[pyrnet] Re: Snowflake

["Chrissy McConnell" <chrissy_mcconnell@hotmail.com>]

Hi Dennis and welcome to you, Snowflake and your family!  You are wonderful 
people to allow this girl to take you in.  :)

Keep up the good work.  Can't wait to hear more about you all as time 
passes.

Chrissy  :)
And several Pyrs, Cockers and one Terrier Mix.


>Hi,
>
>This is my first post.  I have enjoyed reading the
>comments from the past few weeks.
>
>My Pyr (Snowflake) has been with me for 5 years now.
>She adopted us while we were at my son's baseball
>game.  My wife and two baby daughters and a couple of
>other babies were sitting on a blanket watching the
>game when this HUGE white furball of a dog walked up
>and sat down on the blanket with them.  My wife was a
>bit nervous but the dog was very well behaved.  The
>kids just climbed all over this polar bear while she
>just drank up the attention.
>
>Well, the game ended, the park cleared out and we were
>the last to leave.  We expected someone to come get
>this beautiful dog, but no one was around.  By this
>time, my wife had fallen in love with her and
>convinced me to take her home while we found the
>owner.
>
>Two weeks passed with no answer to the signs we
>posted.  Then a call came from a lady who described
>her to a "T".  My wife was downcast until the caller
>said "Want to keep her?"  My wife only had to twist my
>arm a little bit.  She was so extatic.  Snowflake was
>going to be a permanent resident.
>
>Seems that the caller was looking to place her in a
>good home.  The Pyr had broken out of her original
>owner's house/yard too many times to count.  The
>animal control person knew the dog by sight.  This
>caller, a friend of the animal control person, had
>taken on the challenge of finding her a new home after
>the original owner had "given up".
>
>We had no idea what kind of dog Snowflake was.  a
>Great Pyrenees was.  The caller told us that she was a
>Great Pyrenees and was 11 months old.  I exclaimed
>"You mean she's a puppy and she is going to get
>bigger!?!?!?!"  Well, as time went along, we learned
>about getting bigger, shedding, digging, escaping, and
>most other common Pyr behaviors.  We also learned
>about what an incredible and loving animal this dog
>is.  She has become a wonderful part of our family
>(all 131.4 lbs of her!)
>
>Now to the subject of my post.  I found out rather
>quickly just what an escape artist a Pyr can be.
>Snowflake very politely showed me every weakness in my
>6 foot privacy fence.  All of the fencing around the
>yard has been replaced over time.  We thought that the
>perimeter was well in control.
>
>Three weeks ago, I got home from work, walked out to
>the back yard to talk to my animals, but Snowflake
>didn't come to me.   After calmly searching and then
>frantically searching the back yard, I found a hidden
>section of fencing that Snowflake had literally
>knocked down.  She had a head start on me, so I was
>very fearful.  I searched on foot and by car for over
>an hour.  I finally found her about a mile away
>running along a street, just a few yards from the end
>of the neighborhood and beyond that, open prairie.  I
>drove up beside her, opened the door, and called to
>her.  She stopped, turned, and bounded into the car.
>Hot, tired and thirsty from her adventure, she was
>happy to see me and ready to go home.
>
>I cannot tell you the number of terrible scenarios and
>awful images that had floated through my mind while I
>was searching for her.  I thanked God for answering my
>prayers and for returning Snowflake to me.
>
>The fence is mended.
>
>Dennis adopted by Snowflake

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