Hi..I just found this site!  I recently (3 months ago) adopted a 1.5 - 2 year old Rat Terrier.  Her name is Sally (although I call her leapin lily cuz she jumps like she's on a pogo stick).  I've never owned a terrier before so this is pretty unique to me.  My last dog was a Beagle, so I'm familiar with stubborn!  Sally came to us housebroken, but no other manners had been taught.  We are working on Sit, and Come (hahahaha).  She actually sits pretty good.  The "come" part is funny as she will come running if she thinks I have a treat.  But if she doesn't, then she just looks at me like...Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!

So as I browse through your website, I hope to find some helpful hints on how to train my Sally Girl.

Thanks!

Carrie

Newbies aplenty! Welcome Carrie. Stubborn? Don't know what you're talking about. We LOVE pictures and questions here.

Welcome to you & Sally!

Jenny & Max

Hi and welcome!  Ratties--stubborn?!?!?!? Nah!!  They are too smart for their own good and they are also one step ahead of humans.  We'd love to see pictures.

Hi and welcome, ohhh the come command, it's quite the hoot!! When I say come I actually see my rattie try to look at my hands to see if I have anything LOL. They are smart!! I have a JRT also and he doesn't really stray far but they both can jump!!  Hope to see some pics!!

You adopted? Where did you get your rattie?? both mine are rescues also!1

when I first started posting on here it took a while for my pic to show up one time it just appeared out of no where don't know what I did right or wrong  Welcome to the site I have a 17 week old girl rattie!!!!

well I saw your fur kid for a second and now its gone what a cutie!!!!!

We had a beagle for 14 years.  2 days before we moved to our new house he died (last September).  Darling Hubby has this thing about taking a puppy outside in -20 degrees to go piddles (can't imagine why) so we decided that we'd wait until Spring to think about another pet/family member.  Meanwhile we unpacked the new house and got situated.  Then my grandchildren came to live with us (ages 8 and 10) and they were begging for a puppy.  My grandson declared it was Spring on the first warm day in March and told me..."you know you said spring Nana".....well........................  Yeah I did, but I really didn't want a puppy because nobody was home all day long and it wasn't fair to a baby to be left in a crate all day.  So we started looking at "doggie adoption clinics".  My 10 year old Granddaughter (Toria) wanted to "save" a furry friend as she calls them. 

So we adopted Sally from Homeward Bound Dog Rescue.  Apparently Sally was picked up in Alabama (she's a southern gal) and the vet there said she was a JRT.  Somehow she got to Upstate NY through Homeward Bound and the vet for them said, no she was not JRT she was a Rattie.  They also felt she was over 2 years old.  However, after we adopted her we took her to our vet and he said she was a fantastic dog coming from a shelter.  He said she was definitely a Rat Terrier and was only about 1 year to 1.5 years old.

Enough ramble I think.  Time to go explore the site and find out where to put some pictures of Sally and see some stuff about TRAINING my Feist!

Not sure I posted them correctly, but I put some pictures of Sally (aka Leapin Lily) in the Photo area.

Carrie

A big ole Texas-size WELCOME to you Carrie!  And abless you for adopting little Sally!  She's a doll!  Can't wait to go see her pics!  We live in Temple, TX and have the two mischievous girls in my avatar there.  Button is y 4 y.o. bicolor and Zipper is a 2 y.o. rescued stray.  They're both luvs!  This is a great site for advice and fun rattie stories and pics.