P.S.
We have three “babies,” a
Wolfhound/Sheepdog mix, a black lab, and Arizona
(my angel Pyre). Whenever we offer goodies, the boys will readily come running
to get them. (Or bark and run around to let us know that we are falling down on
the job, and it’s time for a cookie – NOW.) Not Arizona. She willingly waits for the boys to
get their share. But the lady of the house expects her snack to be delivered,
fresh, right between her paws.
Someone on the board once called her pyre
a “sofa with eyes.” Yup – that’s the best description
of Arizona too.
From: owner-pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org [mailto:owner-pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org]
On Behalf Of Viney, Bethany
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 1:31
PM
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
Subject: RE: [pyrnet] old pyr
health question
Interesting topic. My Pyr, Czar,
will stop short of eating out of his stainless steel bowl right before he gets
to the bottom. He will then stop, stare at the bowl, and talk to
it. I then have to walk over to the bowl, shake up the food, bend over
and tilt and hold the bowl for him to finish. Czar is almost 7, and I had
to start doing this about 2 years ago. I have assumed he doesn't like the
feel of the stainless steel on his tongue. But, I have tried different
bowls, plastic, ceramic, etc, and he still does the same thing.
Is this a Pyr thing? None of my
other working dogs have ever acted in this fashion before. I just tell
him he is being silly....:-)
Beth, Czar (Pyr), Osa (Newf) and Tundra
(Pyr) in Rural Wisconsin
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From: owner-pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
[mailto:owner-pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org] On Behalf
Of Debra Slocum
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008
11:34 AM
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
Subject: Re: [pyrnet] old pyr
health question
Hello
Your observation is very interesting as we do use a stainless steel bowl.
She prefers to eat from the cocker's smaller bowl, which we always
assumed was because it always tastes better in the other dog's
bowl. I will try another bowl and see if it makes a difference.
thanks
deb
Oliverslb@aol.com wrote:
Sounds like you are doing a great job for your girl
and yes, weight loss is a part of aging.
My only suggestion in her eating would be to possibly
change bowls.
I rescued an ancient Pyr, Baloo, about 4 years
ago and it took me 6 mos. to figure out that he was sensitive to the stainless
steel bowls that I feed out of and that was why he would never eat anything but
the top surface of the food offered.
One day, by accident, I gave him a porcelain bowl and
he finished his entire meal for the first time since he had arrived.
I think his teeth (which looked good for his age and
God Bless him, he did his best on raw bones) were sensitive to the metal bowls.
Just a suggestion, from what I learned from my
experience (boy, did I feel like a dum-dum :)
You may also want to consider changing the
temperature of the food to make it more enticing. Some like things
frozen, some like things warmed up...
Good luck with your girl - Every day is a gift!
Lisa and the beasts in south Florida
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