Re: [PyrNet-L] Protective Pyrs

["Rebecca Reisch" <cantante@earthlink.net>]

Wow! What creative imaginations those children have!  Creativity is the root
of problem-solving, so if they can manage to get to sleep at night, they
should have a great future ahead of them!  :)

If Paddy is anything at all like my PYR, as soon as the bad guys' car turns
the corner onto your street, he will start with that low pitched growl-let. 
As the car nears, the alert barks will begin, and IF the car doors open,
Paddy will alert the neighborhood to the potential crime scene.  There are
just too many other homes without 100 pound sentinels.  Your boys should
rest assured that the Great Pyrenees early warning system is enough to
safeguard your home and thwart potential crimainals!

Good luck!

~Becky and Klondike 
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>From: PyrMom@aol.com
>To: pyrnet-l@gamerz.net
>Subject: [PyrNet-L] Protective Pyrs
>Date: Sun, Oct 18, 1998, 9:47 AM
>

>Pyr lovers,
>
>This is a request for commentary from veteran and newbie Pyr owners.  
>
>This weekend my future stepchildren were here for their "weekend with Dad."
>Several times during the day, a commercial aired on several channels for a
>movie called "Child's Play" which is a horror type movie.
>
>Post-bedtime, Matthew who is 11, and Chris who is 13, came out of their rooms
>frightened that "someone" was is the house ALA "Chucky" from the horror movie.
>Both Jerry and I attempted to explain that Paddy the Pyr was "on-duty" and was
>guarding the homestead.  We ran down the traditional issues like did they
>think anyone in their right mind would try to break in with Paddy staring them
>in the face?  We also reminded them that there were four Tibetan Spaniels with
>the sharpest hearing around also on duty to warn Paddy if anyone attempted to
>break in. (stop laughing, Charlotte! <vbg>)
>
>What else could we have said?  Both boys said that if someone came in with a
>gun they could have shot Paddy (silencer on gun so we would not hear) and then
>come upstairs and murdered the rest of us.  So just how to you all handle
>these things?  Adrienne's recent post about Patou covers canine intrusion and
>the Pyrs protective ability, but what about all these other things?
>
>We live in Frederick, MD, which is a midsize town.  Our subdivision
>fortunately is relatively safe.  At least as safe as any town can be these
>days.
>
>Suggestions, PLEASE!!!  I know this issue will come up again someday and need
>all the response ideas I can get!
>
>Thanks!
>
>Stephanie and Paddy
>
>