Re: [PyrNet-L] Learning experience

["Donna Coffman" <dcoffman@erols.com>]

Looking forward to seeing Rodman's photos.  Good story and things have
worked out very nicely for Rodman and for you.  How long have you had him?
Donna


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> From: Tracy Pribbenow <pribb@feist.com>
> To: pyrnet-l@gamerz.net
> Subject: [PyrNet-L] Learning experience
> Date: Thursday, March 26, 1998 9:33 PM
> 
> I certainly didn't intend to cause such an email ruckus by innocently
> asking about puppies and pyr prices last week, but it seems I did! 
> However, the exchange of mail has been a great learning experience for
me.
> 
> I realize again how fortunate I was to get my Pyr in the way I did.  I
had
> been reading up on Pyrs, coveting them, cutting out ads from breeders
(like
> the one in Pawnee Rock, Kansas,) and planning on the day I could get my
own
> Pyr.  I hadn't really checked too deeply into prices at that point, but
it
> was the next step.  I just knew I have wanted a Pyr for years (the reason
> for that will have to be a different post).
> 
> Then an ad came out in our local home-school newsletter that a family had
> moved here from another area and couldn't keep their Pyr and was looking
> for a good home.  I called immediately and they said they would come out
> and "check us out".  Rodman seemed to love it here, they were happy to
have
> found a place for him, and all seemed well.  Didn't cost me a dime to get
> him (he was just under a year old). Now, granted, I immediately paid to
> have him neutered, all shots, and general physical exam, etc.  And since,
I
> have paid to have him regularly professionally groomed.  I feel I am
> providing an even better home than he had before.
> 
> But until getting on this list and learning from all of you, I didn't
> realize how much breeders and rescues have to go through, and I agree
that
> they have a right to charge for their dogs.  I guess I was just very
> fortunate in my situation.  The vet and my groomer both think Rodman is a
> fine specimen of a Pyr, but of course, I don't know how he would stack up
> against show dogs, but that doesn't matter to me.  I know nothing of his
> history, and the family that gave him to me with the condition that they
> would "come back and visit and make sure things work out" have never so
> much as ever even called again.
> 
> Your email exchanges have helped MUCH in knowing what to look out for
> health-wise for Rodman, how to handle different situations, and what a
good
> Pyr owner will do for their dog.
> 
> On a high note, for my birthday this week, my husband & kids bought me a
> scanner, so now I can try to get some photos of Rodman on my web page
soon.
>  Hopefully, the ones taken right after his last trip to the groomers --
he
> looked so wonderful!
> 
> Thanks to you all
> Tracy