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HAPPY ADOPTION STORIES
at Jack Russell Rescue
Read below the stories that we have received from the owners
of successfully homed Jack Russell Rescue dogs.
If you have adopted one of our Jacks and wish to send in a story,
please do, with some pictures to jrtrescue@pnc.com.au
We adopted beautiful Ford from JRT rescue 12 months ago. He is a such a special dog, much loved and so happy to have a secure loving home.
I met Ford at his foster home in Wyong - he was looked after by Alex (thank you Alex) as he had had some fits and was on medication and had found it hard to find a home. I decided He was my dog and drove him back to Sydney, informing my husband on the way home.
 Settling in was slow for Ford. I think his "calm, cool dude" aura covered up a very traumatised past. In the early days, he had a couple of fits, he lost patches of hair and had episodes of vomiting and diarrhoea. Increasing his medication has done the trick to prevent further fitting, and I know that having a secure home and love has fixed his other problems. He is a very heathy, happy and active dog now!
Hi Jill, It's the Machin family with young Nipper, or as he was known to Jack Russell Rescue, Bobby!
  
It was Nippers 2nd birthday today. He has come on with leaps and bounds with his on going training against his fear towards strangers.
He is now 90% ok with women, men is still an issue but he is getting there. I can't believe it's been nearly 2 years since we adopted Nipper from you.
Thank you for rescuing him and giving him a second chance.
Kind regards, The Machin Family
Hi to Jill & all the wonderful crew at Jack Russell Rescue.
It's almost six months now since these little gems entered my life and it's been an interesting journey. From day one we have loved each other to pieces. I couldn't wait to get them and they settled in like they owned the joint. They are the most affectionate dogs I have ever owned and they just love to sit with me and have cuddles.
 Poor Rex has had a bit of a tough time in Qld. He started with an immediate ear infection, followed by a skin irritation and then diarrhoea. To add to his adventures, Sophie introduced him to a toad on New Years night and we spent the night at the emergency vet who pulled him through as if nothing had happened. Whew! And he still loves me after all that. His skin allergy continues and I have to put cream on him regularly. He hates it but suffers in silence. Rex is very much my dog and has taken it upon himself to be the man of the house and is my constant shadow . Even when he seems to be asleep, he's got one eye on me. He welcomes visitors (and we have a few) and he's still learning that I can give them attention and love him just the same.
To my surprise, Sophie is the independent one. She loves to investigate and chase butterflies. She is amazingly agile and athletic and can move quickly and jump high on her back legs. I call her either Dora the Explorer or Houdini because she has used her speed to escape through the front door a couple of times and run for her life up the street, ears flapping and with a "catch me if you can" expression on her face. Hopefully, I'm awake up to her now and that won't happen again. She comes back if I don't chase her. Cheeky little monkey. I think she's got the prettiest little face but her expression is not always angelic. Rex is much more serious.
They love going to the dog park and run for the sheer joy of it. Rex tries to be a bit dominant there but he's learning. They just love to go down to the farm. They run and run and get filthy dirty. Sophie is the leader and Rex is the follower. They return when you call them with big smiles on their faces.
There is the most wonderful dog kennel/enclosure at the farm with million dollar views up the valley. They don't mind going in there with their beds and water and food if we have to leave the farm for a few hours - one of the benefits of having rescue dogs. I was very surprised recently when my sister was doing some quilting one evening after dinner and Sophie went and made herself comfortable on the quilt. Talk about making yourself at home!
I started to wonder very early in the piece if they had been treated harshly. If I raise my voice or even speak firmly, they huddle together and quiver. It breaks my heart. Even now when I'm patting them, they will sometimes start. The appearance of a broom sends them scurrying. Loud noises e.g. coffee grinder send them hurrying away. I hope they can learn to trust me more and relax completely. They are absolute treasures and I love them to pieces. They give me so much more than I can give them. They have all the spunk that we love Jack Russells for but are still very vulnerable and a bit of a mystery.
Hope you like the photos. I don't have a lot. You know what they say about children and animals ....Carmel
 
BASIL
Hi there Jill - I hope you and all the jacks are going well? Just thought I'd give you an update on lovely Basil who I adopted in August last year. Following our v traumatic time with snake bite late last year, he has recovered well and is doing great. I've taken all sorts of precautions re the snakes but we live in the country and there are still too many of the horrible things around, so I am forever diligent and worried about them.
