[Chgogal]

You are so right. Luckily, I found a trainer who has four dogs one of which is a terrier. Upon the arrival of her first visit, within 5 seconds she had Hero sitting at attention, eye contact and eating out of her hand without out saying one word. She uses eye contact, hand signs as well as one word commands. It’s quite impressive. I have learned quite a bit. It is an adventure. Hero will be attending a good doggie day care while I’m at work (includes hours of dog play, training and exercise) along with private training sessions. He has way too much energy to just crate him all day and then expect a nice quiet dog when I come home. It just ain’t going to happen.

[Rightfootforward]

Good for you! That’s outstanding. If I worked outside the house, I’d take Jack to daycare too. He doesn’t have a crate but we do have a gate that allows us to confine him in the kitchen. He’s been alone for 4-5 hours at a time and he’s done fine. But I can easily imagine that being left alone for 8-9 hours at a stretch might easily create an entirely different story.

JRT’s are much too smart to be bored out of their minds. I’ve noticed Jack seems to enjoy “games” more when I’ve/we’ve raised the level of difficulty. Little stinkers are like 4-legged gifted children, now that I think about it.