Re: [PyrNet-L] Home now and "Giant Breed!!"

[Joy Mccarron <joym@monmouth.com>]

Jan glad to see you are back home.  Hope you are up and around soon!  Joy
McCarron (Maggie's Mom)
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From: ARIEGE <ARIEGE@xtra.co.nz>
To: Pyrnet Pyrnet <Pyrnet-l@gamerz.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 4:37 AM
Subject: [PyrNet-L] Home now and "Giant Breed!!"


> Thankyou so much for all your lovely messages.I'm a bit of a mess but hope
> to be better soon. Hospitals don't like keeping small people they've given
> infectious bugs to!!
> Saw your posting Carol re Giant Breeds and the Battle of the Giants. This
> Match started around 1981 with Saints,Newfs,Pyrs, and was/is a social
thing.
> Back then Pyreneans were actually bigger, heavier and had more bone than
the
> other two Breeds. The Newfs looked like Flatcoated retrievers and the
Saints
> were not as tall as those Pyrs and had lots of health problems. This Match
> was set up by the North Island Assn who chose the name.Today they also
have
> the Bernese and the Great Danes so a real mixture of Breeds. I also
> remembered why I used the article by Mary Crane re size many years ago in
> one of our Newsletters. We had club members with a young male Pyr and it
was
> huge with massive bone(also had OCD in both shoulders). The owners had
this
> annoying habit of "measuring" the Pyr against other male Pyrs when we were
> at shows or gatherings to see how much bigger he was!! A few growling
> sessions took place and they were asked not to bring their Pyr up to other
> male Pyrs.They had a real thing about having the "biggest" Pyrenean even
> though the poor dog was very lame even after surgery. Biggest isn't always
> best in some cases.
> Best wishes
>
> Jan Chaplin Ariege-Roussillon Pyreneans
> visit PMDC Site at http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Zoo/6339/
>
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