 Basil is only let out of his snake proof enclosure when I'm out with the horses and he has become a v obedient little dog! he pretty much stays with me the whole time and only wanders away from my heels to chase the occasional butterfly (he adores chasing butterflies!) when I ride he is always on the arena with me chasing butterflies (and getting in the way of my horse occasionally).
Now on the topic of my horse, Teddy, he loathes dogs as he got badly bitten on the nose by one as a yearling but he doesn't seem to mind Basil. The other night I'd shut Teddy in his stable and went to go back to the house and couldn't see Basil, which was strange as he is usually my shadow, then I felt the cold hand of fear as i realised i must have locked him in Ted's stable. All I could imagine was Ted going after him and crushing him. I ran back to open the door and there was Ted eating his hay and Basil was virtually sitting between his front feet!! Won't tempt fate by doing that again but was definitely one for the books.
Anyway, overall Basil is doing v well, still gets on marvellously with his chooky friends and his best mate Gingi the cat. He and Mia, my other cat, have made an agreement to ignore each other. Also, he has really grown! Is a bigger dog now and has really filled out - he fits into rugs this year that were too big for him last year.
Anyway, attached is a photo of him on my lap enjoy a spot of quality TV, one of his favourite pastimes, besides chasing butterflies :) I think Basil is really enjoying his life in Kilcoy. Thank you again for letting me have this marvellous little boy in my life and keep up the great work at JR rescue!
Cheers
Jo
IMY (Imogen)
Hi Therese, just an update on Imy (Imogen).
We have just come back from a 4 day dog friendly beach holiday at Culburra Beach on the South Coast. We stayed at a pet friendly holiday cottage that was only 100 metres from the beach, which was used by us morning and afternoon.
At first Imy was a bit anxious with the ocean, but lucky I had planned ahead and I am aware Imy doesn’t cope well with new experiences or change. We have an anxiety vest and I bought an Adaptil collar from the vets (this gives off pheromones bitches give off to their litter for reassurance). These are only to be used along with training techniques for anxious dogs and not a permanent solution. It works for Imy and I hate seeing her so upset.
 With everything with Imy, it is slowly but surely. I tell you what, Imy has come into my life to teach me patience and unconditional love. This little girl is one in a million. And even though she has some issues (men in white singlets and big black dogs), I wouldn’t have her any other way.
She is dad’s girl most of the time, as they love to sit and cuddle on the lounge a lot. Phil has always wanted a lap dog and Imy sure is one. *laughing*.
Anyway back to the holiday. By the second day Imy had regained her confidence and I guess Bolt (little JRT brother) showed her that it was great fun chasing the ball into the surf and running ( on long lead) up the beach.
Imy went swimming in the ocean and sunbathing (sunsmart way only, mummy has delicate skin). Mainly she sat very close (must be touching you at all times) on the beach towel with mummy, whilst watching Bolt exhaust himself. And she had lots of walks up and down a very long beach (my calf muscle are feeling it *laughing*).
At home Imy is very content to snuggle up to us or just go off into her little den (crate) for some alone time. Or she is quite happy to follow me around whilst I am doing things. With daddy she sticks to him like glue ( I think she is a daddy’s girl a lot). He does call her his little princess.
Bolt and Imy have become inseperable, Imy does sometimes get a bit protective of Bolt with other dogs, as Bolt is a real little social butterfly. He gets a bit cranky with her when she prevents him from saying hello to other dogs on their walks. But all we have to say is “off” and it stops. This doesn’t happen often, but like humans we all get a bit testy at times.
 Imy travels well, but only in a doggy voyager. She doesn’t like to be in the open in a doggy seatbelt.
Well Therese, I hope this email finds you and James well. And I know that you will pass this info onto Jill. We will keep you updated on her progress. I say progress, as she is just doing that everyday. Kind regards, Julie Sexton,
Attached; are some pictures of the beach holiday. J
GEORGIE & LIZZIE
Just thought I'd drop you a line to let you know how George and Lizzie (formerly Eloise) are getting on.
