Guest post written by Sharon Jones

I started breeding Jack Russell terriers four or five years ago. It started out as an income supplement and when I retired it became my hobby that made a nice turn of profit.

We keep the dogs at our home, which can be quite hectic. But my husband also loves dogs, so it isn’t really a disadvantage to us. The breed isn’t too small of a dog, but it’s not too big either that they absolutely wreak havoc on our household.

Our two main dogs just had puppies a few weeks ago so a lot of people have been coming by and looking at them. One couple brought their toddler last week and they picked out one of the girls in the litter. They thought that being around a dog and helping care for it would help their son mature some and improve his interaction skills. I agreed and had a long conversation with the mother about this while my husband settled the payment with her husband. I noticed I was having some trouble hearing her so after they left I looked up some hearing aid prices.

With the extra cash from our breeding business on the side, I was able to buy some and am pretty happy with them. I’m able to be a little more attentive to the dogs now because I notice more when they bark or are play fighting.

Guest post written by Maxine Hodes

When I got a new puppy for my children, I knew that I would have to end up taking care of it. But the Jack Ruseell Terrier was just too cute to not get. As my kids grew older and they went away to college, Buster stayed with us at home and he became my dog, after all.

Buster’s obviously gotten older and had more health problems, like I have too. So I just say that the two of us are aging gracefully together. He’s had some bladder problems so I have to let him out more often and I don’t always hear him whimpering or barking at me to let him out.

After getting sick of cleaning up so many accidents in the house, I decided that my hearing loss was affecting him so I went and took a free hearing test.

The test’s results were exactly the outcome that I predicted and I got a hearing aide as a result.

Now I feel like I can pay more attention to Buster and he appreciates my company more.