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RE: [pyrnet] Re:
Cat, thanks for the warm welcome. I have to confess, I
had already enjoyed your pictures, along with the interesting journey that led
you to become a Pyr owner, before I had even written. I was amazed at the
size of your Beau, since my Beau was only 13.5 pounds at 8 weeks, and I
thought he seemed big. He was up to 20 lbs. at 10 weeks. During
his first visit to the vet at 8 weeks old, I was surprised to have the vet say
he was a bit thin, since the fur makes him look like a butterball. The vet
speculated that it could have to do with him having to compete with 8 other
puppies for mom, and mom cut the the pups off at about 5 and a half weeks.
When we gave him his 1st bath we got a better perspective of what lay beneath
the fur.
Beau seems to love both of our kids, but
sometimes when they get to horsing around with him, he playfully bites them and
his sharp little teeth hurt. He seems to sense what he can get away with,
and with whom. I don't think he is trying to hurt anyone, but we are
trying to teach him to be more gentle. I have had people suggest chucking
him under the chin, or holding his mouth shut, etc. I would
welcome any feedback on how others have handled this. We have toys
scattered about the house to give him when he tries to teeth on people and
other household items. We have worked on socializing Beau with other
animals and people. We live in a development, but have
some woods behind our house, with a huge, unused farmers field behind
that. When we take Beau for a long walk through our neighborhood
on a leash, we pass many other dog walkers. It seems, the bigger the
dogs we see, the tougher Beau acts. He's lucky he hasn't become a snack
for one of the adult dogs. He has a buddy next door to us
named "Deuce," a mostly black, 3 month old Boston Terrier. They
look like Mutt & Jeff when they play together. Beau seems to have
approached both dogs and cats cautiously, but seems to warm up to them
pretty quickly. He's the same way with strange people. He will bark
at them, but warm to them if given a few minutes. We found out a
few days ago he isn't that way with all animals. We have a fox hole
at the edge of the woods behind our property, and when Christina took
Beau out, he spotted the fox about half way out of it's hole. He
took off after it like he was shot out of a cannon, almost knocking
Christina's feet out from under her, making an awful guttural growling
sound. The fox did a U turn and disappeared back
in the hole. We were afraid Beau would try to go down in
the hole after the fox, but he just paraded around the hole barking and digging
at the area with his paws. We had never seen him act
anything close to the way he did when he saw the
fox.
Frank, and the rest of Beau's
family
Hi Frank, welcome to the group and to being "owned" by a Pyr! I
also have a Beau, he's about 10 1/2 weeks old now, we jokingly refer to him as
"Beau Piddley"! He is the second Pyr to come into the family.
Angel, his "big sis" joined us last Dec. 19th and will be celebrating her 1st
birthday on the 14th of this month. You couldn't have found another
breed as gentle with children as the Pyrs are (as good as our beloved Black
Labs were). My husband and I are blessed with 9 grandchildren, ranging
in age from 1 to 11 and the dogs are just great with them. I made sure
Angel was well socialized from the start and Beau is being introduced to many
other pets and people as well.
They DO let us know when someone is at the door and keep a vigilant watch
on their yard, but we never have to fear truning our backs on them with the
kids. You should see them in the wading pool with the kids! what a
mess when they get out and find the nearest spot of black sand to rub their
wet noses into!
You mentioned trying to send a pic, I have some of Angel & Beau, if
you'd like to see them? They are on Angel's website. I find myself
following them around with the camera as much as I do the grandchildren!
Once again, welcome and you will find the folks on this list some of the
most generous, sharing people around. Guess it goes with sharing your
home & heart with a Pyr!
Cat, Angel & Beau
"Doughten Jr., Franklin H."
<FDoughten@wilmingtontrust.com> wrote:
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