Hi, i have two jack russel pup's, Maggie & Pippa. they are sisters from the same litter, they are 5 1/2 months old, They are pretty much house trained, and rarely have accidents, pippa is the smaller of the two is all white apart from brown ears and a brown "pip" on top of her head in the center, Maggie the bigger, is completely white (which ive heard is rare for jack russels)
Anyway, Pippa is fine, she knows her name, and comes when you call her,and we can let her off the lead on walks, Maggie on the otherhand is a different story, we have to keep maggie in an extendable lead, so she can run around, but we cant let her off the lead like we can with pippa, as she just runs away, at the first sign of somthing interesting (Human,Dog,Cat
)
For a time we though she was deaf, as i had read that pure white dogs, are somtimes deaf, anyway we did some test (seperated from pippa) and turns out her hearing is fine, the only thing maggie reacts to, is the word "treats" whenever they have been good (on walks ect) we give them doggie treats, so when we call treats she comes running, but the problem is she dosent react to her name, which we cant understand, when we call pippas name, she will look at you, and come if you tell her, but maggie just seems not to understand her name, you can be stood right infront of her and yell "MAGGIE" and she doesent even look at you, but if you make stupid noises or clap or shout "treats", she will look, ive tried everything to get her to learn her name, like keep saying her name till she looks then giving her a treat and a pat, but its not working?? What can i do? is there somthing wrong with her?
Anyway, Pippa is fine, she knows her name, and comes when you call her,and we can let her off the lead on walks, Maggie on the otherhand is a different story, we have to keep maggie in an extendable lead, so she can run around, but we cant let her off the lead like we can with pippa, as she just runs away, at the first sign of somthing interesting (Human,Dog,Cat
)For a time we though she was deaf, as i had read that pure white dogs, are somtimes deaf, anyway we did some test (seperated from pippa) and turns out her hearing is fine, the only thing maggie reacts to, is the word "treats" whenever they have been good (on walks ect) we give them doggie treats, so when we call treats she comes running, but the problem is she dosent react to her name, which we cant understand, when we call pippas name, she will look at you, and come if you tell her, but maggie just seems not to understand her name, you can be stood right infront of her and yell "MAGGIE" and she doesent even look at you, but if you make stupid noises or clap or shout "treats", she will look, ive tried everything to get her to learn her name, like keep saying her name till she looks then giving her a treat and a pat, but its not working?? What can i do? is there somthing wrong with her?
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