Re: [pyrnet] Re: pyrnet-l-digest.20020112

["Nancy K" <nakhere@hotmail.com>]

Do your dogs stay on your property? If not, I know in Wisconsin, you can't 
let your dogs wander on someone else's land. It is illegal and the dogs 
could get confiscated (or worse killed) if they are found off your property. 
Just something to think about if you have any crabby neighbors....


>From: Suzanne C Bell <comer4@citcom.net>
>Reply-To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
>To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
>Subject: Re: [pyrnet] Re: pyrnet-l-digest.20020112
>Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 10:43:44 -0500
>
>Thanks, Pyr friends, for all the input on the issue of off-leash walking. 
>As I've just gotten Sugar at 3 years old, I can't give her that early puppy 
>training some of you mentioned. But I do plan to enroll in the obedience 
>class this spring, and here in Brevard NC we have an excellent trainer. I 
>took the class with my other dog, Katie, and really learned a lot, as a 
>novice.
>
>Any more thoughts or anecdotes would be welcome. One more question: a 
>neighbor has suggested several times to me, why don't you put in a dog run? 
>In his back yard he has put up a chain link fence, about 20 x 50 feet. My 
>concern is that our yard is very steep, on the side of a small mountain, 
>and all wooded. I don't really see how this would be feasible. I also 
>suspect that Sugar and Katie wouldn't really like such a little space and 
>would stand at the gate waiting for me to let them out. Am I stubborn and 
>wrong? I'm also thinking of putting an electronic fence around the whole 
>nearly-acre property, and I recall the discussions about the pros/cons of 
>such fences in the recent past. In my situation, could it work? My girls 
>love to run and romp in the woods, and I'm having a hard time being 
>content, myself, with tethers and the idea of a small run. Moreover, an 
>actual wooden or metal fence would look really odd in our neighborhood, 
>with mostly open wooded yards; my husband is dead-set against it; and the 
>costs are prohibitive for us.
>
>Thanks, again, for more advice.
>
>Suzanne
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Pyralive@aol.com
>   To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
>   Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 8:25 AM
>   Subject: [pyrnet] Re: pyrnet-l-digest.20020112
>
>
>   In a message dated 1/13/2002 12:07:49 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
>pyrnet-l-owner@pyrnet.org writes:
>
>
>
>
>     This brings up another question I'd like to raise: what are some =
>     scenarios in which you can walk off-leash, or train Pyrs to walk =
>     off-leash? I >>>>>>>>>>>
>     <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
>     Good Morning  !!
>     I've always subscribed to the theory~  " A~PYR off-leash will Dis-A- 
>PYR"~~I really don't think  that  the  instinct of  over 3000 years can be 
>trained out of them ~~
>
>
>   ~~
>   Pamc
>   PYRALIVE@AOL.COM
>                                We need not think alike to love alike




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