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Other than the obvious walk, for mine......

Kiesha - Crotch sniffing visitors

Kai - Barking at anyone or anything who dares to pass his garden gate.

Ava - Sitting at the fridge door waiting for it to open.

08.50... Children passing the gate to the school next door.

3 pm, children coming out of school passing the gate.

12 noon.... Food.

7pm.... Food.

Morning walk... showing up their owner by behaving like hooligans.

Evening walk... Showing up their owner by behaving like hooligans.

Visitors to bark at.

Other dogs passing gate to bark at.

Neighbours getting in cars to bark at.

Birds flying past to bark at.

Moths pharting to bark at.

|Midnight... foxes arriving to bark at.

Sliding a tennis ball under Pete's feet without him realising.

Rummaging in bins.

Hiding household items in baskets.

Cuddles on the sofa.

Waiting for Pete to go to bed early so Oscar goes to fridge for snacks.

Chasing the vacumm cleaner and growling at it.

Splashing water bowls all over the floor and paddling in it.

Pooping where Oscar can't see it until too late.

Stealing food from the cats.

Chasing the cats up the hall.

Shagging.

Fighting.

Terrorising cattle on walks.

Tearing stuffing out of toys.

Dropping tennis balls in my bath water.

Thinking the command 'get Down' is a line from Brown Sugar.

Ignoring anything they are told.

Looking cute when being told off.

oscar;1251857 wrote:

Chasing the vacumm cleaner and growling at it.

2 of mine are terrified of it, 1 is neither up nor down.

Thinking the command 'get Down' is a line from Brown Sugar.

Ignoring anything they are told.

:wah:

Looking cute when being told off.

They are all brilliant at this :wah:




I'm thinking of getting another one, possibly another type but you just put me right off JRT's with that long list :wah:

buttercup;1251864 wrote: I'm thinking of getting another one, possibly another type but you just put me right off JRT's with that long list :wah:
I would not reccomend a Jack Russell to anyone who is unprepared for the above. :wah:

How can you get annoyed with this? Impossible :wah:

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Peter would like to add the following by proxy.

Joining in barking although your in another room and have no idea what the other two are barking at.

Snacking in the cat litter tray.

Following you into the bathroom and plonking a ball in your lap whilst on the toilet.

Set off your motion sensor lights 30 times a night.

Argue with each other over a piece of fluff.

Sit watching you eat drooling dispite just being fed.

Charge the windows at a passing sparrow.

Become adept at selective hearing.

My husband wants to add some

Just as much as change position with a leg movement in bed and all hell breaks loose with them thinking its time to get up.

Farting in unison and stinking the room out (gas masks at the ready)

Doing riverdance across the laminate flooring

Get you up in the middle of the night giving you the impression they desparately need to pee only to discover they just want to sit and sniff the air.

buttercup;1252004 wrote:

Get you up in the middle of the night giving you the impression they desparately need to pee only to discover they just want to sit and sniff the air. :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl Yes, Yes, Yes :yh_rotfl

Stealing and ripping the dishcloth (what is that all about?)

Chewing a bone, leaving bits all over the carpet.

Retching and throwing up bits of 'said bone' much later, when you are trying to sleep.

Screaming blue murder long before you even manage to clip a toe nail.

Peeing on top of all the other dogs pee as if its some magnificent feat of achievement.

Great stuff.:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Are they psychic?

Sometimes i think mine are, if i take away the routine of our day they are used to and think 'what the hell i will give them an extra walk' at say 12, no sooner have i thought it than they are all sitting at the front door.

freaks me out every time as i do not even look at them, its just a thought going through my head. :-2

buttercup;1252053 wrote: Are they psychic?

Sometimes i think mine are, if i take away the routine of our day they are used to and think 'what the hell i will give them an extra walk' at say 12, no sooner have i thought it than they are all sitting at the front door.

freaks me out every time as i do not even look at them, its just a thought going through my head. :-2 Snap :wah:

That then involves pretending that you've changed your mind while trying to secretly stuff leads up your shirt and getting to the door without them seeing. Then you have to get your keys, ciggs, lighter, phone without them seeing dispite them following every step you take round the house whilst telling them 'No, we're not going anywhere'.

Standing over the cat while she's honking up.

Humping cushions.

Humping visitors.

Chasing motorbikes as if they know what they would do if they caught one.

Answering with 5 barks when next doors dog gives 4 barks.

Stealing mouldy food off the bird table.

Sicking up mouldy bird food while your eating.

Sticking their beak in your unattended mug of tea.

Hiding when you come home so you know in advance that your new bra has been chewed up.

Dragging pants out the laundry basket into the garden.

Finding Interesting pieces of wood to bring into the house.

Sicking up interesting pieces of wood that they have brought into the house.