subject: Jack Russell Training - Must Know Facts [print this page] Jack Russell Training can be one of the exciting experiences if you train it with proven knowledge and techniques. But it can be also the frustrating experience if you don't know what you are doing. It would be a complete waste of time if you have no idea with what you are doing with your Jack. It can pick up bad habits and turn to be stubborn one if trained incorrectly.
Jack Russell Training is often difficult because of their hunting instinct. They have a very sharp smell power and once they smell something unusual, they just run after it ignoring almost everything. This doesn't mean that it is impossible to train Jack Russell but there are some important facts that you must consider while training them.
Jack Russell is high intelligent breed dogs and is able to grasp new things quickly. If trained with right techniques, it is very simple and easy to train them. You will be surprised to see your Jack obeying your commands and doing funny activities to please you. But all these require positive reinforcement. If you reward them with their favorite food or toys just after they obey your commands, the training can be easily accomplished. However you need to be patient and consistent while training.
Another important aspect of Jack Russell training is socialization. Socializing helps in getting out the fear from the mind of JRT. Thus they will be friendlier with people around them, other pets and different social activities. Socializing will make them used to with the social circumstances and the natural occurrences and will be normal and well behaved in all the ways. For example-they may behave abnormally when you turn on the dishwasher, watch thriller movies with loud volume etc. Socialization helps in all these regards.
If you reward good behaviors, it works positively but if you punish bad behaviors it can go negative. It may instill fear and anger in them which eventually bring undesirable behavior in them. Mistakes do happen but if you beat or hit your Jack, it may resent you for it and won't obey your commands. Instead stare in its eye and firmly said "No". This works better and is useful to prevent it from doing other such acts in the future as well.
