Re: [pyrnet] Little sister for Kodiak

Hi Christine,

I am a volunteer with National Great Pyr Rescue. We are based in the northeast but have a large network of rescues that we support in several states. One of them is the Great Pyrenees Rescue Society, based in Houston, TX. They do wonderful work with rescuing homeless and abandoned pyrs from shelters and other dire situations. They are very good at matching up adopters with the pyrs. We list some of their pyrs on our national website, but since you are in Texas, here is a link directly to their local site:

http://www.gprescuesociety.org/

In case you are interested in taking a look at our site, it is www.nationalpyr.org. Let us know how you do in your search for a little sister.

Good luck,
Kelly Schorr
NGPR Foster Coordinator

From: Christine <chrissy@instant.net>
To: pyrnet-l <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Sent: Mon, November 16, 2009 9:16:32 PM
Subject: [pyrnet] Little sister for Kodiak

Greetings All,

We are looking for a little sister for Kodiak (Kodi). We have had many leads and sources and I thought I would try a little "word of mouth" on line.

A little background:

Kodi will be two in February. A dog younger than Kodi would be ideal, but not a puppy. Kodi is happy, incredibly social, well mannered and prefers to be outdoors. He gets along well with other dogs and he has never growled or bitten. A little sister would be an outdoor dog even though I love having the dogs in the house. Our dogs have always been well behaved in the house. **We do not crate.** We have three cavernous structures in the house that one of the dogs usually intuitively uses as a lair. We have over an acre of land with a heavily forested area and lots of room for a roaming Pyr. I should point out that South Texas is hot and humid.

As a very brief track record: We have had three Newfs, Four Pyrs, a Bouvier, a German Shepard and a Husky. Only one of our dogs died prematurely due to the bloat. He was about 7. We had him a long time ago. Now we only want a Pyr. I am uncertain about Pyr/mixes since I have only ever seen two.

The other thing is that we have never had a female dog. If an older female Pyr can get along with an energetic young male Pyr; than the age difference may not matter ~ though I really have no idea. I figure there must be some differences between a male and female Pyr. I mean, there are many differences between male & female cats, especially with certain breeds. I could write a treatise about a few basic differences between the male and female Manx. I am wondering if there any noteworthy differences between the sexes of the Pyr? I am not trying to be stereotypical or asking anyone to generalize but sometimes people who had both sexes of a breed can point out a few things.

Any input would be appreciated.

Thanks all,

Christine

PS:

I didn't know eBay had classifieds. Check this out:

This listing seems odd and made me feel very uneasy:

http://sanantonio.ebayclassifieds.com/c-Pets-Dogs-puppies-Great-Pyrenees-Puppies-W0QQAdIdZ168468427

And look at the web site. Look how they show the "parents."

http://www.pyrenees.weebly.com