RE: [pyrnet] Chat: behavior, dominance

["Sean Patrick Daly" <spdaly@attbi.com>]

This thread reminds me of something that I wanted to share with you all...

About a month ago, we were cooking a 11 pound pork roast (with bone) because
we were having family over for dinner.

At the time, Patrick was about 17 months old.

Scenario:

Patrick watches (with drool) as the monstrous roast is prepared and inserted
in the oven. 1/2 way through the cooking, I had to pull the roast out, add
veggies, and stick it back in the oven for a few more hours. Thinking ahead,
I put Patrick in his crate, removed the roast from the oven, and placed it
on top of the stove. I then had to run to the living room because my
daughter was crying (She is two and had fallen off of the couch).

Now... I thought I secured the latches on the crate, but I was obviously
mistaken. I spent about 5 minutes total in the living room, not hearing
anything that would lead me to believe that my beautiful roast was in
danger.

I head back out to the kitchen and Patrick is sitting in his crate, but the
door is wide open. I look up on the counter and the pan that the roast was
in is there, but no roast was to be found... Interestingly enough, the only
evidence of foul play was leftover drool marks on the kitchen floor.

Patrick had eaten an entire 1/2 cooked, 11 pound pork roast including the
bone in approximately 5 minutes, even sparing enough time to lick the
evidence off the floor, and run back to his crate.

Needless to say, Patrick had food poisoning for 5 days after this event. He
vomited 80% of it up in a matter of minutes, but the diarrhea was
uncontrollable and lasted for almost a week. He had absolutely no bowel
control, it just constantly leaked out... He also vomited 3 times a day for
3 days... Absolutely disgusting! :cP The poor guy was completely miserable
for a week...

We took him to the vet the same day, and they told us that dogs have strong
enzymes in their digestive systems that allow them to digest raw meat and
basically, we will have to let it run it's course.

There are too many things to be learned from this story to list, but a few
would be...

Always double check latches on your crate!

A 3/4 grown Pyr (85lb) can devour 11 pounds of raw meat and bone in under 6
minutes!

Pork = Bad for dogs! Don't give your dog pork!!!!!!!

Don't try to wash your dog until your are certain that the diarrhea is OVER!

Liquefied dog feces stains everything!

Most importantly... Never underestimate the will and resolve of a Great
Pyrenees puppy... He knew it was wrong, and the poor guy paid dearly for his
mistake.

Oddly enough, he remembers the incident and has not taken any food off the
counter since (which, up until then had been a constant issue).

I assume that he thinks I did this to him as punishment.

I look back on the time and as horrible as it was I can't help but chuckle.

Alas, it's just another memory now...

Sean


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org [mailto:owner-pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org]On
Behalf Of Pamela Grant, MD
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 7:38 AM
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
Subject: [pyrnet] Chat: behavior, dominance


I won't to thank everyone again for all the responses.
Just an update.
One person recommended having someone video tape me and then have the tape
assessed for my physical demeanor, presence etc. So I called my friend Kay,
I just recently moved from St. Louis and while there was a member of the
Aussie club (my leo did agility with the group) anyway her Aussie is ranked
number 5 in the country and we had taped each other over the years in
practice for everything- so I wanted her opinion on my physical presence,
non verbal clues I give out- she found it quite funny- apparently my
physical "aura" is what she calls overly alpha, she had remarked in the past
that her two boys weirded out when I was around, apparently just the way I
walk in a room and sit is dominant.

As far as how Raider is doing, the past 10 days seems to have brought about
a little harmony, apparently a ground hog moved in under the play house and
he and my mastiff seem to have bonded in their attempts to get under the
house and unroot the little guy. My mastiff is a bit dopey and the beagle
has always been able to get him to dig trenches for her to get out of the
yard, apparently Raider the pyr has put this talent to good use and has been
directing him all around the house to dig in various spots, it is actually
quite humorous to watch the two of them. Anyway so far so good.

pam



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