We adopted them in September 2012 and they settled right in as if they had always lived here. The two of them get on very well with Lizzie being "top dog" which we find strange as she is still the more timid dog around people.
They love to go for a "walk" but it is really more of a "drag" as despite numerous walks they still explode through the door and don't stop until they return!
Their favourite game is tug of war with their hamburger, which they play with themselves or us. They love to chase it if thrown but will not return it unless you are happy to wrestle for it.
They are a great addition to our family!
COOPER (was TAURIE)
 Hi Jill, Hope you're well. Just a quick email as promised to let you know that he has settled in well and been renamed Cooper. He started as a bit of a Houdini managing to dig or push his way through various fences and barriers to get out but we're on top of that.
 He loves going for a walk and wants to say hello to every person and dog, chases every jogger and is slowly working out that jumping in the water at the beach is a good way to beat the heat.
 Like every dog he permanently thinks with his stomach and loves his bones and pigs ears and wins many fans when he's out with his size, markings on his face and the floppy ears.
Big thanks again for getting him down to me and well done on all the work you do. Cheers, Matt
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ARCHIE (was Winston)
Hi Jill, It's 4 weeks since we adopted Winston (now ARCHIE) into our family. Diane kindly brought him to Gosford for us all to be introduced to each other. He is doing really well, settling in perfectly with the family, learning to walk better on lead and doing ok on his sits and drops, stays etc... loves his food, is very respectful of our dear old Millie and there have been very few scraps between them. At this stage, I can't say they love each other to bits, but they have a very tidy arrangement with a few kisses (I think!) going on... it's all good!
On the first visit to the vet, he was given a diagnosis of atopic dermatitis and has just finished some medications which has settled it down. I had a previous rough coated jack who had skin probs, not quite the same, but I know, with careful planning, the condition can be managed.
 
We are all so grateful Jill, for your very wise suggestion of an older male dog and Archie certainly fits the bill - (we fancy) he came with his own heart shape on his back - and on his forehead - to tell us he brought all the love in the world with him.
He loves his walks, his play with his squeaky toys and loves nothing better than to be snuggled up snoozing on a warm male or female lap of a night, or at your feet during the day - anywhere !! Lots of personality, a typical energy-filled day with delicious treats for jobs well done, make Archie one very happy and contented dog.
Thanks Jill for what you do, and for Diane's dedicated diligence and care- we think the world of this little fella.... and I'm certain that Archie is equally delighted with his forever home!
We absolutely love him to bits!!
Kind regards, Marion
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LINC
Hi Jill, Despite never hearing from the Vet regarding cleaning Linc's two fractured teeth, I thought I would send an update about how the little guy is going.
It has been six months since adopting Linc, and despite the health issues we had the weeks after he arrived in Victoria, he has now settled in nicely and enjoys sleeping, fetch, going for walks, cuddling, begging and watching TV. He is a constant source of entertainment, and it is hard to be in a bad mood when he is always doing something crazy.
Despite passing wind on a few of my friends and family members, he is adored by them. He loves being around people, and when playing fetch will make sure everyone around him gets a chance to through the ball for him! He is an incredibly affectionate little dog, will follow people around the house, and just wants to be close to them.
 He is also intuitive and will nuzzle your legs if he thinks you are upset.
He is very clever and although was reasonably trained when I got him, he is now able to ring a bell when he wants to go outside, and now understands the words, walk, ball, toilet, bedtime, and bed.
He is also getting better at sitting on command, although still gets confused between beg and sit, but this is improving. Kind regards, Belinda
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CHOPPER
Dear Jill,
Here are some bad photos of Chopper. He is a great dog and has fun running
(constantly) along the bush track down to the river and along.
I tried for
1/2 an hour to make him stand still for a photo but he just won't. We are
very glad we adopted him and as your info said he loves all humans to
bits.
He trained to command really quickly even though he is 8. However, when
the
wallaby appears on the track there is no stopping him.
Regards, Suzie Turner
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YOSHI
Hi Jill, Yoshi has settled in very well. She especialy loves Mitchell, she is 'his girl'. We had a couple of days while her and Rusty sorted themselves out. We expected that. Now they are a team. They chase each other around the house, rumble on the bed together and budge up together to sleep. She has her own squeaky toys to chase. She won't touch the tennis balls that belong to Rusty and he doesn't play with the plastic ones that belong to her. She is a total cuddle bug, never stops wagging her tail and is always pleased to see us, even if you have only been out for 5 minutes.
