I have a wonderful JRT named Chance, whom is loved by everyone he comes in contact with. He is well temepered and very sweet natured. My sister is seeking a puppy from Chances' blood-line. We've waited for several years now (Chance is 2, almost 3) and we finally got a call about a one year old, female JRT, that is related to Chance. The owners of Gracie (the new JRT) live on a huge farm and only let the dogs in the house to sleep at night. Gracie is NOT house-trained and all ready a year old. How hard would it be to house train her? She's a very loving, sweet and precious dog, who needs a good home and attention that my sister could very well provide. Her owners do not have enough time to spend with her, nor have they ever tried to train her indoors. We're still in deliberation on getting this new pup, so any suggestions or answers will be helpful. Other than the fact that Gracie is not house trained, there are absolutely NO other reasons not to take this puppy home with us!
2007-03-27 02:44:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
Patience will ensure success with this training...our JRT is going on 4 yrs old and she still loves to learn new things. House training can be a simple process provided frequent outings are done in the beginning ... a good way to ensure success further is to praise and provide a small treat each time she goes out and does her job. Eventually (possibly as quickly as a few days to a few weeks) she'll be going to the door on her own.
Giving a treat won't have to continue once she is trained but then they might want to train her in another area...fetch, roll over, sit pretty, high five etc. Training one step at a time and not trying to do several things all at once will ensure success and avoid confusing her.
I'd have a tendency to grab that little lady before someone else does. JRT's are absolute sweet hearts and the rep they have of being these hyper dogs is not the case in each and every Russell. Our lady is a lazy little lump at times, sleeping the day away when everyone is gone, but willing to go for runs, walks, run through her variety of show-off techniques, etc, at the mention of them.
Good luck to your sister...as long as she is willing to be patient in the beginning...I think she'll have an incredible little lady to keep her and her family amused.
2007-03-27 03:00:48 · answer #1 · answered by dustiiart 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My Jack Russell has been almost impossible to train! I adopted him and a Westie at the same time the Westie can do all the basics ~ sit, shake, lie down, and she's house broken (took like 2 days)
It's been over 6 months and he just learned his name and will sit if he knows you have a treat.
He is only partially house broken. He always urinates outside, put I can't get him to eliminate outside. I think it might be the leash, I don't know.
He's not dumb, though... he can open doors and find hidden toys and exhibits other signs of intelligence. I am going to get him professionally trained very soon and I hope that helps.
The good news, though, is that he always eliminates in the same spot in the house, so we put puppy pads there and it's an easy clean up. (His poop is really little) I'm hoping the trainer helps, but if not the next step is a doggie litter box.
Now, I adopted my JRT at 4 years old & it's likely he's never lived in a house before, so that is surely why he's been so hard to train.
so, I guess I tell you all of that to make this point: JRTs are smart dogs, but sometimes they are hard to train. I'm sure you can house train Gracie but it will take time and patience, but it will be totally worth it. The crate method would probably be best (this won't work on MY dog because he has no qualms about pooping in the little kennel).
They're stubborn little creatures, but so very entertaining.
2007-03-27 03:02:42 · answer #2 · answered by Tiff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually if shes accustomed to going out of doors, she probably will prefer it from the outset, shes not a wee pup that needs to be kept indoors nor would she like it.
Although JRTs aren't my breed, I would have to say that a couple of firm no's a crate if necessary and a ready person to open the door, would be all you need.
If she has an accident inside take the results and put it where you wish her to do her 'business' that and praise when she goes where you wish her to should be all it takes.
The different stories you get above seem to be due to the age of the pups involved, it takes about a month for a young pup to get the idea, older dogs take less time. Very much like human babies, the younger they are the less reliable and accidents will happen.
2007-03-27 02:56:42 · answer #3 · answered by justa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh man, it will be hard. Mine was 10 weeks when i got him and he should have been trained for about two weeks at that point and HE was hard to break. Crate training may work for her since she's old enough to have don't mess where you sleep ingrained in her. or do the newspaper where it gets smaller and smaller toward the door. we did scheduling with georgie... out after meals, playtime, nap, and before and after the crate.... it took 3 weeks of plenty of messes. but he's broken for the most part now....
the other side to the coin: my dog at home was an outside dog, he was only in the basemet when it was very cold... after livign outside for so long he NEVER messed in the house! NEVER! and he was NEVER trained! perhaps since she ALWAYS went outside she'll know not to go in the house like my old boy Moe.... you never know. I'd take the chance!
2007-03-27 02:53:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
jrts can be very hard headed. i have read that it can sometimes take up to a year for a pup to be trained . i can only imagine how long it would take for a dog that has been outside for that amount of time. you would have to spend lots and lots of time with the new dog. your sister better have lots of time and no other CHILDREN to work with.
2007-03-27 03:46:05 · answer #5 · answered by D R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have a jrt, he was a wee guy when we got him, he was VERY easy to house train, like less than 3 days, he is super smart and very curious, he likes to learn to things. i wouldnt see why it would be too hard to house train her. jrt are lil geniuses and will do anything for a cookie!
2007-03-27 06:39:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&C=144&A=1084&S=0
http://www.cuhumane.org/topics/hseold.html
Just have fun and know it's possible. I typed in "House training the older dog" in a search engine and came up with those two sites above.
Good luck!
2007-03-27 02:53:04 · answer #7 · answered by Melanie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