Re: [pyrnet] PYR HARASSMENT

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

    I know, the stupid insurance people, etc. all just look at "reputations"
instead of real facts about the breed or individuals.  My husband had a
Rottweiler that all the neighbors were afraid of.  I think some finally
realized how nice she was.  The only thing she had a problem with was cats
and Rajah (my alpha Pyr) didn't seem to take to her well but otherwise she
was really gentle, quite small, listened well and on top of all that, the
only reason she was a threat to the young cats was because she could crush
them if she got to them, which we didn't let her (she had a real thing about
cats, we got her when she was two) but her teeth were flat from chewing on
rocks!  That dog would carry around huge boulders practically, throw 'em
around like a football, bark at them and just chew on 'em.  If you wanted to
get her attention, all you had to do is pick up a rock and show it to her
and she'd come begging for it.  She'd actually chomp small sandstones....she
liked chomping apples to.  :)
    One time I remember I'd just finished feeding and Sheba wasn't eating,
she was just barking at one of her rocks.  Rajah was trying to eat however
and had her face stuffed in her bowl.  She eventually looked up at Sheba,
did a "that girl is stupid" moan and went back to eating.  :)
    Sheba may have been a little odd (and the cat thing) but the breed has
definitely gotten bad press that does not pertain to nearly all the
individuals.

Chrissy


> bonnie,
> that is insane, too!!!!  when i bought my house they asked me what kind of
> dogs i had.....the guy had never heard of pyrs so when he asked me if they
> were mean i said "well, no!!"  ;-)  i asked why and he said that it's
higher
> liabilty w/rotties, pits, etc.  so why don't these people think about all
> those little freakin' chiuahahs ( i CANNOT spell that word) and bichon's
and
> pekinese (sp?)????  those little things will tear you up before most of
the
> big dogs!!! lol!!!!  my mother's old pekinese would tear off and scare the
> heck out of my dogs in a skinny minute!! lol!!!!!
>
> allison
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bonnie Trones" <closetothesky@webtv.net>
> To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 11:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [pyrnet] PYR HARASSMENT
>
>
> > Hi Allison,  We had an interesting thing happen since we moved in the
> > country. A man came to the door one day and because Bear (lg. mutt) is
> > not always friendly to strangers my husband went out to see who was
> > here. He said to the stranger innocently enough " he didn't bite you did
> > he?" Now this was more in jest than anything else but the man said no
> > and my husband brought Bear in the house. A week later I got the mail
> > and found that our homeowners insurance had been cancelled so I got
> > right on the phone and found out that the man who had come to our house
> > was an insurance guy. He was here I guess to check the square footage
> > and the roof etc. Bear never even went near this man but they cancelled
> > our insurance due to what my husband had said--they would reinstate it
> > if we took a no dog coverage policy--needless to say we could not be
> > without in the interim so we had to agree. All this time Sophie, our big
> > female Pyr was wandering in the field out back and never even paid any
> > attention other than a warning bark, she never did check him out , I
> > suppose because my husband was out there--to me this is a different kind
> > of harassment, after all we live on a ridge top with no close neighbors
> > and actually what is  a farm without a dog. Sorry this is so
> > long---Bonnie
> >
> > BE HAPPY!!!!!
> >
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