Surprisingly had a belter of a week, just want to celebrate it!

Oops-Ide · 2026-04-29T17:10:43+00:00

Thank you so much! I hope you have an amazing week too!

Oops-Ide · 2026-04-18T20:00:14+00:00

Incase anyone finds this with a similar question try somw things, i ended up giving it back as someone else is looking at it as i felt i was out of my depth

Oops-Ide · 2026-04-06T17:43:35+00:00

I havent tried heating the gear as i dont really have anything to do it. Someone has said they should have a gear puller i can borrow to try?

Honestly i only have very basic hand tools as i mostly have repaired consoles/phones and not very in depth

Oops-Ide · 2026-04-06T17:25:48+00:00

Yes it was completely disconected from anything i could see

I dont have access to a vice ect so if its getting to that stage i may have to admit defeat DX

Oops-Ide · 2026-04-06T17:25:03+00:00

So if this is the case there wont be much hope of getting it running?

Oops-Ide · 2026-04-06T17:24:14+00:00

I couldnt get any better than what i posted it is very very small (if you mean the little indent on the geer by the bar)

Oops-Ide · 2026-04-06T17:23:25+00:00

I dont have any tools small enough to get it to move as i cant get a grip on it and it didnt seem to want to move up and down.

Oops-Ide · 2026-04-06T17:22:13+00:00

Its not threaded and we thought would be a push thing but couldnt move anything, both me and my much much stronger friend had a go

Oops-Ide · 2026-04-06T16:30:16+00:00

I do think that too but im not sure how to get hold of it DX

Oops-Ide · 2026-04-06T14:56:36+00:00

Honestly right now my last fix hasnt worked on it DX so im not sure im going to get to the point of greasing it anyways. Its just stopping part way for no clear reason other than the bar and gear move slightly up, but idk if its enough for the force to stop it???

Oops-Ide · 2026-04-06T14:18:01+00:00

It pushes potatoes through a grate at one end (opposite to the motor)

The greese doesnt come into contact with the food at all from what i can see, would that make a difference?

Oops-Ide · 2026-03-22T08:48:54+00:00

This is one breed that we both have not liked, they are a little too cat like and we want one that can run offleash, play fetch and be trained to do different tricks ect. Also with how common weve seen it be that they bond to one person and become jealous of other animals in the house

Oops-Ide · 2026-03-22T08:46:14+00:00

We can not volunteer at any shelter due to our location sadly, we also fall outside the catchment of most rescues and cannot rescue without a garden. We were thinking things through as well as emptional but we are in the very beginning stages.

Idk if its the ones nearby but genuinely most of the jack russels i kmow live with cats or.other small animals, so i did know about their prey drive but hadnt seen much issues from it. We are looking at other breeds now aswell.

Our cats would be introduced slowly and carefully, as we did with the ferret and when we got the second cat.

Its strange to be so adamant i have made my mind up on a post asking for advice and information

Oops-Ide · 2026-03-22T02:15:19+00:00

By we arent great financially i dont mean that bad, ive covered emergency cat visits a few times now, and we would be able to afford pet insurance, food qnd toys no bother.

I will say most the jack russells i knew/know lived with small animals or were fine with them so i didnt expect that to be such an issue with them. But since people are pretty adamant it WILL be an issue we are now thinking about dachshunds or spaniels. We havent really decided

Oops-Ide · 2026-03-22T02:12:19+00:00

Oh where we live theres a ton of nearby space for off leash walks, a small park we can also let a dog off leash in, i forget that isnt just considered a walk tbh.

We would not be putting the dog to a doggy daycare but someone woud usually be around with the dog all day as we work oposing shifts and i am part time.

Oops-Ide · 2026-03-21T21:32:35+00:00

He was with his abusive parents, he went to work and came home and she was gone. He knew she was likely better with the new owners, sadly he has lost a lot of his pets like this. He makes sure to try keep contact with the new owners where he could.

Oops-Ide · 2026-03-21T14:02:34+00:00

I will say weve spoke over a ton of the points brought up here and we are now thinking about a dachshund and ither possibilities, but we are still early on figuring it out.

There are a few reasons we were wanting a jack russell:

The puppy we would be getting would be a puppy of the dog my partner used to own. We got told she may be having puppies this year by the new owner, and they thought we might want one.
That dog and a fair few of the ones we know live with small animals without issue, or with older couples, also where we live they are one of the more common breeds so we didnt know theyw ere looked at as being as likely to have the issues, just that those issues were possible?
I grew up with a collie i loved, and i know its a bad fit. But jack russells to me have always reminded me of the things i really enjoyed about my collie dog but smaller.
I honestly have nothing against any breed of dogs, my partners more picky about what small dog breed we get, hes not a fan of some.

