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I've been trying to come up with new ways to mentally stimulate my jack Russell and have exhausted al my ideas. I tried giving him war and peace the other day but he wasn't interested. has anyone got any weird and wonderful ideas I could try. thanks |
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montana wildhack spoke these words of wisdom
in news:2007083116191816807-montana@wildhackcominvalid: On 2007-08-31 15:06:27 -0400, "Andy" said: hi I've been trying to come up with new ways to mentally stimulate my jack Russell and have exhausted al my ideas. Lots of tricks, retrieving games, etc. Train him in earthdog. |
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"Andy" wrote in message ... hi I've been trying to come up with new ways to mentally stimulate my jack Russell and have exhausted al my ideas. I tried giving him war and peace the other day but he wasn't interested. has anyone got any weird and wonderful ideas I could try. thanks ================= You could look into training him for Flyball Racing which JRT's love to do, or signing him up for Agility classes which JRT's excell at. |
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"Andy" wrote in message ... hi I've been trying to come up with new ways to mentally stimulate my jack Russell and have exhausted al my ideas. I tried giving him war and peace the other day but he wasn't interested. has anyone got any weird and wonderful ideas I could try. thanks ============ You could teach him to catch a frisbee. |
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pfoley wrote:
"Andy" wrote in message ... hi I've been trying to come up with new ways to mentally stimulate my jack Russell and have exhausted al my ideas. I tried giving him war and peace the other day but he wasn't interested. has anyone got any weird and wonderful ideas I could try. thanks ================= You could look into training him for Flyball Racing which JRT's love to do, or signing him up for Agility classes which JRT's excell at. There are tons of JRTs in flyball. The jump height is set according to the height of the shortest dog on the team. It is calculated by taking the dog's height at the withers minus 4 inches, down to a minimum of 7" and up to a maximum of 14" (under NAFA rules). JRTs are well suited to the game but you may need to be very patient. My border collies were ready to run after 4 to 6 months of training. The jack, who started puppy appropriate, twice per week training at the age of 12 weeks, was not ready for competition for another 2 years. That was rough because my club was starved for short dogs and I was under considerable pressure to get Cooper online and operational. I'm glad I held out, though. He has a gorgeous turn and he knows it's a race. I've seen him lope on home, knowing the dog in the other lane couldn't possibly catch him and I've seen him dig deep and slingshot himself off the box to catch an opponent with a head start. There are some jacks doing agility but if I were looking for a dog to do agility with, a JRT wouldn't be my first choice. Earthdog stuff is fun, though. Lure coursing, racing, muskrat swims, barn hunts, go-to-ground. |
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