My best friend and trainer, Celine Loguasto nearly bust a gut when she found out I got a terrier. Her exact text message, LOL, ha,ha etc.
She owns a Jack Russell who is like the energizer bunny. I told her that Jiggs is nothing like a JRT and she didn't believe me. (I think I've converted her!)
So far Jiggs has an honourable scar on his butt -- he bit my cat's tail. It's actually quite funny to see him interact with the cat; he thinks the cat is either a toy or a really intriguing dog; but he jumps on him, mauls him and finally can't help himself; bites the cat's twitching tail --- ooops; Ninja nailed him in the butt.
He likes my sister's dog Penny; a poo-shire terrier, he thinks she's fun; she chases him because finally she has found a dog that is smaller than her! He worships Dora; she is his African Queen, but she intimidates him too (which I'm sure she does on purpose).
He tries really hard to potty outside, he'll go to the door, or out the door if I've left the patio door open, however he will potty in the house if you don't catch him in time; so we do a lot of tethering while he is in the house and we are otherwise busy, especially if he's nearing a time for pottying.
He does however sleep all night long, from 10:30 to 8:30 in the morning, he can stay in his crate for about 4 hours before he needs a break.
He's learning to eat raw, but we are warming the outside of the meat at this point since he has a bit of a hard time going through the raw meat; but he's working on it.
We finally went to visit Celine; what a good little dog. He went up to say hi to all the people, wagging his little stubby the whole time, went right up to our intimidating K-9 Officer friend and said hi, had no problem being sniffed and licked by both Celine's GSD and her Beauceron (I'm thinking that having a Boerboel at home makes other dogs seem much less intimidating).
We are so loving him; he is the funniest pup.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Cottage Trip with the Dogs
Thanks again to Lisa Sands for sending us such a stellar example of the Rat Terrier breed.
My mom (kid's and dog's "Gran") has rented a cottage on Lake Huron, Lurgan Beach, near Kincardine for the past 2 years and dogs and children are welcome.
Last year we brought Dora; our South African Boerboel, this year both Dora and Jigger came along for the vacation.
We had a lovely time, the weather was perfect, my kids and my dogs were well behaved.
Jigger had been with us for 1 week before we left, and he impressed us mightily with his confidence and behaviour during the vacation.
Lake Huron is a deep lake and creates some decent waves; but Jigger had no problem jumping right in to water over his head and swimming; a feat I was pretty impressed with for a 9 week old puppy. I think he chose the swimming over staying on shore because both me, the kids and Dora were in the lake; but he soon figured out that Gran was sitting on the shore; so he didn't have to swim every time.
He was friendly and outgoing to all the people walking by and observant of all the dogs (it is an on-leash area but dogs are welcome to the beach). He made quite a few human friends during the week we were there.
He is learning that being in his crate is not torture (he screams a bit when he figures he should be out; but a bacon reward for going in and settling down is quickly changing his mind). It helps that Dora is also crated when we leave.
He is a good traveller in the car; we drove 3 hours on the way up, he was very good; we stopped at about the 2 hour mark for lunch and potty break; both dogs were excellent, well-behaved pets. On the way home we drove 2 1/2 hours to London to visit family and the dogs were again excellent. They didn't come in the house (it was a bit crowded) but they patiently waited in the van while we visited (it was a rainy evening so no heat issues) and came out and went for walks a few times with big "sister" Dora and the family.
All in all an uneventful vacation that was relaxing and enjoyable, with 9 week old puppy that had been with the family 1 week.
Again, thank you to Lisa Sands for producing such a confident and fun dog!
My mom (kid's and dog's "Gran") has rented a cottage on Lake Huron, Lurgan Beach, near Kincardine for the past 2 years and dogs and children are welcome.
Last year we brought Dora; our South African Boerboel, this year both Dora and Jigger came along for the vacation.
We had a lovely time, the weather was perfect, my kids and my dogs were well behaved.
Jigger had been with us for 1 week before we left, and he impressed us mightily with his confidence and behaviour during the vacation.
