Re: [pyrnet] Greetings

[WOOF1@att.net]

Cindy and all,

I hope Gulliver does like the water!  That is something 
I enjoy a lot, swimming with the dogs!  I don't care if 
he fetches or not.  Three compulsive fetchers are 
already pretty exhausting!  I was a little concerned 
when I was reading about male Pyrs often having a hard 
time getting along with other male dogs.  I prefer male 
dogs, and all three of my goldens are males.  But I also 
read that they tend to be tolerant of smaller breeds (I 
wonder if goldens would qualify as "smaller" to him?  At 
124 pounds, he outweighs them by fifty pounds!  Of 
course, he needs to lose at least 24 of those pounds!) 
because they worked with smaller herding dogs.  And it 
sounded like they can be tolerant of males that are not 
dominant, and my goldens are all very mellow.  
My "understated alpha" was actually such a fearful pup 
that he had a very difficult time with obedience (though 
he now has his CD) and is actually fairly timid.  But he 
is clever, and that's how he does things.  I hope Gully 
likes toys, because we have a lot of fun playing around 
here!  If he'd play tug with Sprocket, Sprocket would be 
thrilled!  That is what he used to play with Sassy, and 
he really misses that.

I was glad the introductions to the other dogs went 
well, and I was anticipating another critical time in a 
couple of weeks, when Gully gets to feeling settled in.  
I've done a lot of fostering over the years, and that 
seems to be the pattern.  But there hasn't been even a 
hint of aggression from anyone over this, so I'm pretty 
hopeful!

Lori



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