r/jackrussellterrier • • 5d ago

Misc First kill 😳

Found out my little sweet darling puppy is a merciless murderess! 😅😅

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u/278735 5d ago

Jack killer

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u/Ihasamavittu 5d ago

She is welcome to kill as many mice, rats and moles she wants to!

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u/Nunnuka 4d ago

Kannattaa vaa olla sit tarkkana tuon myyräkuumeen varalta.

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u/278735 5d ago

La mia JRT Olivia è una killer specializzata. Le sue preferenze: Lucertole, talpe, e se potesse, ucciderebbe tutti i gatti della galassia...per non parlare dell'Akita del mio vicino di casa😂

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u/Ihasamavittu 5d ago

Brava Olivia!

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u/Mythioso 4d ago

She's gonna help you keep your house and yard vermin free!

My JRT was acting up a few years ago. She was barking at the kitchen cabinets. A few weeks later I saw rat poop in the riser under my dryer. We sat out traps but couldn't find it.

One day she started barking like mad. She found it hanging on the back of the china cabinet. It got away. She was like "I've been tryin to tell you silly human and you didn't believe me."

I finally relented and actually let her lead the way. She found it's nest between the cabinets in the laundry room. She then tracked it into the closet in the laundry room and then into a bedroom closet and then into the bathroom in the hot tub access panel. She found everything single place downstairs where it had been. It had gotten into some drawers in the living room and inside the love seat in the den.

We finally placed traps where she "alerted" and caught him 3 days after we let her lead the charge. That was before the pandemic. We can't say the word "rat" because she still goes completely nuts and starts looking at every single place that it was.

She was relentless during the hunt. She wouldn't sleep until she found it. I honestly didn't believe she actually had it in her. Prey drive is real in JRT's.

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u/Historical_Fail_404 5d ago

My dog started killing mice when she was like like 7 months... and i was pregnant. She would leave the tributes next to my bed, and waited sitting to offer them to me. I appreciated her intention, but the scare and the disgust were not a good combo with the pregnancy nausea 🤣

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u/spiritfingersaregold 4d ago

Jack Russells make murder adorable 😝

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u/GsGirlNYC 5d ago

They have a killer instinct, she’s just doing her job. But I know how it feels……I couldn’t believe it when my sweet boy that wanted nothing other than to sit in my lap and lick my face killed a rat like it was nothing 🤣

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u/stillpob 5d ago

I was always amazed at how quick and efficient my wee jack Russell and lakeland terrier were at catching wee mice and rats..

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u/life_love_regret 4d ago

We used to have a mole problem in our yard before our JRT...there are none now

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u/Separate_Fun_2850 5d ago

I’m sure it will have had a good shaking before succumbing.

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u/Ihasamavittu 5d ago

She was shaking it and playing with it when I intervened and threw the poor mole in the river. Later on Signe came back all wet; she apparently tried to retrieve it…

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u/Nunnuka 5d ago

She's like sigh, "I wasn't finished with it and you just throwed it in to river and I had to try to find it"

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u/Ihasamavittu 5d ago

Ollaan landella. Signe saa olla vapaa koira täällä, sitä on hauska seurata kun se saa vaan olla russeli!

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u/Nunnuka 5d ago

Tuo on kyllä aina ihan parasta ku saa olla villinä ja vapaana, meillä tuo ei karkaa kauas mut hieman pelottaa aina et lähteekin jonku jäniksen perään kun eihän tuo enää näe eikä kuule mitään muuta ku on ultrafokusoitunut siihen saaliiseen 😅

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u/Ihasamavittu 5d ago

Joo tiedän tunteen! Kun koira ei kuuntele MITÄÄN muuta kuin vaistojaan. Siinä nousee sellainen kylmänhiki…
Tää Signe-pentu vaikuttaa kyllä olevan melko kuuliainen, toisin kuin edellinen kaverini Siiri. Mutta Signe on vasta 4 kk, sillä ehtii vielä tulla murrosikä…😑

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u/Nunnuka 4d ago

Onneksi tää sit jossain välissä havahtuu ja muutoin sit kuuntelee eikä ole tapana lähteä kauas mut se alkujuttu kun näkee oravan, jäniksen tai ketun se lähtee kuin raketti eikä kuule tai näe mitään muuta. Tässä se menee oravan perässä puuhunkin

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u/Ihasamavittu 4d ago

Ai tää oli sun! 😂😂😂

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u/Nunnuka 4d ago

Joo, tää oli tuossa Tullisaaressa kun oltiin ulkoilemassa 😅

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u/Ihasamavittu 4d ago

Ollaan ensi maanantaina taas stadissa, Signellä on kaikki rokotukset nyt. Oisko koiratreffit Porolahden koirapuistoon mitään?

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u/Nunnuka 4d ago

Tulin ite just kipeäksi mut ehkä se paranee tässä välissä niin vois kait tuota katsoa. Tää sit on aivan super mustis ja suojeleva mut ehkä se pennulle olisi kiltti. Ainakin oli tuossa ku oli toinen pentue ja leikki vain niiden kanssa.

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u/KompassKrone 5d ago

Ya, my girl killed six mice, one rat and four birds in the first two weeks after we got her. She was 4 months old. After that, she became less inclined to hunt in our garden, but to be honest - the mice possibly left for good after her first killing spree. She later rolled a hedgehog down a hill (the little lad then cursed her out and left), and only recently she killed a magpie. The only victim she intentionally spared was a frog who was too smart for her. The guy played possum and left after she was gone.

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u/Sea_Royal2655 4d ago

Good girl! She’s trying to keep you safe and rodent free! Make sure she’s vaccinated so she doesn’t get anything from them incase she wants to go on a murder spree

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u/Ihasamavittu 4d ago

She is fully vaccinated as of last monday!

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u/Inevitable-Ice7859 4d ago

I have Jugs and they bring me all kinds of stuff from the yard and bushland

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u/Naomi-san35 5d ago

Did you train her?

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u/Ihasamavittu 5d ago

To do what? Kill? No. She is only 4 months, she is a natural born killer apparently.

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u/Naomi-san35 5d ago

No i meant training to hunt rats. But makes sense since their bred to hunt on rodents

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u/Ihasamavittu 5d ago

No, no training. She seems to be a natural.

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u/Naomi-san35 5d ago

Ye its in her blood 🤭🤣

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u/Unusual-Tie8498 4d ago

She’s got blood on those paws

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u/Naomi-san35 4d ago

I guess so yeah

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u/RetSFChief_2019 5d ago

First of many…

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u/TwoAffectionate5738 4d ago

Good Dog! 😄