I want to introduce the bitch in our family. She was filling the gap created by the death (assisted) of our elderly Jack Russell Terrier. Houdini, would have been an appropriate name for her. She easily jumps 6 ft fences, can open doors inwards and has little trouble pulling a window open and hopping thru the 5 ft high gap.
At 18 months old she was not house trained and still very much into top-of-the-range shoe leather snacks, with the occasional TV cable chaser. While house training her, I put up a baby-gate to keep her in the kitchen...she lept it AND the baby without even running at it. Those were the challenges!.
The rewards were: she liked us and returned after her escapades and once she had a fix on things, gave up escaping altogether. She loves loves loves playing with kids, our kids, the neighbour kids, passing kids. She loves other dogs too. A little over enthusiastically sometimes! She will give cats a run, but hasn't harmed one to our knowledge, although my Dad's tom has put manners on her. Once she has a daily run (has to be a run) she is content to laze about in her bed. If she doesn't get that run...she nags (whines)more than the highest paid personal trainer..
She has fitted in extremely well. When we decided to move to France, everyone asked about the dog and seemed surprised that of course she would come too. She was passported and vaccinated up the ying-yang (I'm guessing about €300 all in...haven't burdened hubby with that bit) and made the 20 hr ferry journey and 14 hr drive with hubby. She was less than impressed with the summer heat, but loves the winter snow...I think, she thinks she's a husky. She gets much more admiring oohhs and aaahs from the french than she did at home, the french don't seem to be familiar with lurchers or "Levrier croise" as I translate it..
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