Re: [PyrNet-L] Pyr story for ya

["Donna & Glen Warmack" <fins@talstar.com>]

Scott,
 I have a friend whose pyr actually tried to kill the first baby goats he
was around. By the next group of kid's the pyr had this figured out and went
so far as to keep the mom at bay to protect the kids. Remember a pyr's first
instinct is to seek out anything that is different in order to protect the
flock. My male Roscoe was driving us crazy barking nonstop. I went outside
to see what was wrong. I had left a glass on top of our car and he was
standing there barking at it. It did not belong there. We have an 18 acre
bird farm and they guard it just like any other livestock.
-Donna---- Original Message -----
From: Scott Pilkington Jr <pilkguns@InfoAve.Net>
To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 08, 1999 5:26 PM
Subject: [PyrNet-L] Pyr story for ya


>Lets see we, we mentioned a few weeks ago that we had picked up a  stray
>male Pyr from the local pound. Have had no one claiming him and has
>seemed to intergrate fine with our family, other Pyrs, and most of our
>animals, occasionaly barking at the pot belly pigs in their garden
>cages.( We use the PBP's to till up garden area). Yesterday one of the
>pigs had gotten out and being busy, we had'nt bothered to chase him into
>a corner and catch him, so he was still running around loose this
>morning. About 10:00  my daughter came running in saying the new dog was
>chasing  the pig. I was on the phone with a customer, and said not to
>worry about, but a minute later  my wife goes tearing out of the house
>yellling that Jasper, the new Pyr, had the pic down  and was killing the
>pig. I excused myself from the phone and ran outside. The bloodied pig
>had gotten up and was running, and Jasper was after it. Very
>disheartening for a Pyr lover. But the redeeming value of this tragic
>picture was our two 17 week old Pyr pups, Jake and Bonnie Bee, who were
>attacking Jasper like two little hornets, hangin on to him like little
>bulldogs in a cartoon. They knew this was not right. Wished I had a
>video camera.  Their mother, Kindermadchen (German for nanny) was asleep
>in the house. Wish we could have seen her reaction, especially since she
>has grudgingly accepted the newcomer.
>
>Not sure what to do with Jasper now, he is very protective of the place,
>and good with the kids all over him, but this practice is unacceptable.
>I was sortof thinking about sticking him in a cage with the pigs, where
>there is barely enough room for any of them to turn around, and seeing
>how he does. Any one got any ideas about breaking this type behavior? I
>hate to do it with a bullet, but that is quite rightly what will happen
>to him if goes after the neighbors livestock. Right now he is in the
>chicken cage (about 50 foot diameter enclosure), where he does not
>bother the chickens at all. This is where we kept him the first few days
>acclimating him to the place.
>
>Scott Pilkington
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