Mia Settles In
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Mia is settling into her new home. Mia is our second Jack Russell Terrier and also the second dog we've adopted as a rescue. She is a sweet puppy (only 6 months) and fortunately the only abuse she experienced in her life has been her lack of training or socializing with other animals.
We were very fortunate to be able to acquire a young Jack in such great shape as a rescue. Often this breed is misunderstood and the uninformed human can do harm by neglecting their training and not providing enough exercise. Worse the mistreatment can go on for years creating a dog with personality disorders like fearfulness or aggression and nasty habits like biting, barking, and chewing. They can be seriously overweight or underweight, have dental issues and a host of problems.
With us Mia is guaranteed to be trained and well exercised plus she will be socialized with our Lab puppy Daisy (3 months). Daisy helps with the exercise because they love to chase each other around the yard! Mia will learn the regular puppy "stuff" like sit, stay, down and come. She will learn how to walk on a leash and when she's a bit older she'll learn how to run beside a rolling bicycle and we'll work on some tricks hopefully by the end of summer!
Our goal is to have two well adjusted dogs in the end who will be good companions and guardians for our family. Their unconditional love will help us all through any of the rough edges the outside world seems to expose. Who knows, maybe we'll get the pair volunteering to visit sick kids at the hospital or home-bound adults or seniors or something along those lines! It's something I'll be researching in the next few months. Helping others would be a worthwhile activity for the dogs, giving them a sense of purpose which all living beings thrive well in!
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