Lake Huron is a deep lake and creates some decent waves; but Jigger had no problem jumping right in to water over his head and swimming; a feat I was pretty impressed with for a 9 week old puppy. I think he chose the swimming over staying on shore because both me, the kids and Dora were in the lake; but he soon figured out that Gran was sitting on the shore; so he didn't have to swim every time.
He was friendly and outgoing to all the people walking by and observant of all the dogs (it is an on-leash area but dogs are welcome to the beach). He made quite a few human friends during the week we were there.
He is learning that being in his crate is not torture (he screams a bit when he figures he should be out; but a bacon reward for going in and settling down is quickly changing his mind). It helps that Dora is also crated when we leave.
He is a good traveller in the car; we drove 3 hours on the way up, he was very good; we stopped at about the 2 hour mark for lunch and potty break; both dogs were excellent, well-behaved pets. On the way home we drove 2 1/2 hours to London to visit family and the dogs were again excellent. They didn't come in the house (it was a bit crowded) but they patiently waited in the van while we visited (it was a rainy evening so no heat issues) and came out and went for walks a few times with big "sister" Dora and the family.
All in all an uneventful vacation that was relaxing and enjoyable, with 9 week old puppy that had been with the family 1 week.
Again, thank you to Lisa Sands for producing such a confident and fun dog!
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| Jigger and Avi playing in the sand. |
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| Terrior Fun! |
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| Gran and Dora trying to figure out what Jigger is doing. |
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| Dora and Jigger watching passersby. |
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| The ears of confusion. |
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| Jigger swimming with Avi. |
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| Jigger's face after a mouthful of sand. |
Saturday, August 7, 2010
The Beginning
I wish I had done this for my South African Boerboel - Proudfoot's Tad Bit O Tina; but alas; I did not. So for our little man Jigger; I will document his time with us from the beginning; and what an exciting beginning it was!
Suffice to say he was born; he attained 8 weeks of age; and then he left the comfort of his original family in Georgia to be shipped to Buffalo where I picked him up at the Buffalo International Airport.
He was bred by Lisa Sands of Southern Sands Kennel; Sire is: PR Sands Indigo Storm, dam is CH Bluegks Sweet Dreams.
He is freakin' adorable. I'm not a small dog person; anything less than my knees tends to be parasailing away; but this guy; instantly got my attention.
He's pretty bold; not as hard-headed as my Boerboel, but great recovery for startling objects. Very inquisitive, running around the backyard a few hours off the plane.
Very sweet; cuddles up with me and the kids; bouncy with the big dogs; who are being very nice to him; puppy license and all; barring the fact that he is no threat.
Arrival at our house: 4:00
Pottied, ate dinner, played until 6:00
Slept until 8:00
Pottied, ate some more, played until 9:30
Slept until 11:00
Went for walk with big dogs until 12:00
Slept until 4:00 a.m.
Pottied, played - fell asleep 4:30 until 8:30
New day; see next post.
Suffice to say he was born; he attained 8 weeks of age; and then he left the comfort of his original family in Georgia to be shipped to Buffalo where I picked him up at the Buffalo International Airport.
He was bred by Lisa Sands of Southern Sands Kennel; Sire is: PR Sands Indigo Storm, dam is CH Bluegks Sweet Dreams.
He is freakin' adorable. I'm not a small dog person; anything less than my knees tends to be parasailing away; but this guy; instantly got my attention.
He's pretty bold; not as hard-headed as my Boerboel, but great recovery for startling objects. Very inquisitive, running around the backyard a few hours off the plane.
Very sweet; cuddles up with me and the kids; bouncy with the big dogs; who are being very nice to him; puppy license and all; barring the fact that he is no threat.
Arrival at our house: 4:00
Pottied, ate dinner, played until 6:00
Slept until 8:00
Pottied, ate some more, played until 9:30
Slept until 11:00
Went for walk with big dogs until 12:00
Slept until 4:00 a.m.
Pottied, played - fell asleep 4:30 until 8:30
New day; see next post.
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