Hunting Jack Russel Terrier - Bored at Work Topic

brother in law has two. The only dogs I know that will stay outside for 8 hours and hold it till they get back in their crate. Then shite all over the place. He say's they are known for that behavior and very hard to train.
house train I mean.

I have a female chihuahua that does the holding until crate bs. Ready to club her in the head.

To OP, my friend growing up had a JR that was a great squirrel dog. Also had a mutt that turned out to be the best all around tracking dog. They also used to use another breed, I think it was a feist or spitz (brown hair, looked like a big pomeranian) that turned out to be a great squirrel/rabbit dog but its fur collected all sorta of vegetation when running through the woods.

Have had a JRT now for the last 10.5 years. His name is Roscoe and weighs about 12 - 13 lbs. So far he's almost killed my parent's Chihuahua. He tore right through the rectum of my parent's Fox Terrier (about 50 lbs), and did the same to my parent's 110 lb lab. Most of the time he gets along with them, but out of nowhere, he'll snap and you literally cannot pry that dog's jaws open. He's mean, but most of the time he's really laid back and mellow. He's very high strung and suffers from separation anxiety. He's the only dog we've ever had that will not take to a kennel. I remember one night when he was a puppy he barked and yelped for 8 straight hours in that kennel. Most dogs would have eventually gotten tired and fallen asleep. Not him, he's persistent and stubborn.

Would definitely NOT get another JRT in my lifetime. And if it wasn't for the obligation I feel to care for him, we'd have gotten rid of him years ago. The previous poster's thoughts about them going nuts I think may be what his issue is.

You get a lot of dog when you buy a small JRT. In their mind, they weigh about 200 lbs of solid muscle and are really not afraid of anything.

As far as the good:
He's great with my girls.
He's very loyal and an excellent watchdog.
He's never attacked my other dog which is smaller than he is.
Most of the time he's pretty mellow.
Loves to retrieve and throw the ball.
Loves to take walks.
He's completely house/potty trained.
He's obedient unless he's tearing a dog a new one.

I have a friend now that has a female along with two pugs. The pugs are laid back. I went over to let their dogs out to use the bathroom and give them their medicine while said friends were in Italy......holy crap. She was in a wire kennel. She had shredded all the carpet under her kennel tgrough the pad to the floor in a rental apartment. They are definitely super high strung and energetic. Just check the parents if you get one. Any dog can be trained. That is what bothers me with our chuhuahua, she was potty trained. The bitch must have forgotten.

A friend of mine has owned various terrier breeds for years. She acquired a JRT a couple of years ago and has yet to mold him into shape. She says most terriers have attitude and other undesirable tendencies but can be trained to behave. To date, her JRT shows no inclination toward becoming anything near to what she expects.

I have had several and have 2 now. They are great yard dogs and are not scared of nothing. They are snake killing machines. They don't do well inside because the tear shite up. Very smart dogs.

I've had two Jack Russells. I don't know what posessed me to try again. When trying to house train the first one, when I left for work I put him in a pen that was around 3 1/2 ft. high with newspaper on the floor. When I came home, there was shite-covered torn up newspaper all over the room, and some was like 10-15 feet outside the pen. Dog was still in the pen. I have no idea how the paper made it that far. This was around 18 years ago and it still baffles me. He ended up outside pretty quickly. I guess I felt guilty, so about 10 years later I got another, read the books, etc. Could not train him for anything. Ended up outside, but I think he actually enjoyed it. His attention span was under 5 minutes when we'd go outside to play with him.
I will say this though - If I could actually train one, there is no dog I'd rather have. Amazingly athletic and so freaking fun to play with.

Holy crap, I expected SOME negative stories but that's about all y'all have about them. Were any of these dogs from hunting lines and used for hunting? The hawking guys were a little more positive about the breed, although there were a couple of people who weren't fans.

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This is a serious question, wouldnt there be a high probability your Hawk would pick up the terrier?

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Not likely. There can be skirmishes, but it's unusual with most hawks.

Mine was protective to the point we had to get rid of him. He snipped a couple of my kids' friends when they were over to play. He was very aggressive toward anyone besides us.