Jack Russell puppy and ds

[ememem84]

Hoping for some advice here.

Fil and his gf have just brought home an 11 week old jack Russell puppy. It is super cute and very small.

Ds is 22 months. We met the puppy on Saturday.

Puppy jumped up at ds a lot, has really sharp claws and is incredibly excitable. Ds didn’t like it.

Dh sat ds in his lap so puppy couldn’t jump at him and I sat puppy on mine. He calmed down and ds patted him. All good.

Except everytime puppy was let down he jumped at ds. No one else.

I’m assuming it’s because ds is smaller but not really sure.

Fil and his gf shouted at ds for chasing the puppy (he ran away from it), the. Laughed when he was scared “no no no no mummy daddy” when the puppy was chasing him and jumping. Luckily dh was able to sweep him up (ds not puppy). I’m 37 weeks pregnant and not as mobile as I was!

Fils gf have puppy treats when it jumped up. Because it was playing and being good 🤔 and has made comments about how ds is obviously scared of dogs and needs to toughen up.

We’ve said that it’s not fair on him. He doesn’t like the dog jumping and asked them to control it, which at 11 weeks old, being in a new home and meeting lots of new people on your second day there is probably easier said than done. But ds was scared. We’ve said the dog is not allowed in our house (we have a cat) which was met with huffs and eye rolling.

Has anyone got any advice on how we can help ds? Apparently puppy isn’t going to be trained not to jump as “that’s what JR’s do” and if ds is scared of dogs it’s our fault.

Ironically we were at a bbq with Fil and gf on Saturday evening and there were a few dogs there. One of which was an adult JR. Ds was fine with it. It didn’t jump. It came to him he didn’t chase it. He had a pat and was very calm. Other dogs there were much bigger - couple of labs a boxer and a springy spaniel. All of which he was fine with.

We also didn’t realise that Saturday was the puppy’s second day in its new home. We knew they were getting him they just hadn’t told anyone when. So when we went round it was there. If we’d known he’s just arrived we’d have held off visiting as I think maybe he should have been allowed to settle in a bit first.

Dh is of the opinion that if they continue to laugh at ds and not help us on this they won’t see ds. I personally think this should be a last resort. But am also inclined to agree with him.

So. Any ideas to help us?

[IDontGiveABagOfDicks]

Idiots getting dogs again

If they won’t train the dog, it can’t be around DS, nor the new baby again.

Bloody Hell. My Grandparents got a staffie about a month before I was born. My Dad was apoplectic with rage at the time despite my GPs being experiences dog owners

Anyway, the adorable little thing was well trained, never so much as growled at me, (but their big fat elderly ginger cat was a little bastard and would swipe me every time I walked past yet would snuggle up with its doggy pal all night!) I was devastated when she died when we were 14.

GPs got another staffie when I was 16 and that was equally well trained.

[IDontGiveABagOfDicks]

*despite the fact that there were no tiny grandchildren at that point because good dog owners train their animals as part of loving them!

[missbattenburg]

Idiots getting dogs again

Yep, that about sums it up. As others have said:

• it's not a JRT
• JRTs do not jump up unless allowed
• Your FIL is clearly about as clueless as it gets wrt dog breeds, behaviour and training

I would guess it is targetting your DS because it is a game. i.e. when I run towards that little boy everyone gets all jumpy and shrieky which is FUN. That's right now. As it grows this could get worse "when that little boy is nearby everyone gets all jumpy and shrieky and I don't like it so I better tell that little boy to go away with my baddest growl".

Something to watch out for...

The best thing for your boy is to be kept away from the dog. The next best thing is for him to aim to be as boring as possible around the dog. NO shrieking, crying, palying, running, chasing etc. You want the dog to see your little boy and think of him as no more exciting than a chair or sideboard.

Much easier said than done if he is scared, I understand.