Re: [PyrNet-L] Sad Story of Poor Fat Pyr

[Joy Mccarron <joym@monmouth.com>]

Emily,  What a horribly sad story.  Poor guy!!!  I wonder how old he is and
how he has made it this far?? How can he even be healthy?? Did you even
recognize him as a Pyr when he came in??  Tsk, tsk!!  Joy McCarron (Maggie's
Mom)
----- Original Message -----
From: <D3melza@aol.com>
To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 11:17 PM
Subject: [PyrNet-L] Sad Story of Poor Fat Pyr


>       Well, I have a not-so-happy story to share with the list, but I just
> couldn't keep it to myself because it made me so mad! I am attending
grooming
> school in Colorado Springs this summer and this is my second week. It is
fun
> work, but every now and then you see a real case of neglect.
>        Imagine my delight when one of the women looks in a cage today and
> says: "What's that, it's huge!" I knew before looking myself that it was a
> Pyr! In fact, this rare day we had two seperate pyrs to be groomed!
However,
> the one huge one was in bad shape. His name was Beethoven, and he was
> horribly obese, dirty, and not well socialized. He was being shaved
> completely down, as the shop owners say he is once a year. He never comes
in
> at any other time.
>          Beethoven was wet, and filthy. His hair came off like wool, in
big
> dirty sheets, bits of dirt and sticks all the way to the skin. Even his
tail
> had to be all shaved off! There were some places we could hardly shave
> because you could not get clippers between the rolls of flab. He was
easily
> 200 pounds! He had scabs under that fur from things working their way in
and
> never being brushed, and he had a hot spot forming. The worst of all
though,
> were his double dew claws, curled around and sunken almost half an inch
into
> his pads, totally infected!
>           This dog tried to bolt every time he was not supervised, but he
was
> a true sweetheart once we got all of his hair off and snuggled a bit. I
was
> seriously considering offering to take the dog off the owners hands when
they
> came to pick him up, but when the guy walked in he seemed genuinely happy
to
> see his dog. Just plain old stupid? I also considered that they might just
go
> out and get another one even if I did rescue Beethoven away from them. So,
I
> sadly watched them leave, his fat bald tail wagging. He won't be in for
> grooming for another year, and I just hope the owners at least provide
shade
> for this obvious outside dog, or his skin will fry with no coat to protect
> it.
>          Did I do the right thing? I have never confronted an owner about
a
> dog before and I don't really feel it is my place to do so. But this was
such
> obvious stupidity and neglect! The only saving grace for this dog, and all
> Pyrs was that he was neutered, thank god. But I don't think I will ever
> forget him. I hope he'll be okay.
>
> -Emily Hainsworth
> Castle Rock, CO
> D3melza@aol.com
>
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