RE: [pyrnet] New Pyr!

["Ferreira, Elaine (ING)" <FerreiraE@ING-AFS.com>]

Congratulations on your new Pyr. I checked out your site and she is a pretty
little girl. She does look a little thin, but that is actually a good thing
when they are young.  The pawing thing is a breed trait. Both of mine have
done it, you do have to remind them to be gentle though. 

Pico loves crunching plastic soda bottles. I take the cap off first and keep
and eye on him, because he does chew it into little bits. He also likes a
big blue stuffed octopus with 3 different noise makers in it. He loves to
drag it around the house by the legs. He also likes a specific squeaky toy
in the shape of a bunch of bananas. That is about it, I have a whole basket
of toys that he just ignores. He also likes it when I drag something on the
floor for him to pounce on like a big cat! Of course, that sometimes makes
it difficult to dry off after a shower.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sandy Fields [mailto:sandance@earthlink.net]
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 10:13 AM
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
Subject: [pyrnet] New Pyr!


Hi, gang!  I've now been a pyr owner for four whole weeks.  I adopted
Mattie, who is
now about 10 months old.  At 90 pounds, Mattie was a bit thin when she
arrived, but
she's gained 3 pounds and is now in good weight.  There are photos taken the
day she
arrived at:
http://sandance.eboard.com
on the "new baby" tab.

The first couple weeks were kinda rough, but she no longer clobbers me with
her
paw.  We've not eliminated the pawing, but it's less frequent and much more
gentle!
She is completely housebroken, which is a real blessing after 20 years of
cockers
who thought I was put on this earth to clean up their messes ;^>

Mattie was spayed yesterday, and they say she came through surgery just
fine.  I'll
pick her up later this morning.  I really hated leaving her at the
vet...afraid
she'd think I was abandoning her.

QUESTION????   I'd love to hear what TOYS your dogs enjoy.  So far, rawhide
and hoof
chews have been ignored.  The kong stuffed with peanut butter and dog
cookies was a
little more interesting, but only for the few minutes it took her to clean
it up.  I
had a lot of small toys for the cockers (all now gone on to the bridge), but
gave
those away since they didn't seem appropriate for this big girl.  Right now,
"I"
seem to be her favorite toy, but it would be nice to distract her
occasionally.

--Sandy in Atlanta
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