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Hi Whitney,
My experience has been that pyrs will protect the
property, which includes the horses....but pyrs are not very "horse
smart". They are not very careful about where they position
themselves with regard to the horses and I fear for the dog's safety at
times. Also, when I am working a horse in the round pen, I have a
pyr that wants to chase the horse while lungeing which is not a good
thing....potential for head injury to the dog if the horse decides to "fire" at
the dog with his back feet. I have not had any accidents, but I know of
someone who lost a pyr from head trauma due to a horse kick.
PAM
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Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 10:20
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Subject: [pyrnet] Great Pyrnees and
Horses?
Hello,
I just joined the list, and I'm
wondering if a Pyr is the dog for me. I'm looking for a guard dog for my
horses. It would also be a pet and treated well, just have a
job.
We are just about to move and there is a pack of coyotes that run
pretty close and the previous owner has seen a bobcat around the barn at
night. I've got horses and one young foal. I raise horses and next
year I'll have quite a few young ones. I've also got cats and a few
kittens and an eight week old puppy that will probably mature around 30-40
pounds, we aren't sure what breed he is, but he's a stock/herding type dog of
sorts.
Do Pyr's feel the instinct to protect horses? I've
heard that they usually don't have any problems with cats, how about
kittens? Are Pry's bad to run off and not come back? It would need
to run free range, my horses are pastured in several different
fields.
If any of you guys have had experience with Pyrs and horses I
would appreciate hearing from you.
Also, I live in Southwest
Missouri, I would want an adult Pyr, does anyone know of any rescues or
breeders that might have an adult?
Thank you
Whitney
McIntire
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