Hey, i just recently brought a jack russell pup home.. and i actually has a 7 yr old maltese at home and is not very good with other dogs. Im actually worried will the JRT be too agressive for my maltese? cos my maltese is very calm and is not the active type and would not like to be disturbed by dogs.

Im a little confused and worried if my new jacky will be difficult to handle..

How old is your chihuahua? My maltese is 7 yrs old edy and it's quite anti-social. NOw whenever she saw the JRT she will growl..

yeap both the same sex.

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Added on June 23, 2009, 2:08 pmI just brought the JRT to vet for checking yesterday. The doc says she seems fine. But then yesterday night and this morning her poop was watery. I heard that if puppy have watery poop means got something.. But she's still active and running around like crazy.. (hyperactive i must say) Is she alright? I just change her food.. which i think it might be cos she don't feel like eating it.

Also, may i ask is JRT really hard to train? The vet was saying to me.. this JRT can be the worlds horrible dog but can also be the best dog in the world if you take time to train it. Kinda worried me so because my maltese when she was a puppy she was kinda easy to train especially potty train.

Still in the midst of deciding whether to let go the JRT or not

This post has been edited by may_saw87: Jun 23 2009, 02:08 PM

Hi Jenn,

Thanks for the advise. I'm still deciding though, whether or not i could get a good owner for her, but at the same time, im also trying to bond with her. She's such a love, but suddenly she has a habit of not eating much. The first day i bought her home she's like hungry monster and i guess its the pet shop that doesn't really them much. (i heard some pet shops does that so that the pups wont grow to fast) Anyway, i recently changed the food which she don't like.. but i was worried she wont eat at all so i buy the type of food that the pet shop fed her and she eats.. little by little la. This morning before i left work, i try and feed her.. (2 times a day) but she doesn't even wanna eat it.. she smell smell.. the walk away. IM not sure whether she wants to play or that she's not hungry. Her poops are almost back to normal. Thank God!

So is there a reason for a pup to eat lesser? im didnt really wanna starve her.. i know i can leave the food in her cage.. bt i didn wanna make it as a habit cos she'll create a havoc in the place or that she'll still consider to be choosy if i pampered her.

Anyway, i'm still in the midst of looking for a good owner for her.. maybe a better one than me.. but at the same time.. im also bonding with her..

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Added on June 24, 2009, 12:20 pmHi Funky Milo,

I know i shud bond more time with her.. And im actually trying to bond as much time with her as possible now. But am also in the midst of considering.

She's such a love. Yesterday i was trying to potty train her... and i scolded her and lock her in the bathroom where i want her to do her business.. After for some time i let her out and she was upset about me and didn't wanna come near me. Throwing temper *giggles* And then for the first time i on my tv while she's around she got afraid of the tv and was so curious about it. And for a while, she was actually staring at it as if she's watching television with me. Adorable and intelligent!

And recently i just got hold of how to handle the night attention cries that really bothers me cos i couldnt get enuff sleep for work. I let her stay awake for the whole night, even though i know she's a little sleepy.. bt i didn wanna let her sleep.. And when i go off to bed.. she sleeps the whole night through... That was great. But considering, i couldnt be able to be spending whole night with her like that because my working hours are very demanding.. sometimes at night i don't think i could come back and play much with her.

I do hope and pray that someone who are willing to sacrifice more than i do to take her.. cos she's really such a love and i really don't want her to turn into a nightmare dog.

This post has been edited by may_saw87: Jun 24 2009, 12:20 PM