RE: [pyrnet] puppies

["Robyn Allwright" <ziffanyrobyn@earthlink.net>]

> this is not my first pyr. i've had pyrs in my life for 25 years, yet THIS
pup 
> is the most challenging.>>

Humm, sounds like you have one of the litter that our Zhara is from <VBG>. 
This is our 5th Pyr pup, and she is by far the most active.  Even her aunt,
Zoe, was laid back, quiet, and very easy going.  Zhara, however, has to be
into everything.  Not that she's destructive, but she just doesn't settle! 
David brought her home on a Tuesday, and Wednesday night, when I arrived
home from class, he was ready to send her back.  He had been at work all
day, and jet lag had hit him hard.  I was out most of the day at classes,
and as a result Zhara was full of beans, wanting to play and have as much
attention as she could get (what can I say -- she was a pup!).  So when I
got home, David went to bed and I took Baron and Shania out to the kennel
run, put Zoe in the crate that was located by the X-pen, and I proceeded to
play with Zhara to wear her out a bit.  Around 10:00 she started to settle
down, and I put her in the X-pen and brought an afgan out and laid on the
floor between her and Zoe in the crate.  Every time Zhara started to
whimper, I told her to be quite, and pretended to be asleep.  With the
lights off, and with me being quite, she soon settled down.  When she was
asleep, I made my way first to the couch, then to bed.  Funny, she remained
quiet the rest of the night!  She has now settled into our routine (except
she does like to go out around 5:00 am!), and she is becoming a bit easier
to live with.  But believe me, keeping peace in the household for those
first few days (plus dealing with new house construction, classes, work,
and then having surgery), was no easy task!  Still, it was worth it!
    
--- Robyn Allwright
--- Ziffany Great Pyrenees & Tibetan Mastiffs
--- www.ziffany.c