Just need to vent about my dog

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Hubby isn't home and the kids well they are kids

Anyways, we have a 11 month old Jack Russell mix. Was supposed to be our beloved snake dog. Instead he is a huge pain in the butt! He gets out side and goes nuts will not listen period the end! So this afternoon he gets out of our front gate and chases this guy down the street. I get him back but him up. About an hour later one of the kids opens the door and he runs out! Of course that guy would be walking back down the street! I have never seen this guy before and the house he was going to well its not a good house..anyways that is besides the point. The dog runs out of the gate again he can squeeze through anything....the guy comes up and kicks him then starts yelling I'm going to throw you like a bleep bleep football. ALL IN FRONT OF ME AND MY KIDS! I run up there trying to get him. The guy says he bit me..he didn't bite him I never saw him bite him. I was watching trying to get up there. So here I am out in the street having words with this idiot while trying to get the dog. He keeps going you want me to kick your bleeping dog? If he would have kept walking my dog would have stopped and ran back home but he just kept stopping and cussing. I had 4 kids in the yard my two oldest trying to keep the youngest from running out in the street while this was happening. I am so mad. I KNOW MY DOG SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE YARD BUT THIS GUY CROSSED THE LINE! So until my husband gets home the dog is locked up. I really liked having him for the front yard since hubby is gone all the time. I think its time we find him a new home I can't keep having him getting out and chasing people. Please don't flame....we love our animals but I have never had a dog like this before I can't control him.

 

[redhen]

Yup..time to find him a new home...
I agree that the guy crossed the line by swearing in front of the kids and stuff..
But honestly.. i'd have kicked the dog too (or worse!.)..if it was coming at me.
The dog IS a liability to you right now... if you cant guarantee that he cant get out again.. i'd re-home him..
It can cost you A LOT of money if that dog bites someone!
OR even put him down..if hes going after humans...

ETA: JRT are one of the only dogs that i cant stand... for the exact reasons you listed...
Everyone thinks they are just cute little dogs...
BULL crud... everyone i have met is nasty MEAN and little mental cases!

 

[AKsmama]

I agree, time to rehome him. JRTs are terriers, after all- very, very energetic dogs that need a lot of attention and training. They do not make good couch potatoes. They are smart and active and need to burn off that energy. They also tend to go nuts at every little sound. If you can't control him, please find a good home or rescue for him.

 

[turney31]

I probably shouldn't post on this thread. But what the heck somebody may learn something. The two Jack Russell terriers next door try to bite me EVERY DAY I go to the mail box. Twice they have succeded. Once with the owner standing there looking, trying to call the little BRATS back to no avail. She also did not see him do it, the teeth marks proved it. Then they came over and killed 2 pullets, We are 5 acres away. Should be somewhat safe freeranging. We were in the yard but the little BRATS would not turn them loose. My fault, for believing that I could free range on my own property and how dare me go to the mailbox. I took no actions other than expressing my displeasure at both events. Only in trying to be a good neighbor. I take them eggs and the responsible owner they are they rehomed the BRATS. If you had trained him correctly this would not have happened. If the kids let them out then you did not contain the uncontrollable dog. Again your fault. Did you do any research on the breed before you brought it home? They are well known for most of all you describe! I also had to kick them off of me and would do it again. That man had every right to protect himself ESPECIALLY since it had already happened moments before.

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[ScaredOfShadows]

If you don't or can't (have resources) or willing to take the time and money to A. fix a more secure area and B. spend money and time or training then yes your best bet is to re-home him to someone who knows the breed and is willing and able to work with him.

I would try a trainer, a shock collar, long walks on leashes, at home exercise/training and making a more secure area (obviously not in front where he can get to the road) even an area inside your prexisting fence, say on one side of the exterior gate run a fence from there to the house and add another gate that is tightly fit so you can let him in that area to be outside without worrying about him slipping through the gate and also he can't slip out the front gate into the road if he's behind/in his own fenced off area.

Honestly 1 good easy and cheap suggestion you can do is 1. secure that gate - fix a home made one that fits snuggly to where it latches, and even add a bit of chicken wire to the sides and bottom of it on the side it swings so it won't catch on the connecting fence/latch area instead just block any gaps so he can't get through there...Then if he goes outside put a cheap 20ft runner line on him (cable or nylon like a leash) so he can still go outside and you don't have to tie him out, just let him run with that runner line on him, and if he does manage to somehow get out, you can easily step on that runner line and stop his tail without trying to have to impossibly run and catch up with him. Never let him out without that runner line on him, make sure the kids have this in there heads...Anytime someone goes out, he gets picked up before the door is opened, then the line is snapped on him, and he's allowed to run around outdoors...If someone is going out a gate, he is tied to a tree or stake on his runner line, OR the runner line is being held if he is allowed to go out with you.

I wish you luck, and I have owned terriers and they can be a pain to train but with time, effort, patience, sometimes money and sanity, its possible.

ETA: I don't blame the guy at all but yeah cussing around kids is wrong however you should have told your kids to go inside while you dealt with it. JMO. If it were me your dog was after, I would stop too because if I stop and face the ankle biter or any dog I am definately not turning my back on it for it to bite me. I will face a threat face on, and darn right I would kick any dog that was that size coming after me, and I would tell you you were lucky I couldn't legally shoot it (since it sounds like you live in the city limits where theres a lot of foot traffic - most cities or townships do not allow gunfire in residential areas). Its your responsibility to take care of the dog and train it or atleast contain it.

I just had to go chase down my chow mix whom's chain broke (their chained out when I'm indoors for long periods or not home otherwise they are contained by underground fence) but she was running around and I know the neighbor beside me (i'm in the country) is a druggie and can't stand me and would shoot my dog if she went on his property so darn right I was out there booking my butt to chase her tail down and stamp on the 20 ft of chain she had left. (still trying to figure out how/why the chain broke)

 

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Thank you for the suggestions. I have worked with him...he is a very well behaved dog in the house. He sits, stays, listens....etc but he gets out boom he goes nuts. I think we are just going to have to rehome him to someone who knows JRTs.
No we do not live in the city. We live in the county. The only foot traffic we have is foot traffic to the druggies house down the street. I know that it is my responsibility. I know! My other dogs are the most well behaved dogs.

 

[redhen]

Maybe he can be a good drug dog for the police...

 

[sourland]

Five kids, two big dogs and your chickens- add a young terrier who is just being a young terrier, and you have overload. Fairest to you and the dog to find him a new home where someone has the free time to deal with him. Terriers are not for everyone. By the way, the guy was out of line to carry on like that around a woman and children, but if as you have inferred he is a druggy that's part of the territory. If you have any more unfavorable interactions with him, report him to the police.

 

[Godsgrl]

I can't stand JRTs. My friend has one, and that dog is over the moon hyper. Maybe like Border Collies, they need a job to keep them occupied. And get the energy out so they can even begin to think. I have a door dasher too, (bird dog/terrier mix), and I keep a 15 foot leash on her. Then you have a few more seconds to grab the dog, and if you slam the door, it catches the leash, dog caught.

We've worked really hard with wait, and sitting while the door is opened. It's slow progress, but we are trying. Best of luck with your dog. Maybe he would enjoy agility or flyball.

 

[bmax]

Thank you everyone for your responses. I know this is a failure on our part. Hubby does not want to give up on him just yet he is fixing the fence tonight and we are looking into training. We will see. There are dogs running all over the place here but ours is the only annoying one! thanks again