Hi. Thanks to all who responded. I guess we'll just have the red/pink pyr of the neighborhood. He doesn't seem to mind, so I guess we won't either. We've come to love him so much already, and we now know we'd never have any other breed.
Patty,
I know this probably won't help you much, but for what it's worth, my Pyr likes nothing better than being any color other than white. If there is something dead, he rolls in it. If there is something that smells bad, he rolls in it. If there is something that will change his fur color to anything other than white, he rolls in it. (picture fresh green cow manure lol that is his favorite). I don't know about everyone else's Pyr, but if mine is any example, you just have to clean them the best you can and love them anyway. They are the most wonderful dogs I have known so far, but they have their strange habits as I am sure you are learning daily. You just wait, lol, yours is still on "new home" behavior. When I got mine from the shelter, he didn't show his true colors for six months or so, and didn't decide we were his forever home until somewhere around a year. Now he is the most lovable,
adorable, ornery, and loving white furball the world has ever seen.
Brian
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Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 9:31 PM
Subject: [pyrnet] Dirty Dog - Help needed
Hello, all. I am new to the group, and a new pyr owner. We adopted our Cameron from the TX Pyr Rescue and have had him for about a month. He was abandoned and left for dead and the wonderful people at the rescue saved his life. We knew the moment we saw his picture he was our baby. He's our first pyr and we are learning about them through research and through Cam's "teachings". Anyway, we live in El Paso and there's not much grass here. Our backyard is this reddish pebble/sand mixture and Cameron is turning RED. I brush him daily, but he still has this red tint to his beautiful white coat. Even after the groomer, he looked kind of pink! He is an indoor dog, but likes to go out and bask in the sun, which is why he's getting the color. Any suggestions on keeping him cleaner? Or at least looking like a white dog, most of the time?
Thanks for any help that might be offered.
Patty Campbell
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