Re: [PyrNet-L] Fw: boarding

["smye" <smye@worldchat.com>]

I wish to improve the following with the Pyr breed.
1.  A great personnality  and disposition is the most important thing to
breed for.  It seems that alot of people have problems with aggressive
Pyr's.
2.  Good bone structure .  Back to the breed standards of meduim density.
3.  Clear up alot of health problems, that occur through breed faults to
faults.
4.  Good size structure of the head.
5.  Pigmentation :  dark pigment around eyes, nose, and mouth.  Alot of
Pyr's now have lighter pigmentation around these areas.
6.  A good overall size of the Pyr's.   Alot of people are now breeding for
smaller  Pyr's.  The word Great Pyrenees comes to mind when talking about
these large animals not the smaller Pyr's.
7.  Working Coats of a Great Pyr.  People forget that the breed was for
guarding flocks and working in the mountains.  A Pyr with the long coats(are
great looking in the show ring)but are not to good for going out and getting
into a bunch of burrs.

What I have expressed is my opinion and mine alone.  We have really gotten
away from the Canadian and US standards of the breed . What I have seen and
learned thru reading and getting input from the magazines that are published
.  It seems that if a dog comes along that is not of the old standard, new
standards of the breed are rewritten to accommodate  the new litter of
puppies with the newer standards.

The Great Pyrenees is what they called these large dogs.

-----Original Message-----
From: Adrienne Wilder <draggon@stc.net>
To: pyrnet-l@gamerz.net <pyrnet-l@gamerz.net>
Date: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: [PyrNet-L] Fw: boarding


>JGentzel@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> In a message dated 98-07-20 17:27:04 EDT, you write:
>>
>> << The reason I amy breeding her is to improve the breed. >>
>>
>> Hi Donelda,
>>
>> Most stud dog owners do not charge anything additional to the stud fee
for the
>> board of the visiting bitch.
>>
>> I think it is an honorable and noble intention that you plan on imporving
the
>> breed.  Many of us are interested in this and would invite you to share
with
>> us what specifically you are working on that needs improving.  Tell us
about
>> the stud dog you think will help you accompolish this improvement.  What
do
>> you see as the major problems of the breed today?  Are your bitch and
stud dog
>> clear of dysplasia, dwarfism, sub-luxed patella's, osteocondritis
desicans,
>>
>
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>
>
>Joe brings up some very interesting points in his post.  out of
>curiosity, and to get a littel covo going, what do the breeders/fanciers
>on this list see in the breed today that needs improvement?  What do you
>see in the breed that we have lost?  And most importanatly, what do you
>see that we have gained and excelled in comapred to the dogs of the
>past?
>--
>
>
>Adrienne Wilder
>Murrayville GA
>
>"Oh, to be loved by a dog!"
>
>Home of:
>The golden gang,
>Patou and the evil sister geese.
>and many stray cats.
>