The Scottydog Manual

From today, the Scottydog Manual begins! This is a collection of ideas,musings and some advice on how to live with a Jack Russell Terrier, A Border Collie and a Sparrow.

HISTORY:

Jack Russell Terriers were bred to help with fox hunting. They didn't actually hunt the fox they just "helped" this is because we actually like foxes who are really very nice and always say "hello" when you meet them. We are named after Parson John Russell ,who used to enjoy fox hunting.He had his first Jack Russell from a Milkman in Oxfordshire in 1815. If he'd been called Tom Cruise, I would have been a Tom Cruise Terrier!

THINGS THAT JACK RUSSELLS DO:

Pulling: Pulling is traditional. Men try to train us to walk beside them. It is impossible! We pull!

We have to! It is our way. Pulling is fun. Pulling is good! Why? We want to be there first!

Advice: Do not try to stop us pulling! You are wasting your time.

Footnote: I'd like to say that we don't pull. (only if there is a cat nearby, a lovely woman from over the tracks and dinner is ready!) shep

Footnote 2: I don't need a collar and lead!!! Stupid things. FLY JACK AIRLINES!!! Arrrrrr!(Jack)

Yesterday In The Park

Scotty: Shep! Look at that girl terrier! She is so beautiful!
Shep: Not my type. She's wearing bloody ribbons and a dress!

Scotty: Do you think I should go over and let her smell my backside?

Shep: You'd be wasting your time. She's too sophisticated for a scruff like you.

Scotty: Shep ! Tell mewhat to do! You are good at chatting up bitches.

Shep: Sit down will you! You have no chance.

Scotty: I'm going! Do I smell all right? What should I say? Shep ! Help me!
Shep: Tell her you love her then sniff her bottom ,then act nonchalant.
Scotty: Is that what you would do?
Shep: No. But I'm not a bloody short -legged idiot that always has a bad hair day,am I?

Scotty: She's leaving! Oh drat! I wanted to confess my deepest love for her. What a missed chance!

Shep: Plenty more where she came from ,lad. I'll show you where the best females are. Just leave it up to me!

Scotty: You are my hero, Shep!!

introductions ....3 Jack Sparrow II

I be Jack! Arrrr! I be a pirate! My ship be the Black Pearl!!

And I can fly! Can you fly? No,right? It's not easy ,you know!

You have to have the right technique and wings of course..

Right me Hearties (pirate expression ,or P.E. from now on)

Nick(the dogs call him "master" picked me up on the road.

A crow or cat had taken me from my nest and bit me a lot.

I could not see anything as my eyes were still shut. I was only a few days old.

He took me back and made me into a human sparrow. He fed me

human food and speaks to me.

In my free time I like to fly around the room and play Jack Sparrow games.

My cage is beside the TV, so I watch a lot of variety shows.

I like movies best. Arrr. Shiver me timbers (P.E.)

I am one year old and want to be an eagle when I grow up or a parrot in a pirate film.

I will help Scotty with his blog.

Introductions 2 ---SHEP

I'm called Shep. It is short for Shepherd. Someone, or in my case ,something that looks after sheep. I have never seen a sheep, but I am always ready for the day.I'm a Border Collie. That means my ancestors are from the Border area of England and Scotland. I've never been there,but I'm always ready for the day. My master is from the Border area too. But he is not a "Border Man". We are quite similar in many respects. We both like the same people. We both have big noses . We both dislike that Siberian Husky that lives down the road. We both go for walks everyday.I live in the garden. That little English dog,Scotty lives in the house. I would like to live in the house too ,but someone has to defend the house from bad people.I like golf balls , women calling me "Sheppy", eating and remembering irritable people, so I can surprise them with a "bark" when they pass another time. I also like swimming and chasing cats. I will help Scotty with this site, as he is useless at this kind of stuff. Terriers usually are.

Introductions

My story... They called me "Scotty". I like the name. My master calls me "Scooter".Probably because I am small and compact and get from place to place quickly.I would have preferred "Zoomer" or "Rocket" , but Scooter will do.

I was born in Shiga Prefecture. I was separated from my family soon. I lived in a glass box for about 6 months in Pet Forest, Odawara. (There's an acronym there somewhere,but...)People used to come to look at me and the other dogs, but no one wanted me. They said I looked like an old man! I'm a dog! How can I look like a man!!? The girls in the shop were kind,but I was bored. I wanted to run. I wanted to play. I tried to escape a few times, but they caught me soon as I used to slip on the slippery floor of the shop.

I had just about given up hope when...this man came with 2 dogs. One was a big Border Collie, called Shep. The other a blind, black lady-dog, called May.The man took me home with him. I had never been out of the shop since arrived as a puppy. I was scared. Everything was new. The smells. The food. My first walk, my feet hurt so much. The noises frightened me. I was 8 months old, but I had never been out before. I didn't know how to walk ,so Shep (my hero )showed me how to walk, run and go to the toilet. Slowly I got better at it, but when I went to the toilet in the house, the family got angry. I thought my name was "Scotty",not "No!" Then I thought maybe I had a name like "Scotty No" or "Scotty Nobaddog" .The other dog, May, was very kind to me and let me lick her ears. She was usually sleeping and was blind, but she never ate my dinner. There was a sparrow called "Jack" when I arrived. I thought that birds lived inside as there were so many of them in the pet shop. but this one was different. He was flying around! He speaks like a pirate all the time and likes to sit on the master's head.I can't understand him a lot of the time,but he always seems to be in a good mood. I'ts funny when he goes to the toilet on the TV,the master doesn't get angry. He never shouts "Jack ,No!"

These days I can run in the fields and sleep in the most comfortable places. I've lived here for about one year. I've learned a lot from Shep and the neighbourhood dogs.

I've decided to write a manual for Jack Russell Terriers, which you will be able to read on this site (and this site only) along with my escapades. Shep and Jack will also contribute from time to time.