Jack cought a rabbit!!!

Jack caught his first rabbit of the year!! Plus, it was a adult! Previously, he has only caught three baby rabbits before.

I thought I should get a picture of Jack with his rabbit. Jack broke its leg and made a bald patch on its hip when he pulled though the fence, then he tore a hole in its neck.
Mum took this one, she said, "Jack looks happy in that one."

Jack wanted to eat it but he wasn't really hungry so he was nibbling little bits off. Soon, Flies and yellow jackets came and started feasting on the rabbit.

Eventually, we dug a hole hoping to make Jack put the rabbit in the hole...it didn't work. He was growling and snapping at the flies. He wouldn't let me near him. We had to come up with a plan. Finally, we came up with a plan...the laser pen.

It took about five minutes to get the rabbit to the hole. Jack grabbed the rabbit as soon as it was dropped into the hole. Then it took another two or three minutes to get Jack to let go of the rabbit. Dad told me to get the leash. By the time I got back, Dad was burying the rabbit.

Dad tried to get the leash on Jack, but he ripped the leash out of Dad's hand and shook it as if he was going to tear it to tiny bits. It took another three minutes to get Jack into the house.

Jack had rabbit blood on his shoulder, so he had to take a bath. He's all clean now.

More about Jack

Here's a picture to show how awesome Jack is.

This is the picture that every one thinks is the best. I think that all of the pictures we have of Jack (there's like over one hundred) are the best. Some of them might be blurry, but that's to show how fast Jack is.

No matter how awesome Jack is, he still gets in trouble. In fact, for almost about a month he has been running off to the strip mall we have next door, the people are nice and sometimes help me with finding Jack. He has even gone across a very busy street! An old couple helped us out by distracting Jack, it worked.
This morning, Jack ran away (he mostly runs away from me) to the other side of the mall. I laid him down till he calmed down so I don't get bit, then I picked him up and carried him home.

Jack, Gordon and my schooling

Last Saturday, K.C., Jared, Dad, and I were playing the card game Rummy. While that was happening, Jack and Gordon were playing in the kitchen. Gordon made up this game of lunging at Jack. Jack, however, was ducking from Gordon's lunging. Gordon was actually belly laughing! He rarely belly laughs, and we were waiting to see when, and what his belly laughing would be.

Then later that night, Jack was laying in the kitchen out of the way, along came Gordon and he lunged over and on top of Jack, he didn't growl, bite, or snap, he didn't do anything. He just laid on his side with his head out of the way while Gordon was kissing him.

Jack understands that Gordon doesn't know much about dogs except they bark, howl, lick your face and bug bites. I knew better and I didn't treat him that nicely. Jack sometimes can get carried away and knock a little kid down, but that's only because he's excited.

Jack has been getting out of his yard and going to the bar next door. They have a wood pile and Jack says there's chipmunks in there. I have to teach him that I'm the boss, not him.

I think I'm almost done with school, I still have Grammar and math. Today, I'm going to work from 8:00a.m. to whenever I'm like, half way through the next unit.
*GASP* Oh no, a few more minutes till I have to start school. I still have to do chores and eat.
well, bye!

Miscellaneous

Today I will finish bible, now all I have to do is memorize Proverbs 3: 17-35. Then tomorrow I'll do Grammar. I have to finish school by the end of July, look at your calendar...not very far away, is it?



Earlier today Jack caught a baby blue jay, it was learning how to fly. OK,OK it was defenseless, but I'm always on Jack's side when it comes to hunting. Jack has only caught two bird in his whole life, we usually protect the birds from Jack. But we can't do anything about Killer, he catches them in the early morning hours when we're asleep, he's an outside cat.

For a couple of weeks, it started on Independence day, Jared (24) and I have been playing baseball. I call it Organic Baseball, because our yard has so many trees and bushes it's kind of hard to play it. But if you're the batter and you hit the ball in to the wild garden you'll be happy that your playing organic baseball.

Our bases are three cement blocks and a broken Frisbee as home base. First base is in front of a park bench, second base is the pitchers mount, and third base is a maple tree that makes a triangle with home and 2nd base.

Well, my break is over so I guess I need to get back to work so I can get done and play video games!!! I'm hungry too.

Our Cat Killer

Killer, the Siamese, has always been jealous of Jack. When Jack, the puppy, was sleeping Killer would sneak up on him and swat him.
This is how we named Killer:

It started, when I was 3 years old, Dad and I were walking out in the woods, on a Sunday morning, looking for any critters that we could catch and keep. We found Killer sleeping in our brush pile. He was (is I should say) so cute! Anyway, we were not very sure what gender he was, so we waited till we would know. We used to catch chipmunks in pipes and let them lose in the bathroom with the cats. (at that time we had two cats :Homer the manx, and Killer) Killer was still a little kitten then. He found what he thought was a chipmunk ( it was really a washcloth!) and walked away with it with it trailing between his legs and growling!
Now Killer kills real animals like birds, moles, and mice. We find 2 or 3 every morning.

Baby Snapping Turtle

We're not far from a creek so we keep finding creek critters.
Here's a pic of a baby snapping turtle Jack found by our brush pile. Jack was foaming at the mouth because it was so nasty.
Besides from trying to eat turtles, Jack has tried to eat toads before too. He would bite it and then shake his head in disgust.

YAY FOR JACK!!!

