[pyrnet] protective pyr

[Christine Clark <chris@czigany-dance.com>]

We recently adopted a male pyr, Thunder, who used to be a livestock 
guardian, he was attacked in the field by coyotes and the farmer took 
him to the local animal shelter. He is approximately 1 1/2 - 2 years old 
and we have had him about 3 1/2 months.

He is an amazing boy and has adapted to living inside extremely well.  
He absolutely loves everyone and is very affectionate and would like 
nothing better than to sit and be petted all day.  He gets along very 
well with our other pyr and our sheltie (both females).

Our only problem is that he recently has become very protective of me 
with my husband.  He is perfectly fine all of the time except when my 
husband comes to give me a kiss goodbye before he leaves for work in the 
morning.  I am usually still asleep and most days both of our pyrs jump 
up on the bed after my husband gets up.  I am wondering if it is because 
I am laying in bed and my husband leans over me to kiss me goodbye that 
Thunder does not like?  Has anyone else ever experienced this and if so 
do you have any suggestions?  He has not actually tried to bite, but he 
barks and growls in the same way a dog does when he is protecting his 
food bowl, which he did when we first got him, but now that he realizes 
he has his own bowl and no one else will eat out of it he does not do 
that anymore.

Thanks so much,

Christine