one. even the vaccination also you dont know how long is the first and second jab. it's one month apart

one month apart? i tot it's 3 months apart...that's why i need some expert opinion.

Will send u a couple by dis weekend.

Regret to say, its at the Vet. At LCCT KLIA, called my sister, she went to collect Shadow and found out that Shadow have not been sleeping / eating well. We knew that Shadow was in deeps stress as all this while Shadow is left patrolling the indoor of our house most of the time. Else, we barricade the dining area for Shadow to 'lepak'. Apart from that, Shadow tried to get out of the cage, then caused some scrathes on the left part of the snout and the head, quite deep ones. Me and my gf really broken hearted to see such things, and also Shadow didnt eat much. When Shadow saw us today, he was jumping and flipping his body around. Next time we will look for house boarding instead of those vets.

Boarding, simple explanation would be, I go for trip, I need somebody to take care of my dog, I send it to a place where ppl will provide proper attention and take care of my dog. I pay for it too.

Actually for expert opinion, u can always check with vetenerians. Make sure u dont bath the dog after the vaccination for at least 5 days and try to feed it moderately, because after the vaccine the dog will usually feel very tired, no appetite and abit moody. It is best to check around to forum so that u will get a proper vet. No worries, many have good experiences in this forum, so dont be shy to ask. Btw, WELCOME ! Again to the JRT world.

This post has been edited by Jenn77: Aug 27 2006, 11:16 PM

Wow.. why suddenly so quiet here.. no ppl posting.. all bz ker? Anyway glad that Shadow is back to the original form. He's got a new past time.. chewing on my mum's plants!

changing teeth period

i will be collecting my puppy next saturday afternoon. Really looking forward to it!!!! i have name it Ty'rel !

Tyrel Gibson?

darn!! my mom want my JRT to be name Lucky!!! no way, i'm going to name my puppy Lucky..it's so lame....i'm going to name him Ty'rel the guardian angel in Diablo MMROPG.


I'm getting my puppy this saturday....really looking forward to this saturday~~~

How was it? I was at the breeder's place last Sunday to collect the MKA cert. Nice puppy she have there. Now left a female oni.