Jack got his first chipmonk of the year!!! I'm SO happy for him. I told him over and over, "Good Boy, Your a good boy!"
I wanted to show you a pic of it, but some of it's guts are hanging out so I thought that I'll be nice to you squeamish people. 80P

Some of Jack's habits

I'm sure all dogs have habits of some sort. Well, here's some of Jack's.
One is jumping onto the couch after coming in from a muddy yard. This one isn't as bad as other ones. He chews on fluffies (stuffed animals.) He has a teddy bear, I named it Crusty. He, also, like to like chew, lick, and pull the hair out of the cat. When he meets someone new or greets our family, he just jumps on them and says, "Hello, I love you!".
I'm sure there are many more, but I just can't think of any at the moment.
Oh yeah, he likes to jump the gate when I'm not paying attention, then he goes to the bar next door. Other times he likes to scare teenage girls!

Ever since I started to put floaty things in the bathtub Jack has been absolutely happy to get into the tub. Here is picture of Jack after his bath

He always wants to get right back in after I'm done giving him a bath

Here is a picture of Jack when he was a puppy. Isn't he SO cute? this was taken in 2003, so he is around 1 year old.


Just a little bit ago, Jack and I were playing ball and hide and seek at the same time (one of Jacks favorite games). I threw the ball into the living room and ran into Mom and Dad's bedroom, I hid under Mom's favorite blanket (part of it was hanging down off the edge of the bed; it looked like I wasn't there. (I'm still a bit skinny.)
It took something like 5-10 minutes for Jack to find me. Jack looked up stairs (my room), the kitchen, everywhere. When he did find me, he sniffed the top of my head (still under the blanket) and Barked. It made me jump then I started Laughing. I find that so funny.

Please tell me what kind of stuff your dog (or JRT) does. Is it funny? Is it smart? I would like to know.

Jack And The Bathtub

Sorry I haven't been posting lately. I've been kind of busy, because I'm doing school. Then on Mondays I go shopping with Mom and watch 24 (TV show). on Wednesdays I watch Mythbusters (TV show). On Fridays and Saturdays I hang out with Family. And On Sundays I go to Church. But I digress. Back to Jack!


Here's Jack playing in the bathtub! Every time I see him playing in the tub I laugh out loud (in a high pitched giggle as always). The last time I saw him playing like that was in the summer in the kiddy pool. Oh, he bites the garden hose kind of on command.
Now, after a bath, and I dry him off then he wants to get right back in, it's so funny.
Later, I hope to post a video of Jack and all the tricks we can remember.
Today, when Mom and I where shopping, we saw a training agility course for $40, then, we saw one for $20, there wasn't much in it. Both are expensive for Mom and Dad with the current events in our family. Plus Mom and Dad are kind of Tightwads. Mom talks about it a little in her blog, Gluten Free family.

Jack and I

Yesterday, Morning I had time to play with Jack, so we were howling and as we were howling I sneaked out to take the garbage out. And when I came back Jack said something kind of weird. Mom is usually the expert at translating what Jack says so I asked her, and after a bit she said, " I think that he is saying,'Hello, I love you!'" at that moment Jack look at her which mean she was right, so I said, "Hello, I love you, Jack!" Then Jack started to give me kisses.

I feel like Jack is like a brother, we do a lot together like I showed you in one of my previous posts.
Mom says that when Jack says 'I love you!' when we come back from shopping or something, (and he's in the cage for an hour or so) he actually means 'I miss you!'

I have been wanting to post some pictures, but my upload speed kind of tends to be bad and if it is good then I might have a "client error" It gets me kind of mad.

Good night.

Things Jack likes to eat

I have Celiac disease, and so does Mom; so she makes gluten-free, dairy-free pancakes and they are so good. (but I digress.) When Mom make them Jack just has to have one. He likes the bread Mom makes, and the biscuits.

Sometimes if Mom makes the pancakes on a school day, Jack will bug me until I follow him into the kitchen and give him one... then he'll be happy.

Mom will make banana bread today and I'm sure it will be REALLY good. I think Jack will be wanting some of that banana bread, but I'm afraid that he will be able to only have just a little bite of it, due to his low blood sugar. Which runs in the family. 80p

Jack LOVES peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I'll explain.
Dad would bring home bits of sandwiches for Jack and one time he brought a bite each of ground bologna and P&J I gave him a choice between the two and he picked the P&J.

It's cool to see how Jack is SO much like a little boy in a dog suit, or a little Brother.

What Jack did on Valentines Day.

Yesterday I was talking to Jack about the next day being Valentines day and I was asking him what his valentines day gift for me will be.
The next day, I was watching my usual Saturday morning TV shows, and when Dad woke up Jack did, too; Jack jumped up onto the arm of our love seat, and started to give me kisses.
I believe that he understood that today was Valentines Day, and that people are to give gifts...and sometimes kisses.

Like I said in my first post, I know every one thinks that their dog is the most awesome and the most smartest dog in the universe. We are TOTALLY there!

Share with me what your dog does, from saying something or doing something. Does he (or she) give you hugs and kisses on command or when he wants to?

I gave Jack a bath today

I try to give Jack a bath once a week because family pets him a whole bunch, so he will get oils on his fur. Last week I gave him a bath, then... just what I wanted, I gave him a bath a week later!
This time I purposely put a floaty thing in the bathtub, which was a piece of a paper towel tube that I saved just for the occasion. (He riped it up for the fun of it.) I told Jack to get in the tub I few times, when without pushing him...he got in the tub! I praised him and praised him.
To make his hair REALLY smooth and soft, I use my hair conditioner on him.

I'm sure that every one tries to make their dog go into the tub for a bath, maybe this might help, try finding what YOU know that they like and will go after, maybe a ball or a floaty thing (a feather for bird dogs) maybe bribe them to get in the tub with a piece of food or cookie.
I hope this will help all of you clean dog lovers.

Jack's "new" bed.

Yes, that is a playpen(With a bean bag inside, which Jack LOVES). My mom told Jack,"get up there!" so Jack did, but I think that I had to coax him with a cookie. It was so cool that I took something like five pics but Mom and I thought this one was the best.