I found an interesting article the other day about how some new owners are stunned when they start training their Jack Russell’s.
Here’s an excerpt ….
In the early and mid-1980s, psychologists and wanna-bes flooded the market with self-help books to encourage people to be assertive without being aggressive, to stand up for themselves, to stop acting like wimps in their relationships.
The Jack Russell Terrier never needed such counsel.
The scrappy little dog popularized in television comedies and commercials and on the big screen is the epitome of the assertive and energetic personality: he’s bold, brash, vigorous, and supremely self-confident, characteristics that often stun owners who thought they were purchasing a couch potato or a lap dog.”
This sums up what is so true about Training Jack Russell Terriers. They are not lap dogs. They are big dogs in a little dog’s body.
The Jack Russell Terrier, is free from many of the hereditary afflictions associated with so many of today’s pedigree breeds of dog.
When embarking on the search for a puppy, you should be sure that this is the right breed for you and your family.
The Jack Russell has a strong but rewarding personality. The Jack Russell was bred as a worker, and retains many of the attributes first bred for in a Terrier.
The Jack Russell Terrier is bred with a brain and will know how to use that brain to his best advantage. This can inevitably be good or bad. Depending on how he is handled and trained correctly, the Jack Russell Terrier will make an excellent family pet.
The key to training a Jack Russell, is to start early and be consistent.
