[pyrnet] Resource guarding or aggression?

[Liz Caldwell <lcaldwel@grapevine.net>]

A woman on another breed list has asked for help -- she works with Animal
Control in the east and needs some advice on dealing with a Pyr or Pyr
cross that has just some into the pound. My experience is limited, so any
advice that can be offered would be appreciated.

Liz Caldwell
Lawrence, KS

>   I have a Pyr (was told a Sammy cross, but he looks a lot like a pyr)
>that is in the pound for biting a 5 year old.  Actually, he had been
>re-homed less than 24 hours earlier and was given a bone, which he was
>protecting at the time.  More than likely, I will have to euthanize him,
>but I would like to know from other pyr members if this is something that
>would be within "norm" behavior for this breed.  This dog is only just a
>year old and he was placed WAY to early to begin with at only 5 weeks of
>age (puppy mill in TX?).  The owner, who got him from TX, placed the dog
>in a home with 2 young children but I would be willing to bet that it is
>likely that he would have done well in either a working home and/or an
>adult only home.  He seems like a sweetheart, which makes this really
>difficult.    
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