She is so inquisitive we nick named her Dora the Explorer, follows us around and checks out what we are doing, I can here her brain ticking over, "so what'cha doing? Can I help? More importantly can I eat it? ". I have included some photos, I will send them in a couple of emails, it only appear to work that way.
The one I have attached with this email is my favoutite. I had given her a bathand she races around after and ended up in the basket where I had just brought in the curtains I had washed. I think her look said something like "What's the problem mum? I'm clean they are clean, so no problem :-)
Regards, The Wotton family
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MISS LISA
Hi there just an update on Miss Lisa. Very spoilt,owns her dad and mum and we love her to bits. Some pics to see how good she is going, Loves camping and going out. Thanks so much. she has filled a huge hole in our lives. Tracie and Trav.
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FLOSSIE
Hi Jill, Here are a couple of pics of Flossie this Xmas with our 2 youngest sons & Mitzy (who was a pound puppy). Flossie is such a sweet girl, and is always wanting cuddles. She is the perfect little farm dog, very well behaved around all the animals.
She loves to run with the boys & hitch rides on the quad bike. Flossie & Mitzy are the best of friends, they go everywhere together.
Thankyou again Jill for rescuing these beautiful little dogs. The Maude Family xx Happy New Year! Colo Heights
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NICKY
Dear Jill, I have noticed that I haven’t sent you or written you anything about Nicky, so I decided to write you a “short” story about Nicky.
When Nicky first entered our lives he was extremely scared and we had thought that maybe we had chosen the wrong dog, but I knew that we had to give him time to settle in. He has grown attached to the whole family but at the beginning he just DIDN’T LEAVE ME ALONE. Now I know it’s because he was settling in but whenever I left the house he got so sad and was all by himself.
But now he has a huge amount of confidence in such a small body. (Bellow are pictures showing Nicky waiting for his owner to come back home from his friend’s house and the second and third one is Nicky glued to me asleep).
  
After 2 weeks Nicky had settled in amazingly at our home, although he didn’t have house manners but that was fixed, and, even though he was an escape artist just to go and see the world he had learned very quickly that without us he wouldn’t have his precious dog kibble.
When I first started training Nicky I could see he was very anti-social but on the second time Nicky had gone to the dog park he had already gotten his first best friend, but keep in mind his other best friends are 2 twin German shepherds, boxer and brother and sister jack Russell’s, that he loves to spend his time with whilst at the dog park.
(Below are pictures of Nicky at the dog park with his best mate Simi, Nicky getting ready to go for walkies and Nicky taking up my whole bed just because we went jogging together).
 
 
SNOOPY (Chris)
Hi Jill, hope you're well. Just sending you a quick email with a long overdue update on our lovely Snoopy (formerly known as Chris). On 1st August 2009, we went out to Londonderry after seeing his picture on the JRT site, not knowing that we would fall in love as quickly as we did. He is even more beautiful in real life than on his profile photo and we couldn't bear the thought of leaving him at the shelter for 1 minute longer.
How can Mummy resist my big brown eyes! All blinged up! Did someone say walkies?
He loves nothing
more than running around the park chasing his ball with Dad or curling
up on the couch with Mum, especially when there's a storm coming (he
hates thunderstorms). Snoopy is probably more spoilt than any dog we
know, he gets a new treat/toy every week and special treats on Christmas
and his birthday!
Snoopy has brought so much joy, laughter and love over the last 2.5 years and I can honestly say that our lives are alot better because of him. Attached are just a few of the photos I've taken of him (there are so many to choose from!) From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to Jack Russell Rescue for the wonderful work you do and for giving us our baby boy xx
BASIL
Hi there Jill, just thought I'd drop you a quick line to let you know that Basil is going great :)
He's still best mates with the ginger puss and he's always off exploring with his other mates, the chooks and they all get on marvelously - see photos.
