We are surrendering Jake... long

I am not sure if you have officially surrendered him to Precious Secrets or not.

But I wanted to say that, depending on where you live in Ohio, I may be able to take him, train him, and rehome him. I have done that in the past with a jack russell mix.
 
I feel terrible that you had to make this tough decision, but it is probably the best thing all the way around. Jake can find a home where he will be loved and appreciated. People who care enough to adopt shelties give them a great home.
 
I feel your pain in having to make this decision.
You have to consider your health, your daughter, as well as Jake. It sounds like you are doing very thoughtful planning. I'll be thinking about you and praying for a good transition for Jake.
 
I should have thought of it earlier but I do have one more avenue to explore. There is a woman who lives in the apartment complex who shows yorkies and who's daughter showed shelties in junior conformation. I will ask her if she knows of anyone too. The sheltie rescue group here is one of the ones that will not let you adopt without a fenced in yard. I personally don't agree with this but they do know all the tricks that BYBs pull and require home visits and vet references before adoption. But don't worry, Jake will not go to the pound.

Megan is 14 so she is definitely old enough to take care of the dogs on a day to day basis as far as feeding, watering, training, grooming, and exercising. Obviously I pay for everything lol. She can show Luna in 4H and the AKC mixed breed program but she can not do AKC junior conformation. My brother's family has parson russell terriers but they are not interested in showing and the rules say that the dog has to be owned by the child or someone in the child's family.

Aztec, I am in Goshen, which is just east of Cincinnati. Let me know if you are anywhere close.

thanks again everyone, your support is making this much easier.
 
Sorry to hear about your troubles with Jake. Certainly if Megan stiill wants to do AKC juniors maybe you could find someone to loan a dog from.

A friend of mine when her daughter was Megan's age thought she wanted to do juniors. So I borrowed her Ember and she showed her in UKC to her Ch and she took her to handling classes, groomed her etc. It was a good trial for her and Ember. Later she got her own dog for AKC. Actually my breeder let her co own one of her dogs and now she owns her. That dog is Diva's mom. BTW, She did a good job with Ember too. Ember still stacks and baits the best of any of my dogs.:lol:
 
Mom I will miss him, he just...well really he scares me. He has bite me once, as you may remember, and he scratches my arms, and it really hurts. He drags me, and he is insanely obsessed with me. I know this is hard for you, but it it your choice. If he would learn manners, then I wouldn't mind keeping and showing him.....
 
Lynne,

I'm sorry that you've had to make such a tough decision. Don't beat yourself up over it, it sounds like you're doing what's best for all involved.

Really glad that you're looking into sheltie rescues instead of leaving him at a shelter! I'm sure the sheltie rescue will find a wonderful family for him who have time, energy and skill to train him.
 
I am in very central Columbus.

If nothing works out I can see if I can take him, or if Precious Secrets can't find a foster I might be able to sign up to foster him through their program. That way you could keep tabs on what he was up to, while I had him anyways..
 
I'm re-reading this thread, and Megan's response and wondering why the option of a special trainer is not on the table. Sometimes, rescues will work with you as well to assist in retraining.

There are some excellent resources out there that might allow you to retrain her yourself as well.

I don't remember how old Luna is, but I expect she is still young enough to be retrained. And given that Megan is interested in 4H, I would think that training Luna would be in her interest? Though I can understand that she's scared at the moment, its amazing how dogs turn around when training and treats, and perhaps clicker training are introduced.

Just a thought
 
How are things progressing? I was really sad to read you may be giving Jake up, he is really going to miss Megan and it sounds like Megan may miss him too.

Is bringing in a behaviourist possible? He has had almost 3 years to learn these problem behaviours so may need a little extra help to teach him new ones.

In the end I am sure you will do what is best for your family.
 
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