How to cope with Jack Russell puppy

Life with Rosie now she is 4mths. Rosie comes on leaps and bounds, literally.  She leaps from chair too sofa too zoom and bounce around the house. She gets a long walk every afternoon too our local beach. I do not encourage her to stop and dig. I keep her walking non stop for 3hours. She wears a muzzle to stop her eating stones and anything else she can see. This maybe an avoidance strategy, I can't afford to put her health at risk, if it means she must wear one each time she goes outside for a walk, then so be it. I tried numerous ways to stop this habit with no success.  Once she is walking she forgets she has it on and really enjoys her day out. I play with her, her favourite game, football. She plays goalie, she darts back and forth like one. She still use's her mouth to grab the ball, I am teaching her to nose it towards me. This she is doing slowly. She is kept busy with a daily routine of exercising, walks and meals. She is often outside doing her business than indoors ...

How Rosie's days and nights are going at 15wks. Morning...begins with hugs, which I feel may stop sometime soon. I noticed when she gets her hugs especially in mornings she is trying to suckle on my clothes. This tells me she still seeks comfort from her mother.  This is cruel to be kind stage coming up. Having to stop morning cuddles until she no longer seeks comfort of her mother.  Once her suckling begins to leave her , Rosie shall then no longer need nor seek her mother.  I have to do this for Rosie. After her hug she gets offered her breakfast if she is offered before a hug she doesn't show any interest in eating.  This is another reason her hugs shall stop in morning for a short while. I recognized she was doing this on a daily basis , therefore it brought it to my attention.  Those who allow their puppy in bed with you, please think what effects it has on your pet. Once I have made sure Rosie knows she shall not find her mother on me then I try again to o...

The first day I met my new puppy Rosie.  My first thoughts on looking at her, once I had decided it was Rosie I was taking home, I heard myself telling myself,  I  hope I never let her down. For I felt I was still missing my beautiful cocker spaniel Carrie.  I knew pets can sense our emotions..whenever I got her into my arms and we were alone. I whispered to Rosie how sad I was feeling and it was not her fault.  I told her about my loss of Carrie and how beautiful she was. I shared with her my sadness for my loss telling her, I am sure you shall make me feel better.  I told Rosie, I too would love her as much as I  did my beautiful cocker spaniel.  When I walked into my home with Rosie in my arms. I took her straight to my photographs of Carrie and held it up in front of her so she could see her..I pressed it against her little nose , instantly though she knew what to do, she licked the photograph, giving Carrie kisses.. Each day since I  tal...

Rosie, as puppy parents, we need to look into day care in more depth. Here is a link  https://www.curatedcanineconsulting.com/post/32-questions-to-help-you-choose-a-doggy-daycare Of what to ask when you go to visit day care. With lots of visits already  underway  , we as parents feel Rosie is not ready to be placed at day care. One to one supervision is what our puppy needs, as does most. This is when having no family or friends effects how important a supportive family or friend would be. In our case it is not a choice we have. I can wait until Rosie is car trained to stay safely inside her bed. Or hire a private one to one puppy sitter. I have not found any of those around.  This makes me aware of how much skill I  have in parenting a puppy. Each day I work with her on another training goal. Always covering the ones she already knows. She has so much to learn, things in which we take for granted when our older dogs already learnt. Example would be, how ma...

Rosie gets her kennel cough injection one week today. Why? For she is going to be introduced to other animals. She shall begin her journey of getting to know life outside her family nest with myself.  Her first day shall begin with one hour, for her to get to know her environment.  Heated kennels in winter, cooling kennels in summer. One to one hands on care. Walking with lead with one to one supervision,  to keep a close eye on changing her behaviour towards eating stones. She shall have access to an outdoor run attached to her kennel.  This shall be enclosed with views to outside areas, where she can watch what is going on. This shall curb any separation anxiety getting embedded into her behaviour.  It shall also help myself too, from showing her my anxiety towards dogs, after my attack. Rosie shall become her ownself, without feeding of my fears. Her journey shall be increased each month to build her up to staying overnight.  I shall have more separation...

Rosie's encounter with meeting dogs for first time. I have not researched into how a puppy goes about meeting dogs for first time. I only know that it is not sociable to be invited to meet a owners dog by the owner saying, it is ok if your puppy snaps at my dog, for my dog shall snap back. Owner informed me her dog was 7yrs old. I declined this offer, I did suggest if she were able to wait around for an hour, I  would move Rosie closer to her dog gradually. This she soon vanished from helping out. Onwards we travel, to come across two field dog cocker spaniel who were very active off their leads..jumping up on each other and barking loudly. Owner calling their names which they totally blanked. Therefore spotted Rosie who was now up in my arms, they both made a mad dash heading towards us. I waited to see if owner could control them. Unfortunately not for him, so I waited until they were only a few feet away from me, then I pulled on my loud alarm to frightened them off. It worked, ...

Rosie at 14wks is now house trained. She sleeps all night Without going too a training pad. First thing in morning, I ask her if she wants to go out, This prompts her to walk too the door. I removed all training mats close to the door. This way if she does mess I can tick her off. Then put her outside.  She immediately goes onto a training mat outside the door, this eventually shall be grass only. For now a training mat until she can reach grass area. It has taken determination on my part and consistency.  Doing same routine each day over her 7wks with me. She walks with her lead and loves to venture outside to new places. Tonight I shall walk her around a park for few hours to get her use to doing her business on grass. It takes dedicated time from you to achieve these goals. I have loved every minute of it. Well done Rosie. Annie.

Update Rosie Well she has came a long way. Now she sleeps all night from 8.30pm until 7.45am,without leaving any soiled training mats. She manages to go outside to have her first business of her day. This is a great improvement,  Rosie also never ventures out her crate even with doors open, until she hears me begin to move in the morning.  She comes to greet me, then about 20mins later this is when she makes her way towards the door to go outside.  Walking on her lead and harness she is doing this very well too. I walk faster, not giving her a chance to eat stones or leaves or grass. She follows me when I shout on her, it is a pleasure to walk with her. She does have her mad zoomies but these are not lasting more than few minutes.  This is her sign she needs business.  I give her 3 time out sessions a day 30mins each time, this keeps her calm. We play games, I say go get it, then call her name she brings it back to me, then I say leave it, with my 2 hands open. ...