We did get a big fright a few weeks back when he caught a baby red belly black and killed it! Since then he is obsessed with hunting, but stays in our paddocks, so we have to really keep an eye on him as I don't want him to find the red belly's mum :( Other than my fear he's going to find a big snake, all is great. he's settled in really well and is a lovely little boy who we all adore. Thank you again for allowing us to adopt Basil :) Cheers! Jo
TREV (Alex)
Hi Jill, hope you are well, just wanted to send
some photos and let you know that since we have picked up Trevor (alex) in April we couldn't be happier!
Trev is a great dog and has settled in great, he has many pals that he has play dates with, he is in dog school (we are in class Two now), he has days at dog care, chilled out at home, at the beach, day trips and occasionally a wash at the local dog grooming salon!
He is a very social dog and loves meeting other dogs (he does prefer bigger dogs! He is great with our Family German Shepard, and they are perfect partners in crime always out and about going somewhere!) he is a hit with people too! he loves playing with his toys, walking, sniffing and occassionally digging! typical Jack Russell! he loves his bones and treats! His favourite thing (apart from eating!) is the beach he loves the sand, chasing birds, running and chewing seaweed!
We are so happy he is in our family and couldn't imagine life without him, he is perfect! Thank you, Alex and all your helpers for doing such a great job and bring Trev and us together!
Woof From Trev and thank you again Michelle and Dave
FAITH
 We asked Faith to allow us to adopt her because Spot, our 7 year old JRT had lost his best mate, Buster, a blue heeler cross, due to a brain tumour and we wanted a companion for him.
Faith came to us as a quite timid and unsure little girl.
We thought we would try to make her at home with a new bed and bingo! She took to it instantly – must have been the designer colours. So now that is where she always likes to sleep day or night (unless she cons her way to snuggle closer to us in the bed at night).
I took her to beginners obedience classes at Queanbeyan & District Dog Training Club and after an 8 week course, she and I had our first exam. To our utter delight, we were awarded 2nd place in our class and here we are:
We are now continuing with the intermediate class and are both progressing with increasing confidence. We hope to build our relationship as Faith becomes more trusting as every day goes by.
Hello, Does anyone remember an older Jack x “Rusty”.
Rusty found a home with us on the 13th of August 2011. He was nine years young at the time. The wonderful Jill retrieved Rusty from death row at a council pound in February 2011. Rusty was in the care of Jill for quite a few months waiting for someone to take him home. He was eventually fostered out to Penny’s home because apparently he was not coping with his environment.
Our story is that one of our beloved Jack Russell ‘Beatie Bow” passed away aged 10 after developing a rare blood disorder that did not respond to treatment. We were extremely sad to lose her and so was our other Jackie “Aggie” her best friend. They had grown up together from pups, and were inseparable as they were only a month apart in age.
After Beatie Bow passed away, Aggie would not eat, did not want to go out walking and was constantly walking around the house yard etc looking for her best mate. This behaviour went on for weeks despite us doing all the things you do for a grieving dog. It really saddened us to see her this way.
When Aggie’s behaviour didn’t improve a decision was made then to find an older mate for Aggie and fill a void for us too because we have always had two to three dogs in our lives. Somehow our lives seemed a bit empty. We went out every weekend to dog shelters, RSPCAs and spent the available hours trawling dog rescue sites but to no avail as I could not make a decision because I was a little nervous about picking the wrong dog for Aggie and us. I discovered JRTR one day and read about Rusty, Jock, Milo, and the other Jacks. We eventually met up with Jill to view the older dogs with our Aggie. I would have taken all of them home but nothing was suitable for Aggie at the time, except maybe Calvin a younger dog who was a real sweetie. We were considering taking him but needed a couple of days to think about it.
Jill contacted us when we were driving home from her kennels to say that there was a dog called Rusty fostered out near where we lived and she thought that this dog perhaps would be suitable. Interestingly it was the first dog that I viewed on the JRTR web site.
Well, Jill was right. We contacted Rusty’s carer Penny, and then viewed Rusty and introduced Aggie to him. They got along really well and my daughter and I instantly liked Rusty and felt that this was the dog for us. At last!
 
Rusty at the park Aggie and Rusty at home
We have found that Rusty is the most adorable dog. He came home and immediately made himself at home after he was shown his beds in the lounge room, bedroom, and the outside area. (Mind you he would be happy to sleep on my daughter’s bed if he was allowed).
