Re: Rat terriers
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Storme I admire your ability to train a Jack Russel not to kill or chase chickens I also had a Jack named "Sam". I think the neighbors must have thought I was yelling at my husband, "Sam" as I tried with every sense of my being to reach that Jack when he wanted to kill the chickens, ducks and cat. Luckily at that time I had a thirty two pound killer cat named Boris who cured Sam in a hurry. Eventually Sam got the message but I had aged ten years! Not to mention a few dead chickens. He still could not control himself completely when I was selling chickens and had to catch them. Their fluttering was irresistible to him. Jean Jean Gayle Aberdeen, WA [Authoress of "The Colonel's Daughter" Occupied Germany 1946 TO 1949 ] http://www.techline.com/~jgayle Barnes & Noble Book Stores
Re: Rat terriers
This message is from: Storme Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bonnie Liermann wrote: But I know someone who > has a Jack Russell terrier and that dog was merciless with their > chickens and turkeys. I guess it probably depends on the dog and > training as a puppy. She is fine with tiny kittens that run away from > her, but when we bring wood into the basement and there is a mouse or > mole, she won't even come upstairs until it is dead. Even if it takes > days, I kid you not! > > bonnie I have a Jack Russell Terrier and a Toy fox Terrier--both related to the Rat Terrier and very similar in their characteristics.. My Toy fox could care less about the chickens and ducks and such...his breed was not intended for hunting and I can tellmy Jack Russell would love nothing more than to sink her teeth into any varmit...better if it has legs like a squirrel, but a chicken will do! I have consistently trained her not to exhibit that behavior at my barn, and she doesn't. Now if I could only model my consistency with the way I train my dogs into the way I am with Jordan!
Rat terriers
This message is from: Bonnie Liermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I don't know how rat terriers are with ducks. We don't keep ducks, but had a wild wood duck appear in our basement this past spring. The dog was in the basement and was barking so we went to look. Feathers everywhere but the duck was fine. I can't believe she couldn't take the duck down and I don't know why she didn't. I think if we kept ducks and chickens she would be fine because she was good about our pet rabbit because it was "ours". But I know someone who has a Jack Russell terrier and that dog was merciless with their chickens and turkeys. I guess it probably depends on the dog and training as a puppy. She is fine with tiny kittens that run away from her, but when we bring wood into the basement and there is a mouse or mole, she won't even come upstairs until it is dead. Even if it takes days, I kid you not! bonnie
