My first big dog Ursa was also a Pyr Newf mix. ?I knew her mother, a beautiful Pyr, and never met her father. I was told the breeding was accidental. ? Ursa was mostly black with a white chest and four white feet and a white tip on her tail. ?She had the body of a Newf- a big barrel chest, large blocky head and an oily coat. I would say she resembled a Newf more than a Pyr. ?She loved the water too and weighed about 125 to 130 pounds. ?She was a wonderful, affectionate dog, did not bark without a really good reason, never wondered away, always stayed near our home and the children (stationed herself near the entrance door when no one was outside). ?Our story is similar to Lyn's. ?She died at the age of 12. ?Since we knew her mother, we were drawn to Pyr's and have rescued two elderly Pyr's and then purchased a puppy so we could have hope to have her around a long time. ?We often silently thank Ursa for leading us to the Pyr. ?I have enjoyed sitting home on this snow day and remembering Ursa with Pearl at my side.
Candice and Pearl in Maine
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On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:41 AM,
<lynmaloneb@aol.com> wrote:
Hi all-
I just wanted to reply briefly to the question about the characteristics of a pyr-newf mix. My first big dog - Slater - was a P-N and she was wonderful. As far as her appearance...she was black with four white feet, white on her belly, and the tip of her tail. She weighed about 125 pounds. Her head and body shape were more pyr than newf. She LOVED the water, was very affectionate, had selective hearing (!), barked loudly at people arriving at or passing our gate, but - underneath it all - was a marshmellow. After she died (at 12 and a half years of age) we got our first Pyr. It wasn't until then that I could see which of Slater's traits were from her newf side and which were from the pyr side. I have since communicated with another P-N owner. Her dog was brownish and actually looked more like a Leonberger than a pyr or a newf, but she said he/she was also a wonderful dog.
Slater was quite a character - it's been fun remembering some of her antics.
Lyn and Cannon (our third pyr)
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