He obviously had been well trained by his previous owners as he sits, heels, follows hand commands and is house trained. He is also great on and off the lead. He has no aggression what so ever towards people or other dogs in fact he craves company and just loves being next to you all the time. Rusty is a real gentleman dog, he is still called Rusty as that was his original birth name but we have nicknamed him Rusticco because he is just like a smooth well mannered good looking Italian!
I had him on the lead for the first four weeks when out walking and had him on a retractable lead when I first took him up to our property at Oberon just in case he did bolt after, rabbits, kangaroos or other vermin (I have learnt having Jacks before never trust them completely if there is something around to chase!!!) but now we go up to the farm and to leash free areas etc and he trots along beside me.
 
Rusty at the farm checking out the kangaroos down the paddockand Rusty hanging
in the kitchen waiting to smell whether there is steak or chicken on
the menu....
Rusty does not like thunderstorms or firework noises we have observed, however Aggie is not bothered so that makes him a bit calmer. Rusty is a bit fussy with his food (we tried every brand of commercial dog food on the market!) preferring to dine on rump steak, beef sausages and chicken if it is on the menu…spoilt perhaps ahh just a little bit.
We love Rusty as if he has been with our family the whole of his life. So thank you to Jill, Penny his foster carer and all to those that sponsored Rusty and to his wonderful carers at the kennels when he was waiting for a home.
So please consider older dogs as they still have so much to give and make the best companion dogs for other dogs and families like us. Regards, Kim and Gianna
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WAGGS AND ELLA
Hi Jill, just wanted to give you a quick update on Waggs and Ella.
They're doing really well, both still occasionally flinch when we go to pat them but they're getting used to the idea of not being hit.
They're also getting less nervous about brooms but the vacuum is still very scary. They are both such sweet dogs I honestly don't understand how the previous owners could have mistreated them.
I'm laying on the lounge watching telly with them curled up against me, they are such loving and devoted dogs.
They get on well with our neighbour's dogs and enjoy going for walks along all the bush tracks near our house.
Waggs has been busy learning some party tricks and they've both brushed up on basic manners and training. I've attached some photos for you. They're spoilt rotten.
Regards,
Louise and Rohan
CLYDE
Hi Jill, Thought I’d just let you know that Clyde is going very well.
He loves his walks, and is a bit too quick to roll over for a belly rub.
Loves to lay on our laps, and on a recent camping trip I found him asleep in the bottom of my sleeping bag.
Everyone in our family loves him, and look forward to another 15-odd years with this funny guy.
Thanking you for all you do, Reece Denaro, Paul, Rayelle, Joel
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"SCOOBY"
Hi Jill,
Time is passing and I thought you'd like to know how Scooby is getting on. To put it in a nutshell -- like a house on fire. He knows all the rules and regulations, which, of course, is not to say he keeps them but at least he knows what not to get caught doing! For example; getting onto a table and stealing food.
Not that he's all bad, he works very hard at hunting and doesn't take any chances on us missing the fact, as he often brings his trophies in to get the praise he knows he deserves. In fact, he likes the fuss so much that he digs up the buried corpses and brings them in for a second round of praise -- we've learnt to dispose of them in such a way that we won't see them again. In the photo of him hunting you see him disappearing down a hole he dug under the tool shed where the rats seem to have a communal breeding ground. This is more to be expected from a Terrier, than finding him up a tree.
 When he is not hunting he is helping Bosco guard the property. He sees himself as a great support in this task -- a male thing, us fellers have to look out for a house full of the weaker sex. The second photo shows the boys checking out the back gate. The girls (Mattie & Peggy) tend to treat him like a puppy -- alternately tolerant or putting him in his place. They can also get quite jealous of each other!
Finally another aspect of this versatile dog. When its time to catch up on some beauty sleep, he looks for the most comfortable spot available. Often at our community recreation time, this might be a welcoming lap but the other day there was an even better spot when a Sister was mending her blanket and most of it spilled on the floor. He wriggled in from behind and the third photo shows him very contentedly having a snooze. The laughter and running off for the camera didn't disturb him at all.
So you can see he very much at home and we are happy to have him. So thanks again for the work you do saving these little dogs and finding homes for them. Regards, Sr Joanne.
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