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Jackie (formerly Boots)
Jackie's mom sent us an update in 12/2006:
I thought you'd enjoy hearing about one of your puppies placed so long
after they have found homes.
Jackie turned out to be quite the little pistol when she hit
adolescence, but she's on her way to becoming a wonderful adult dog.
This summer we adopted another dog, a kerry blue, who often acts like
she's her dam and they get along extremely well. Jackie, though half
her weight, is nearly the same height so its pretty funny to watch her
being 'the baby'. Yes, she's a slight little thing, but she just has a
gangly build. That 'growing puppy' look of being all appendages only
seemed to get more pronounced as she grew up. It's cute, plus she's able
to keep up with the greyhounds at her daycare with those long legs.
We never did compete at Flyball with her...it didn't seem to be her
thing. She was always far more interested in greeting the people
standing around than in getting a ball that wasn't moving and inevitably
another dog would bring over anyway. Maybe one day we'll find her a job
that she'd enjoy more, but right now WalMart isn't hiring canine
greeters.
Jackie's mom tells us:Jackie has been our precious little princess from the time we brought
her home almost 4 months ago. She took to obedience and housebreaking
training like a duck to water and it takes her no time at all to learn
something new. She's smart and inquisitive, always watching us
carefully and trying to figure out how things work. We've put Jackie in
some puppy flyball training at her vet's "okay" and she really seems to
enjoy it. Although, sometimes having lots of people around who all have
treats in their pockets can be even more interesting than learning a new
game. She's also recently taught herself how to throw her own ball and
we can play catch now in addition to fetch, tug, and chase the laser
pointer. Her aim is pretty good.
Jackie's close to 20 lbs now (though she thinks she's 200) at 7 months
and is filled with a joyous loving energy. She loves little children
like my nieces and cousin and is so gentle with them and full of puppy
kisses. Jackie has a best friend, Presley (who's a full grown Jack
Russell), she loves to play with and you can definitely tell this little
jackapoo takes after the JRT side in almost every way. Her personality
is so wonderful I can see why people say Jack Russels are addictive.
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