First JRT, what do I need to know RE training etc?

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So as some of you may know I have recently acquired my first JRT. So far he has been very good but as a collie owner I am aware that JRTs are a completely different kettle of fish! Is there anything I need to know about training mine, I know they can be funny with other dogs so have been socialising him as much as possible with both big and small dogs - my other dog is a large collie - and with the exception of one growl at a black lab he has been fine, although I think he was startled as he was very sleepy at the time. He does follow me around already when outside and I am going to be really strict on recall (I have a flexi lead to help with this, but will stop using it as soon as I can). The only thing I have problems with at the moment is getting him to stop chewing things, I am using a short ah-ah but he appears to have stopped listening to this so have followed it with a loud NO which is what my other dog responds to - any other ideas on what I can do? I say ah-ah/no and then distract him with a toy but this doesn't last long lol!

Is there anything else I need to know? Gratuitous puppy pic below lol!

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He's a wee cutie!!

My JRTx chews at every opportunity, for things he wasn't meant to chew I ended up putting pepper on them, along with a firm 'no' or and 'ah,ah'.

I buy stag bars for him to keep him occupied, I find they make a big difference and meet his needs/desire to chew that it's rare he chews anything else he's not meant to now.
 
We must have been incredibly lucky with our 2 :) They have never really chewed things that they shouldn't but we have always made sure that they had acceptable things to chew. They are great with other dogs and tend to ignore them and never wander far from us. My hubby takes them running and they stick at his heels all the way. The only bad thing the male of the 2 does is roll in smelly stuff!
 
Sorry, bumping this back up as still having problems with no/ah-ah not working after a few times. Is it ok to use different words/noises rather than using the same one all the time? He is only 8 weeks old so I don't want to confuse him!
 
I have 3 collies and recently acquired a jrt. He is a mini one but thinks he is a rottie when it comes to my collie boys, and likes to hang off their necks. He has just had his balls off... He is however a real sweetie and so loving. Also loves sleeping!
 
Have you tried raw meaty bones to keep him amused, I tend to use distraction until they are old enough to know that I am displeased!

That picture is super cute :)
 
How about some sort of rattle, maybe pebbles in a tin, to distract him/grab his attention? With a chew toy as back-up.

When we had two JRT, as part of a group of varied breeds, they were dreadful escapers (or actually very good escapers), one climbed and her sister dug. I remember a friend telling me that when she put hers into boarding kennels, she was asked whether he climbed or dug because which run he went into depended on the answer!
 
He's being quite good actually, and is easily distracted with a toy :) Big dog is fairly tolerant of him hanging off his scruff (collie)/ears/face/tail, has told him off a couple of times but then always gone to see if pup is ok. He does seem to be picking things up fairly quickly as well. The issue we are having now is that he hates his collar/lead, the brakes slam on and he yells his head off!
 
Well, we treated ours like we treat the collies and he's grown into a wonderful little thing. Doesn't nip, yap, bark or anything like that. He can occasionally get a bit hyper but that's settled now he is on good food. It's not so much the noise you make, but the tone behind it that counts, but he's young, so he's not going to respond all the time yet. For the chewing, I would just make sure he always has something available and if he starts to ignore it in favour of something you don't want him to chew, pop a little peanut butter on it to bring him back to it. Means he'll learn that is tasty to chew and the other things aren't. :)
 
I posted on here a month or so ago after sleepless nights, biting, and constant piddling in the house had left me questioning my sanity in getting a puppy at all!

However, almost overnight the biting and getting up in the night seemed to stop, at around 10 weeks old I think. Hugo doesn't chew anything he shouldn't, although our house looks like a cow graveyard with all the hide chews and bones scattered around!

Hugo is very quick on the uptake, learnt 'sit' in just five minutes and can also stay, although his puppy excitement gets the better of him. Work in progress! He is a climber, not outside as he has free run of several hundred acres, but indoors he climbs everything, He is like a cat!

We had the same problem with a collar and lead, but have a harness now and he walks great with that, so perhaps that is worth a try while he is still young? We do now just clip the lead on Hugo's collar sometimes, and he is fine, knowing that the lead means walks in public where he will get ooo'd and ahh'd over and given treats :D He is good off lead on the estate, even if Lodger Dog runs off after a rabbit, Hugo will stay with us if we call him back.

The only downside to my little scrumptious monster is that he will roll in everything smelly, loves eating dead things, preferably several days post mortem and after killing his first rabbit the other day is starting to take a great interest in all things small, fluffy and feathery.

Sorry for the hijack, but a gratuitous pic or two of Hugo...... :D

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