Re: [PyrNet-L] after spay

[JSwingen@aol.com]

My 6 month old female pyr was spayed Dec. 21.  I have noticed an interesting change in her that has been consistent.  She now will fight with the Sheltie, but only when he growls or bites at the Newfie puppy.  Neria (the Pyr) adopted Webster (the newfie) as her Baby.  She has loved him since I brought him home as a 7 week old baby who still wanted to nurse.  Treated him like her baby and is tolerant of EVERYTHING he does to her.  She even shares an end of her big nasty bone with him.  She also loves John the 6 year old Sheltie.  John is only tolerant of Webster and will growl at him and make sure he knows who is boss.  That was the norm up until Neria was spayed.  Now, everyone gets along fine.  However, if John growls at Webster, Neria will no longer tolerate that behavior.  This started as soon as she was spayed.  She will jump John and now seriously growls and bites at him.  No blood, lots of noise and very serious.  John in turn growls less at Webster now.  I can't figure !
it out, she is a combination peace maker/enforcer.  Hope you understand the dynamics here, it seems a little confoluted.

Also, I have been following the discussion about wandering pyrs.  Last week I patted myself on the back and said no problem there.  Tuesday my daughter and I came home and Neria was gone from her wonderful, big, wooded fenced yard.  Webster and John were still in but no sign of Neria.  The padlock to keep the kids from going in and out was still on the gate.  She must have jumped the fence.  She followed a neighborhood boy home and his mom knew Neria and took her inside and called and left a message she was there.  She showed no remorse when we picked her up; she had a wonderful time in their  house playing with the new lab puppy.  We on the other hand had searched for an hour before we found out she was there and were devastated thinking the worse.  We bought the family a big box of chocolates and now Neria has to be on a safely installed line in the fenced yard until I can check into the combination of fencing and invisible fencing.  I hope that will work.

Anyway, Happy New Year to everyone.  Never a dull moment with a house full of dogs.  Of the three breeds, the Pyr is definately the smartest, most rambunctious, and the most challenging, the Newfie is the sweetest, and the Sheltie is the most gentle.  We love them all!

Judi