RidgebackGermansShep
Posted : 10/26/2008 7:42:36 AM
Were these dogs mixed like this on purpose? It's a little concerning to me...
anyway, I grew up with JRTs. Pretty cool little dogs, but i don't think i would ever get another. My mom's girl, Ginger is 10 years old and still extremely energetic. She's a good girl, very sweet to people but highly dog aggressive. She cannot be around my mom's 14 year old beagle because she attacks for no reason. She is fine with my mom's other jrt, who is probably 6 years old or so. I worry about bringing my dogs over, because she has attacked kaiser before. Ginger is also very obsessive. She tore a hole in my mom's carpet because when they were replacing the vent, they left the cover off and her ball rolled in there.
I doubt Ginger came from good lines...she was a BYB, and so was the other JRT...but we didn't know better at the time and thought that was the only way to buy a dog. So, that might account for the temperament problems.
But, very smart dogs, very athletic, and very sweet.
ETA: my mom's JRTs do NOT mess with cats, lol. One swipe with claws when they were little and they never went near again!!