Thanks ya'll :). I just got back in from out of town and when I looked at this thread again, the center part of the headboard kind of reminded me of a crown, LOL. Well....he IS a little prince :). My hubby is a big guy so the king sized bed was a must as far as he was concerned. He doesn't like his feet hanging off the end of the bed. That's actually my husband's pillow. At night, Pepe sleeps under the covers with his back against my back and his head on my pillow. He's a good snuggler. He has no clue he's not a wolf though......even wolves have to sleep somewhere! Our bed is very high and he used to not be able to get up there by himself so I put a cedar chest with a blanket on top of it at the foot and he has no trouble now.....as you can see. The cat doesn't appreciate it much though, LOL since Pepe is now able to sometimes interupt HIS naps ;). When I die, I hope I come back as one of my animals! Kristi

Don't know that much about JRT, but my labradors' breeder has Jack Russells as her pets. She is a very discipline oriented person. She has these dogs trained very well, but has commented on the committment and time is tremendous to train properly. It is really funny, I just said to my husband that I wasn't sure if I wanted another puppy from Diane because my boys jumped up and down for months when we first got them (a total JRT trait). If you decide you can manage keeping this dog and committing to training him maybe an obediance class with the participation of all family members would be a good thing. I know people who do this off premises like at Petsmart and the like for not too much expense. We use a private trainer in our area who has classes, but we like her to come to the house a couple of times to deal with issues directly related to us. It was so worth the charge for her to come to the house once or twice for an hour. She could observe us and the dogs, the dynamic and give suggestions (all of which we have implemented). There were also no other distractions we got individual attention and that was good for us. We also work on socializing our dogs with people and other pets. We are a big family of dog owners and we all have each other's dogs at one time or another sometimes up to 6 at a time in my yard. No issues, they chase each other around and the like, but never bite or hurt one another. The just play like they have been living together their entire lives. My youngest lab chases every cat that we have. The youngest who just arrived in July was scared of him at first and I gated my daughter's room so that he had a place to escape to, but now that he's older when he is being chased he doesn't run he stands up on his back feet and hisses and swats at the dog, the dog always gives up. Telling my dog no to chasing the cats would definitely fall on deaf ears. Is the pooping thing a diarreha situation or just plain pooping? What did the shelter tell you about the dog's history. I know alot of times they either don't know or the person who gave the dog up doesn't give all the info needed for fear no one will adopt their discarded dog. As for leashing. I am all for that. I use gentle leader when I train my dogs. It is very funny the difference in behavior once you put it on. Crazy dog becomes calm dog. I don't believe in the choker chain. I know alot of people use them, just have seen bad things happen with misuse or uninformed use. Our trainer had us use a harness on the puppies with a lead about 6 foot long for beginning training. My guys were stuck to my side when I didn't have them out playing or exercising. It can get crazy when you are attached to a dog for that number of hours, but it was worth every minute because I have 3 wonderfully well adjusted, well behaved big dogs. Maybe you could do some research on how much exercise a JRT needs. I think probably alot but I don't agree that every dog needs to run every day. My guys dream day is to lay on the couch and eat bon bons. I exercise them to keep them healthy but I don't run them. When they are done playing with the frisbee, they take it and go lie down in the far end of the yard like I'm done with that thank you very much. If you think long and hard and want to commit I think you can bring this guy around. You will need to use the crate until he is fully housebroken, you will need to train him, leash him to you and spend time training him. It won't happen unless you make it happen. Do you have kids who would be willing to get on board with the training. My daughter always loves getting into the training because my guys really did learn fast once we started doing the things the trainer told us to do and stopped doing the things we were doing wrong. If in the event you don't feel up to the committment, I think you should not feel badly. He may be more than you bargained for and that doesn't make you a bad person. I guess there is a rescue for JRT's? Someone on this forum must know if there is. If that is a possibility I would rather see him go to a rescue rather than back to the shelter. Lastly, how is he with your other laid back dog. Do they get along or does the new guy growl or act agressive with the established pet? Best of luck to you whichever way you decide to go.

While I really want marble for our kitchen, we have 2 small sons and I am worried they will mess it up. We have wavered back and forth whether to go for it, but dh saw a Corian counter, Rain Cloud, in IKEA the other day and fell in love. I would normally never pay more for a manmade product, but IKEA has a 40% off counters special this month if you buy your kitchen there, so that makes it also more affordable. Since I have made virtually every other choice (I ask for his input, but his usual response is "I don't care", which translates to "whatever makes you happy" but also "if there is a screw-up, it is not mine", not to mention "you choose because I don't want to do the legwork"), I think I will "give" him this one, lol. It has a softer/warmer feel than stone and makes less noise if you clink against it. I am not 100% convinced, but am getting close. I may have to contact the PA yard about the quartzite and get a price, because that is seriously pretty too..... We can do our full kitchen with the Corian, including upcharges and customizations, installed, for less than $2k. That is going to be hard to beat. Our kitchen is not small, btw... I also forgot that if I apply for an IKEA credit card when buying, I'll get an additional 10% off and have 0% financing for 24 months. Corian Rain Cloud:

I am similar with my clutter, @Lori Wagerman_Walker and @Anne. Quite good at organizing drawers and cupboards but terrible at picking up after myself. @Oakley, I finally started to tackle (and the term is apt) my "office" last week and moved everything out into the living room. You can't imagine the mess. (Marie Kondo's trick of putting all the books in one spot works really well for me.) Need to give myself a deadline for this big organization project because it could easily drag on and I'll be left with piles of random homeless stuff in the living room. @Kate E, your drawer looks great! Pat yourself on the back. :) What's really helping me purge this time around is reading (library) books and watching YT videos on minimalism. I've also started reading an organization book that is a lot more profound that any other I've read on the matter: "It's Hard to Make a Difference When You Can't Find Your Keys" by Marilyn Paul. I heartily recommend it to anyone continually struggling with organization. (Again, thank you to everyone who chimed in! I loved reading the different takes on this subject. Did my best to thank everyone for their comments but it looks as if some thank yous didn't register? Might be a site glitch.)