Re: [PyrNet-L] Question???

["Mitzi Potter" <Pyrs-R-Us@popline.com>]

On Tue, 02 Jun 1998 14:45:25 -0400, Phil & Chris Speakman wrote:

 << Now after talking with my dad, who has known Pyrs in the past,
and all
  my reading and help from you Pyr owners this sounds off.  I'm
  thinking/assuming that like any dog there may have been just poor
  judgement used in the breeding of these other Pyrs???  That this is
not
  the general disposition of the Pyr.  I'm trying to remember the
latest
  discussion on aggression/dominance but that just seemed like normal
  passive/assertive protection - not meaness.  I hope I explained
myself
  okay :-)>>

A bit of a pet peeve of mine is people who say their dog "turned"
mean one day. All of a sudden. There's so darn many warning signs
ahead of time before any dog attacks (unless for medical reasons or
something) that I'm 99% certain that someone with dog experience
would spot the signs years before. I said this before and got
disagreed with-but I've got complete 110% trust in all my dogs. I
KNOW they're not going to attack me (heck, that'd mean they had to
actually get UP). Sometimes you just know.
Mitzi Potter    OKC OK
Pyrs-R-Us@popline.com
http://www.popline.com/quinnz/dogs.htm