Re: [pyrnet] Pet Store Loved One

[dsmith@iolinc.net (Smith, Deborah)]

    I've had people call me asking about my Pekinese and if they get big.  I
manage to keep myself from laughing or flaming and inform them that it's
Pyrenees....Great Pyrenees (Bond....James Bond) and yes they get rather
large.  I then hear, pause...."oh....ok....bye", click.

Chrissy

> WE (Rescue) get the calls when they're grown (6 - 18 months) because now
> they're "So big" and "We didn't know how big they would get" or "They bark
> too much" or "They shed to much".  The *problem* with Pet stores is that
> many folks buy puppies from them on impulse with no regard as to what the
> breed (Pyrs) is all about.
>
> Please don't misunderstand me as I'm not faulting your experience or
> situation.  But with respect to Pyrs being sold in pet shops, keeping them
> is the exception and not the rule (IME).
>
> Best Wishes and thanks for letting me vent.   :-)
>
> Karen Reiter
> Pyrenean Fanciers of the NE Rescue Chair...
> kreiter@servtech.com
>
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