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Dear Julie,
I am one of those people who took a Pyr, last year,
when a family was breaking up and needed to find homes for one or more of their
four large dogs. The mother, who especially loved the dogs, called the Pyr
rescue in South Carolina near her, explaining that she wanted first to find
a home for Sugar, since she would probably be the hardest of the lot to
place. Well, it happened that this rescue person in S.C. was Robyn
Allwright of this list, and she knew that I had just had a sad experience with a
stray Pyr we took in (who nearly killed our Shih-Tzu; we turned her in to the
N.C. rescue and she now has a wonderful home with no other dogs, yeah!). So
Robyn connected me with the owner of Sugar, a three-year-old female Pyr, and
long story short, we brought her home just about two weeks before Christmas last
year (this is our anniversary, I guess). Then the orig. family kept Sugar while
we traveled over Christmas (since we'd already planned a trip to Florida) and we
didn't want to unsettle her any more. She welcomed us as her new family
immediately, and though I wouldn't call myself a perfect Pyr owner, we have
bonded beautifully and Sugar is happily at home, here in the North Carolina
mountains with our other two dogs, two children, and my husband and me. We all
are crazy about her and stay in touch with the rescue folks as necessary. I also
read this list daily but don't write much, as I'm not very knowledgeable,
but am interested in learning more of the breed. I had also been reading the
list for about a year before we got Sugar, so the Pyr-culiarities were not
unfamiliar to me. It was finally a relief to see them in action!
I hope this "testimony" is helpful as you take the
chance on placing an ad. No need to fear the capabilities of strangers. In fact,
turning in our first (stray) Pyr was very hard, as we had grown to love her very
much in one short month and grieved as much for her after the attack as we did
for our "first-born" little Bonsai. It took a while for Martha the rescue queen
to find just the right home, but I believe she did and I have wonderful pictures
of this first dog that they've sent me. We took her in almost solid brown with
matted dirt and poop, and now she is the most gorgeous dog you can imagine! Just
wish I could hug her again. But now I am completely satisfied with Sugar and so
happy we can give her a home. (And Bonsai, the Shih-Tzu, has accepted her and
Bons. is still the alpha-dog in the house!)
My prayers will be with you and your family,
Julie,
Suzanne Bell
Brevard, NC
Oh thats strange.... Thats sad people arent calling looking for Pyrs. Maybe they are reading the paper.... No Offense, but why are you so defensive? I am simply looking for some help in placing my Pyr. I thought maybe a Pyr group could help me. I could do what many people do and just take her to the Humane Society. I have worried myself over this. I called some people who suggested I just put her to sleep. I will drive her if I have to ANYWHERE. Please all I need is some help not, your judgement, or negative opinions. |