I would suggest taking it one step furthur.Read books, sing, in front of cage. You don't need to wait for Jack. Read all you can about different ways to practice " stepup and stepdown.YOUR relationship, has nothing to do with Jack's relationship. You need to get over your fear of getting bit, and develop the relationship of parent/child. Sophie at age two...was already starting to go thru terrible twos! Can you imagine getting a two year old adjusted to a new home, as well as going thru the terrible twos? I had noooooo idea what I was doing! The one thing I knew as we have had a ton of animals in our home,was "I make the decisions". I believe in "open door"concept, but their are rules to follow, even with this belief. We had guinea pigs that dogs loved... Sophie understood quickly, we had lots of animals that were loved, and it wasn't all about her. I can say, I was bit around two times, and didn't appreciate it. Nancy