All, I need to ask about another Pyr communication technique - The
Nose. I hope that this is a pyr thing, not that I have inadvertently
taught two dogs who never met each other the same bad habit. Jascha and
Charlie will each goose me with their nose if they insist that they need to go
out and I am ignoring them or telling them no. Please forgive this next
part, by watching them when they do go out side, I have discovered that they
accurately explain their plight by where they poke me. If they poke me in
the butt, they run out to poop, if in the front, they run out to pee. It's
as if they are saying , we are not fooling around, this is urgent, and this is
what I need to do. Sorry for so crass a discussion, but do any
others also do this?? As much as they love to go out to bark, they take
care of business first, then bark when the request is made this way.
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Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 12:01
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Subject: RE: [pyrnet] The Paw
That is so like a Pry! Czar takes it
one step further than "the paw". If I am sleeping and he gently does
"the paw" and if I do not start petting him right away, he does the
"grrrrrrrr" and makes a polar bear noise that means "pet me RIGHT
NOW"...or, if he is laying across the room from me, he does the "grrrrrr" as
well, which means "I am too lazy to get up and walk over to you, so you come
to me and rub my belly". Their ways of communicating are endless.
I love it and it so shows their personality.
Beth, Czar (Pyr) and Raisa (MAL) in
Rural Wisconsin
I am awakened to "the Paw" every morning. When he gets up, Bridger
comes into our bedroom and to my side of the bed. He puts his face very
close to mine and stares for a few seconds to see if I'm going to spring out
of bed to let him out. If he doesn't get the reaction he's hoping for, I am
subjected to repeated "pats" and "jabs" with the paw. He uses the same
strategy to get my attention at mealtime and when it's time for a walk. I
think all Pyrs are born with this communication technique - my previous Pyr
was very good at it too :>)
Lyn and Bridger
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