My dear little puppy is often a bit of a lunatic. He act much younger than I thought he would. I should have known better. I was told that Black Russian Terriers often take longer than other breeds of dogs to mature. Even though he is only about a year old, he could still grow more. I am praying that he doesn't end up being 150 lbs dog. A few of these guys can get into that range. Right now he is just under 70 lbs.
He has had more training than I thought he would have had at this point. All I really know is that the people that surrendered Jet at the shelter were known drug users, and they were his second owners. Jet seems like he may have been beaten at some point. He knows to roll over and be semi submissive. He really doesn't want to be submissive. At least I know that a dog like this needs a firm, but very fair hand, when he is being taught what I want him to learn. I may still need more professional training for both of us. It may be hard for me to find someone that understands this breed, and knows a lot more than I do about training dogs. I looked into
Petco's training program, and I wasn't impressed with the young employees that have been promoted to the company's dog trainer positions. My DD knows a trainer in Seattle that may fit for exactly for what I need. 5
It has been a big adjustment to live with a big puppy again. I know that we had gotten spoiled with Puppy. I don't think any of us really understood how old he had gotten.
Jet reminds bot DH and I of a number of dogs that we have had in our lives over the years. He reminds me of the best dog we ever had Miss Berber, and of a dog that chose to live with my family when I was teenager. Jet has so many breed traits, from a many of the dogs that were bred to create the BRT breed. He even reminds me at times of Nala the Great Dane puppy. We are also under going culture shock with all the black dog hair. I am frequently reminded why a dog with dreadlocks was a good choice for our family.
My avatar is a picture of Jet. He was trying to make sure that DH wasn't doing something fun. We have learned that a well time squirt bottle of water works amazingly well. In fact it works on the nasty little dogs really well too. lol I still have a feeling that Jet will end up being as good of a dog as Miss Berber was.
He does still want to chase chickens, but he has been learning that the baby chicks are something that we love and take care of. Jet also want to play with the nasty little puppies. It is kind of scary watching him play with the tiny puppies. Jet doesn't seem to completely understand that he is so much bigger than the other puppies. I think this morning that he was asking Miss Gabby to be his mommy too. He was certainly talking to her. He does talk a lot, but doesn't seem to bark much.
