Re: [PyrNet-L] size

[magicm <magicm@ameritech.net>]

> More than 25 years ago I  circulated a petition in favor of a GPCA vote
> to see if we should have a size disqualification in our breed standard
> (that one caused a huge uproar). At the same time a group of us started
> measuring as many Pyrs as we could.  On the whole, I think that Great
> Pyrenees in the US are taller than they were 20-25 years ago and that
> breeders have come a long way to improve the breed in this country.
> 
Charlotte, I think you are partially right here - in some parts of the
US the dogs are taller but in others they are shorter, my male is what
I'd consider on the small side(bottom half of the standard) and when I
walk in the ring with him - he looks enormous most of the time.

Lisa