RE: [pyrnet] Fwd: our great pyrenees

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--- On Thu, 11/19/09, Amy Bailey <amy.bailey@myfairpoint.net> wrote:

> From: Amy Bailey <amy.bailey@myfairpoint.net>
> Subject: RE: [pyrnet] Fwd: our great pyrenees
> To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
> Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 10:56 PM
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> Oh boy! I agree
> they were bred to bark and I tell
> anyone who will listen that there are no bears or wolves on
> High Street in Downtown
> Exeter because Charlie has them all running in fear of
> him. JÂ
> But since Charlie is not âworkingâ in suburbia,
> he can sometimes be
> distracted from barking by a lot of peanut butter on a
> Kong. ÂÂIt
> is amazing though, how intense his concentration is even
> when he appears to be
> doing something else. He loves to ride in the car and
> knows that he gets
> in the back of the car, so if I press my car alarm to open
> the back hatch
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> Amy with Charlie, Sweetie and
> Harry Pugger 
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> From:
> owner-pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
> [mailto:owner-pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org] On Behalf Of Trudy
> and the pack
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> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:34 PM
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> To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
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> Subject: Re: [pyrnet] Fwd: our great
> pyrenees 
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> Pyr
> were bred to BARK - it
> is how the shepherds knew they were on alert and not
> sleeping - those Pyrs that
> barked well were the ones they bred - so - you are trying
> to change something
> that is a normal behavior for the breed - like trying to
> tell a border collie
> not to herd sheep. Now I know that doesn't help
> you any but maybe it
> helps to explain it - I NEVER thought I would allow a dog
> of mine to bark - but
> my Pyrs have taught me differently - I check with my
> neighbors often and tell
> them that if they guys are just too much, to please call me
> - I'm lucky that my
> neighbors actually like the patrol barking - they know if
> the bark changes
> something is amiss - but I do live out in the
> country. I wish you the
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> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 7:01 PM,
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> Thanks-I will forward and let you
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> In a message dated 11/19/2009
> 10:54:24 A.M. Central Standard Time,
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> Nanaâs barking
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> new dog whistle or other similar irritant. My
> neighbors called Animal
> Control about barking but, my next door neighborâs
> kids love to get as
> high as they can on their jungle gym which is very close to
> our fence and call
> my dogs. Of course the dogs run over, barking and
> jumping at the
> fence. The parents commented on the dogs, I commented
> on the kids and
> fortunately the father happened to observe the kids one
> day. ÂHe was quite
> embarrassed. It still happens occasionally but not as often
> as it used
> to. The dogs also learned that if they barked, they
> had to come in, so
> being the more clever of the two groups, the dogs stopped
> barking as much. 
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> perhaps breaking her
> routines, taking her with you on errands if she can safely
> stay in the car
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> grocery store, coming into the house during the day, a
> different toy like a
> Kong with peanut butter. Mix up her days a lot for a
> couple of weeks and
> maybe she will forget what she is barking
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> or a squirrel in the garage? Something she can hear
> but not catch?  
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> From: owner-pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
> [mailto:owner-pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org]
> On Behalf Of BDrube1441@aol.com
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> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:08 AM
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> To: pyrsinneed@googlegroups.com;
> pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org;
> great_pyrenees@yahoogroups.com
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> Cc: webster09@knology.net
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> Subject: [pyrnet] Fwd: our great
> pyrenees 
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> and caring and really loves her dog. Any suggestions from
> you experienced Pyr
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> From: webster09@knology.net
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> To: bdrube1441@aol.com,
> jdwebster@inter-coastal.net,
> jd.webster@us.army.mil
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> Sent: 11/19/2009 9:00:23 A.M. Central Standard Time
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> Subj: our great pyrenees 
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> Hello. I am
> writing to ask for
> suggestions you may have to help us 
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> with our barking Great Pyrenees.
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> We are having problems with neighbor complaints about
> excessive 
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> barking to Animal Control here in Huntsville. We are
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> concerned that we will have to surrender our dog Nana.
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> Nana does bark excessively. Her barking has increased
> noticeably inÂ
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> the last 2 weeks. Here are steps we've taken to
> alleviate the 
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> problem and would dearly appreciate anything you might
> suggest that 
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> We exercise Nana vigorously every day. The kids (7 of
> them) run andÂ
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> play with her during walk/runs. They take her to the
> school 
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> playground and run and play with her. When I leave
> the house on 
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> errands I kennel her up in our garage. This is
> something to which 
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> she has become increasingly resistant. Nana comes
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> about 9 p.m. every night. I should say that she comes
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> the mornings and afternoons/evenings as well. She
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> outside, garage, inside the house. The garage used to
> calm her as 
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> well as coming inside. Now she barks no matter where
> she is.
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> I have split her feedings into morning and night thinking
> if she's 
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> Now though, as soon as she hits the out of doors she barks.
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> this is much
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> small. I just don't know.
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> I don't know how to balance Nana's needs and the
> right of the 
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> neighbors to a peaceful place to live.
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> Nana is a very affectionate, just good dog. She loves
> our family--Â 
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> especially our children. I am at a loss.
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> Sincerely,
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> Sherri Webster
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> Huntsville, AL
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