i have had a labrador for 9 years, (he is nine years old) and just recently we bought a jack russel puppy. . the jack russel is geting quite older, but still a puppy. What is happening is that the jack rusell keeps jumping up on my lab, every time he goes to do his buisness my jack rusell runs over to him, when my lab tries to play with a toy my jack russel keeps steeling it etc etc etc. I want to know if there is a way i can reduce or completely stop this from happening. he also keeps diggging up the garden, and soon we may have to find him a new home. Please help??
and please, explain why this is happening?
thanks
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Yes, your puppy is bored. JRT's need at least two hours of vigorous exercise a day, NOT in their own yard, but out with you having fun. Without enough exercise, your problems will get worse and not better. Doggie daycare would definitely help with this, if you cannot exercise him enough. Since the lab probably doesn't want to play, your pup amuses himself by bouncing on him. He steals the toys because he can. Terriers dig because that's what they do. These dogs were bred to hunt rodents, and that often meant digging to get to them. It's not something you can stop. With some dogs, you can redirect this by giving them a sandbox, so they have somewhere they are allowed to dig. You build a nice, deep sandbox, and introduce your dog to it by burying treats and toys and helping him start to dig them up. You have to "reload" the box daily, or he will get bored and dig elsewhere.
If you choose to rehome this dog, do it while he's a puppy and others still have a chance of retraining him.
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- First- Jack Russels are high energy - you need to give him a job or give him something to occupy himself with.
If your dogs are unaltered :
(and even if they arent - its just higher with intact ones)
then the JR is doing those things to show that he's the boss.
Whenever JR goes to bother the other dog - get his attention - give him something else to focus on - like a treat or another toy or attention.
the jumping on him thing- thats play behavoir - your Lab is older but your JR is young and wants to play. Interact with him more, he will learn to play with people rather than your old man. - Probably because he needs a lot of exercise and some mental stimulation as for the other dog part he is being dominant look up how much exersize your dog should be getting (which is a lot because he is a terrier) and look up games that will stimulate his brain so that he wont get bored and dig holes. You have to be the dominant on not your dog and right now he is .
- Your dog (JRT) is probably showing some dominance over your lab and wants to be the pack leader. Make sure he's trained well. Also, here's a link to understand the general behavior of dogs and another link on how to control your dog on trying to be the pack leader. hope these help!
http://lnk.nu/dogtime.com/sqt.html
http://lnk.nu/dogtime.com/10vn.html
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