[pyrnet] More about Newman

[Rhonda Collins <rhonda@castlepublishing.com>]

Thanks, all, for the  nice comments on Newman. Yeah, WE think he's a cutie. 
Though it's hard to say something's "cute" when it's so doggone BIG. LOL!

Every time we go anywhere  with  him, he draws a LOT of attention. Pyrs are 
not very common at ALL here in San Antonio. Until we started researching 
breeds to decide what type of dog to get after our Spitz died, we'd never 
even HEARD of them.

I went to my sister's house yesterday, and she has a Rottweiler. I always 
thought  Cooper was a pretty big dog. Looking at  him yesterday, I could 
only think of how SMALL he looked! <grin>

I can sympathize with Claire and her problems  with Athena's barking. 
Trying to keep a dog from incessant barking is very difficult. Fortunately, 
Newman barks VERY seldom. Of course, we also keep him inside at night, and 
that's the most likely time that dogs bark, because they feel the necessity 
to guard their property and people.  As I've commented before, our problems 
with Newman revolve currently around keeping him from stealing stuff from 
the house and taking it outside to chew up. We bought a shock collar--which 
worked GREAT, because if we saw him snatch something up and run, we'd tell 
him to  "Drop it!"...and if he didn't, we'd "beep" him...just a beep...no 
shock. If he STILL didin't drop it, he got zapped.  He only had to be 
zapped a few times before if he heard the beep, he'd drop it.  Most of the 
time, he'd drop it when you said, "Drop it!".

However, the doggone collar quit WORKING! Arrrgghhh!  I told my husband I 
thought Newman must've stuck his head in the toilet until he 
short-circuited it.  We've got to get it fixed, though, because he really 
needs his  "conscience". We're losing a LOT of socks, blouses, shoes...you 
name it. Clean laundry that   I've just pulled out of the dryer is in dire 
jeopardy, and I must admit, I'm NOT very quick at getting it folded and put 
away. <sigh>