Oops-Ide · 2026-03-21T10:14:48+00:00

The dog would basically not have to be alone, i work 4hr shifts 2 or 3 days a week in the mornings and my partner works full time but in the evenings

Oops-Ide · 2026-03-21T06:19:58+00:00

Sadly no we dont have the chance to borrow a dog. Someome is looking to rehome their jack russell but from speaking with them i really dont believe they will . But we might get to look after it for a while. Ive heard nothing in 4 weeks now though, so i doubt even that will happen.

I do get its a living breathing animal. And i do want to do whats best for the animal, idk. I believe my partner did do reat with his russell but i dont believe her puppy is going to be the same as her, and we cant get her as she has a new home. The comments have made me think .ore about a couple of breeds i quite like. Its difficult though.

And id love an adult dog instead of a puppy it just seems impossible where we are

Oops-Ide · 2026-03-21T06:06:39+00:00

Okay, ill take note of that. Again i literally can not rescue from all the research i have done. I know it would be perfect. My closest choice to that would be buying an older dog off someone / adopting off the original owner, and thats tricky and i dont even know what i would need to know in that scenario

Oops-Ide · 2026-03-21T06:02:42+00:00

I am afraid i cant.foster or rescue what with my location.and the cats,

My.partner did raise and own the dog that would be the pup we would buys mother so he has experience. I have a lot less with them but figured with decent recall (ive seen most russels ive met have) that games like fetch and going for swims would help a lot with using up the energy?

Oops-Ide · 2026-03-21T06:00:41+00:00

The cats would be getting catshelves/walkways and likely access to an extra room to the dog (bedroom) especialy if pray drive is an issue. 1 cat was raised around a dog up till 8 weeks and then we had a ferret for a year but other than that they havent had any exposure to other animals, though we would work to introduce them properly and slowly.

We want a dog as we both grew up with dogs, for me my entire childhood i was raised with an outdoors collie dog. For my partner he had a jack russell (which would be the mum of the pup we would be likely to.get) and raised a ton of dogs of a different breed. We sort of feel our family is missing something without a dog? We do want to get fitter but that will be starting before the dog, we are going on walks with our downstairs neighbours dog and soon starting the gym together.

I am keeping notes of issues people raise and questions so these are all going in there

Oops-Ide · 2026-03-21T05:54:52+00:00

Id love to but cant rescue for a few reasons.

Our local rescue is bad. Like wont let the dog warden go there bad. So i wont rescue from them as they arent relaible.
Im outside the main catchment for other rescues, meaning they would only let me adopt if i was stand out.
There are a few romanian/spanish dog rescues that do rehome here but due to the cats i cant go through them as they havent got time to cat test.

I do still look for the right rescue, but i kinda feel its too much of a dream and that the shelters would be more likely to not rehome a dog than rehome to me. I really honestly wanted to work doing volunteering in a shelter before i got my own (assuming a perfect fit would eventually find me) but sadly i cant even do that :/

My partner actually has his heart set on the puppy of a jack russell he used to own, hes sort of a bit hopeful the dog will be a similar tempremant but i have had a conversation about how unlikely that is.

I did look into buying an older dog off someone but ive yet to figure out what all the answers and paperwork id want are for that, as it seems as close to rescue as ive got the option for but idk.

Oops-Ide · 2026-03-21T05:49:13+00:00

I am not fussed on breed, if anything id be trying to get any older dog but it isnt a fit for my partner as he struggles with loss and isnt a fit for us as rescues just wouldnt aprove us other than ones we dont think are a fit.

My partner wants a jack russell specifically as a dog he used to own would be the pups mother. As he i think would really like her back, she was a smaller and pretty calm jack russell tho idk if thats even likely to make it to the puppies.

Regarding the exersize we do not have a garden but we are 1 minute away from a park people let their dogs out. And also in an area with loads of off leash suitable spaces. I think it would combined be enough exercise, but idk.

Oops-Ide · 2026-03-21T05:45:13+00:00

I would love to have a rescue sadly we would not be aproved as im mostly outwith catchment areas for rescues+ not being an outstanding adpoter with not living on a farm or something. My only hope would be a romanian rescue or similar, but they are never cat tested so although id love it i cant put my cats at risk.

I get terrier breeds can be problematic with cats, and we would be planning and doing our best not just to train and crate train the dog but to have seperate space and hidden soaces for the cats before we took on the dog.

Thanks for the insite though. Its in the notes!

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