Re: [PyrNet-L] Fw: boarding

["Donna Coffman" <dcoffman@erols.com>]

Hi Donelda,
It sounds like you have very good intentions and are breeding for some of
the same reasons other breeders are breeding.  If your bitch is worthy of
breeding, then try to find the best possible stud dog that would be
compatible.
Donna
   

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> From: smye <smye@worldchat.com>
> To: pyrnet-l@gamerz.net
> Subject: Re: [PyrNet-L] Fw: boarding
> Date: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 8:41 PM
> 
> 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,
> >>
> >
> >*deleted for space*
> >
> >
> >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.
> >