Re: [pyrnet] grooming and food aggression

["Amy Bailey" <newbailey@comcast.net>]

The "dinner time companionship" is wonderful !  Isn't is marvelous how they
train us!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "The Vehrings" <vehring@worldnet.att.net>
To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 9:03 AM
Subject: [pyrnet] grooming and food aggression


> Regarding food aggression.  We brought 3 young Newfoundlands into our home
> at various times with young children.  The first came into a house with a
2
> 1/2 year old when she was about 8 weeks.  From day one she was offered
food
> from this toddler hand and both the adults and the toddler were near her
> bowl patting and praising her as she ate.  It was repeated with the others
> and with the final one we had a 4 year old (who was outweighed by the 4
> month old Newf) and 7 year old sit on either side of her dish and
> occasionally dip a hand in to select a piece to hand feed her.
>
> It did backfire to some extent.  When we totally cut off the dinner time
> companionship she would sometimes take a mouthful of dry kibble, bring it
> into the room where we were and spit it out and then eat it, returning
> sometimes 4 or 5 times and repeating the process.  Normally she would win
> and one of us would go to the kitchen to keep her company while she ate.
> Understandable.  Who among us enjoys a meal without companionship.
>
> About grooming.  My darling husband, whatsisname, has accepted a transfer
to
> NC from our current home in KC.  He has started the process of house
hunting
> and mentioned the other day that the Georgia red clay my sister complains
> about seems to extend north into NC.  He says that we should probably
start
> practicing calling our darling Sasha a Great PINK-ennes rather than a
Great
> Pyrennes.  So there is a suggestion for those of you complaining about
your
> pink dogs........just a slight alteration to the name.
>
> Caryl
>
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