Re: [pyrnet] Jeckle and Hyde

["Jessica @ DaVor" <woods@davor.com>]

Just before our Echo died, she exhibited a lot of the same behaviors.  The
vet later told us that it was most likely due to her illness--I was very
young and I don't recall exactly what it was that killed her, but I can
remember her being fine one minute and the next minute needing to be
muzzled, etc.

I don't think this is typical for Pyrs... Sam (our current Pyr) never showed
any signs of that sort of behavior.  He's in excellent health, and he's only
ever shown aggression toward strange men approaching me or Mom on the
street, and some of my younger cousins who were hurting my dad (my dad
wasn't in good health at the time and the kids were too rowdy for him).
Pyrs are very protective of their people.

If your Pyr's gonna be a working dog, you can train (to an extent) your pup
to be somewhat less protective.  All dogs can be unpredictable but in my
experience you're pretty safe with a Pyr.

Jess
Levittown, PA
woods@davor.com


on 2/19/02 19:51, Russell Farms at russfarm@nexicom.net wrote:

> Sariena wrote:  "...His behaviour was much more jeckle and hyde.  Very
> unpredictable, he could love someone he's known all his life for 3 hours,
> then for no apparent reason start barking, lunging and snapping, full of
> terror...."
> 
> Wow...as someone on the verge of making the commitment to owning a Pyr this
> makes me rethink things a little.  Is this typical Pyr behaviour?  I hope no
> one takes this question as a slight to these beautiful dogs, but I have to
> be very careful about what kind of dog we own.  My research on Pyr's led me
> to believe they are very safe dogs to have around people.  We live on a farm
> with lots of visitors and I'm not in a position to be able to own a dog that
> is unpredictable.  Would this problem be in a certain line of Pyrs?
> Anything to do with how they are raised?  Any difference in male or female?
> Any thoughts are appreciated - I'm supposed to put a deposit on a puppy in
> the next day or two!
> 
> Meg in Ontario