Re: [pyrnet] Pyr on ice

[Suzanne C Bell <comer4@citcom.net>]

Thanks, Mary and Joe, for more thoughts and advice on Sugar on Ice. I
appreciate the balanced anecdotes and warnings. Sugar's not free to roam
where she'd fall in this nearby goldfish pond, and I'll make sure when we
walk and do run off leash, that we're beyond the pond.

Suzanne

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Delmage" <mary@ericnagler.com>
To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: [pyrnet] Pyr on ice


> Hi Everyone,
>
> Mary here from Canada.  We have a big pond where the Pyrs Belle and Bear
> love to play chase with the frogs in the summer.  As winter arrives and
the
> pond freezes I start to worry about them falling through the
> ice.  Mysteriously each year they stay off it for a while then suddenly
the
> pond is covered with paw prints.  I think they have a way of knowing when
> the ice is strong enough to support them.  Likewise in the spring they
> suddenly stop walking on it again as the thaw sets in.  Also they seem to
> know to avoid the area of the pond where the stream comes in and the ice
is
> thinner. I hope this isn't famous last words.....!
>
> And a note about the Pyrs in the cold while I'm at it.  Our Pyrs are free
> outside all year and as long as they can run around and have somewhere to
> go out of the wind if they want, they seem to do very well in the snow and
> cold.  This year has been light on snow and not too cold so far, only -17c
> a couple of times, but last year was a very hard winter.  We had a very
> heavy fall of snow one night which completely covered all the deck
> including Belle's armchair (her favourite spot to sit and survey her
> territory) so I supposed she had gone to the hay shed.  However, as I
> opened the front door to call her, the mountain of snow on the chair
> erupted and she materialised looking quite warm and happy needing nothing
> but a quick shake to make herself respectable.
>
> Bear is still spending much time in the house on his crate rest (for OCD -
> he's doing really well and not limping anymore) and it certainly seems to
> be harder for him to deal with the warm inside temps that are needed by
the
> non double layer fur coat members of the family  - the pig, the cats and
us
> two legged types.
>
> Mary.
>
>
>
>
> At 10:22 AM 10/01/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >Ok folks,
> >
> >Anybody got a Pyr who thinks he/she's in the Winter Olympics? We have a
> >little goldfish pond near us, on the route where I let my two dogs off
the
> >leash to run and romp around, and Sugar, my Pyr, has walked out on the
ice
> >several times now. The first time, I couldn't believe it and was scared
to
> >death. I screamed her name and she came right back to me. Then yesterday,
> >when I thought surely the ice was gone, she trotted right out on it,
> >ignored my calls, and walked very gracefully. Then she sashayed her whole
> >self across the whole (small) pond. I didn't breathe. I just hoped her
> >instinct was good and she could sense that the ice was thick enough to
> >hold her. I couldn't believe it didn't crack. The pond isn't very big or
> >deep, but still I think I need a plan here, in case we have an accident.
I
> >have no experience with such things, being a native Floridian now living
> >in N.C. Any thoughts, suggestions? Is this funny or dangerous?
> >
> >Suzanne
>
>
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