Re: [pyrnet] Behavior Question - Need Help!

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

Pyrs who are in the fields with their flocks work at night because that is
when the predators are most active, especially around dawn and dusk.  I
think you and Misha are hitting upon an instinctive time to be on watch and
a nice time of the year to be outdoors in the evening.  Combine those and
Misha lays down to go on alert in an energy effecient way.   MIsha is not a
working dog so she may not be sure why she feels this way and once you get
her back in the house, she knows she is off duty and goes back to her usual
behavior.  I often find Charlie or Sweetie laying in the middle of the lawn
or under a tree in the shade barking periodically just to let the bear
ghosts know they are on the job but not expending any extra energy.

Moving a pyr who does not want to move is always an adventure!  They are not
just couch potatoes, they become the couch.

Amy with Charlie and Sweetie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marilou Oyler" <utlkn2me@gmail.com>
To: "Pyr-Net List" <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 12:09 AM
Subject: [pyrnet] Behavior Question - Need Help!


> I take Misha out to go potty in the evenings for the last time,
> somewhere between 8:30 and 10:30 each night.  The last few nights she
> has been increasingly unwilling to come back into the house.  After
> doing her business, she just stands there or lays down and refuses to
> move, just looking at me, kinda sad.  I've done everything I know to
> get her to move - offered treats, toys, and tonight it took about 20
> minutes to get her in, and I pretty much had to physically pick her up
> from underneath and carry her in, a little at a time.  Once I get her
> back into the house, she acts like her usual, happy self.  I just
> wondered if this is some kind of Pyr behavior that is kicking in - the
> rest of the time she is ok, but it's just after dark that she acts
> like this.  And it seems to be getting worse - I'm going to have to
> stop taking her out at night I guess.  Any suggestions would be
> appreciated.
>
> Marilou
>
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