Im still a very young teenager and im not very busy at all and still my Jack Russel is a handful he is extremely HIGH energy! I take him running in the morning (down the street and back 2-3x)He loves taking his 2 mile walks in the evening and he wont go to sleep at night untill after a long game of fetch and not give the ball back....

This is exactly why it is important to research the breed of dog you are getting.

The age of the owner is not always the biggest factor
There are mnay factors.

Usually though with older people or families with toddlers who have less active lifestyles I suggest they look at either older dogs or at least older piuppies of a breed that fits their lifestyle

i'm sooooooooo sory Nickster, do you know if your grandma is getting a new puppy or dog i mean that's what i would do only to find the right type of dog for me but i would adopt it so it's not that much money!

Dusty, you only have a couple of months on me. I am not a grandma either, but I do have a granddog;ABPT mix. I live with 12 Terriers, so I know what a handful they can be.
I did not say all grandparents can't handle a terrier.
I just think of this couple who said they had terriers all there life, and wanted another terrier. They did not get there pup from me, but it was just too much for them and he has since been placed. I try to explain to them, that there comes a time in all of our lives that we have to accept we just can't do the things we use to. Ok, well I am still having trouble with that myself, WHO WANTS TO GO RIDE A KNARLY MT BIKE TRAIL WITH ME???? And I get first tracks when the snow starts to fly again. Thinking of waxing my snowboard as I type. LOL

thanks for everyones concernes, but petstar, i don't think my grandparents are getting another dog, they couldn't handle it. not even the perfect dog for them.

my mom owns two jack r. dogs and they are a constant handful- they can be good dogs but it takes at least 3 to 4 years before the even slow down a little bit... even then they demand to be walked every day and still keep her up at night barking at anything ,,, and a lot of her friend own them too and they say the same thing... they are nutty dogs!

you know... a pet can be a wonderful companion for a couple young or old & i think they probably can handle a dog, just not a jack r. (i couldnt either at at 20!) I am 30 now and still couldnt!) i have a neighbor that found an older (2 year old) female dog from a rescue and she said it is a great way to not have to deal with puppy hood and rescue a dog that isnt so hyper..please dont be upset about the them not handling the dog... they tried. i just had something similar happen to me, and i felt horrible but the dog was really aggressive and they behavior specialist told me it wasnt the dog for me...
well good luck and take care:)

i guess, but my grandparents go everywhere, all the time. and they go down to florida in the winter, all that traveling for a dog isn't good. and if they are going out for just a day or two they have to worry who's going to take care of them, and all her childeren and grandchilderen are a half an hour away, it just is hard for them.

missingmyharley, not all Jack Russell's are nuts. I think alot of it is because of poor breeding, and lack of knowledge when it comes to training terriers.
My dogs are full of energy, but when they come into the house, they know it is time to go to bed. When I have one or two in the house during the day, if I am on the computer, they are in there beds sleeping like any other dog. But when I get up, they follow me. Now if a mouse was to run across the floor, the hunt is on. I can even normally call them off of that as well. The thing with terriers, they can not be given free rein. They must have strict disciple from the beginning. There can be no gray areas with these dogs. It must be either yes or no, no maybe's. And it has to be daily. But they suit my personally, because I have trained horses, that everytime I entered there stall, they asked if they were the boss today. Of course the answer always had to be NO
But just like other breeds, when the media makes them polular everyone breeds the heck out of them to turn a buck with no regard to temperments. And the dogs reputations suffer.