Have you tried a search on
petfinder.com? That is how my boys and I found our wonderful 5 1/2 yr. old
purebred pyr, just by chance last August. He had to be surrendered by
the breeder who had to move to a smaller place (that was all we were told) along
with his buddy, a border collie. Needless to say, the border collie was
adopted quickly, but TJ was in the rescue shelter for 2 months. We had
some initial problems with extreme separation anxiety, but with lots of love and
patience, we got through it just fine!
He is marvelous, and gets along great
with our resident "grumpy old man", Tucker the Australian Cattle Dog (almost 11
yr. old with some back pains now and then). There are so many awesome dogs
that need a home!
I saw some pyrs on www.petfinder.com in the state of Missouri,
just don't know what's close to you. Good luck t you, and sorry about the
loss of Reba.
Debbie in Colorado
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 6:49
PM
Subject: [pyrnet] Looking for Pyr Pup in
my area
I
am fairly new to the list and have not introduced myself...I live in SW
Missouri on 80 acres with my husband, 6 dogs, 6 barn type cats(strays we have
taken in), 5 roosters and 17 horses-Missouri Fox Trotters-and 1 African Grey
Parrot. We moved here from Michigan almost 3 years ago with 5 dogs,- 2
dachshunds, 1 Irish Setter, 1 toy poodle and a rescue -beagle cross. It
wasn't until we got to MO and discovered the coyote/cat problem so near us
that we, should I say "I" decided to check in Pyrs....Well- it was love at
first sniff-A friend had a litter of 8- and at 12 weeks, I took 2 females
home.Kept them kenneled at night or in the house....watched and worked with
them -finally at about 1 1/2 years old, decided that they could patrol the
property ..(The neighbor thought it was great-no calves lost this year)..In
Dec. of this last year, only one of the Pyrs came back to the front porch
one day- knew something was not right-'cause they were never separated...we
searched, drove, put up flyers ( w/ reward) and never heard anything- it
was like she had vanished into thin air...Because this is big puppy mill area,
we finally decided that she had been stolen (she was the friendliest of the 2)
even though there is only one spot where someone could get to her 'cause our
property sits up and off the road. I truely have never missed any animal
so much in my life as I have missed Reba...her sister,Roxie, is just now
starting to act happy...Anyway this brings me to my main question....I would
like to get a pup BUT will not buy from the puppy mills(they always advertise
the ones that don't go to the brokers...So I need to find a reputable breeder
in MO or close by...and even though our house sits way back with nothing but
acreage on all sides, I told my husband I am fencing a part of the yard area
(I guess the neighbor will lose some calves) and the dogs will be more
confined....I could not go through a loss like this again. If anyone knows of
any breeders, or possibly even a rescue, could you please let me know.
If you want to see our dogs, go to our website and click on the about us
page.....
.....Solid Black Son of Black
Cloud C.
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