Re: [PyrNet-L] CHAT: Pyr that bit

["Trudy Kilby" <jacob50@snet.net>]

That is awfull, I think that the only solution is to put that dog down.
-----Original Message-----
From: carol kirk <carol_kirk@rocketmail.com>
To: pyrnet-l@gamerz.net <pyrnet-l@gamerz.net>
Date: Monday, June 08, 1998 2:25 PM
Subject: [PyrNet-L] CHAT: Pyr that bit


>I am posting this on the Pyr list for a friend who
>had a situation arise with her 4 year old intact male
>Pyr.
>She does not have a computer.
>
>Has anyone had experience with Pyr's biting in the
>face, especially a child.
>
>She had a situation arise where she was in the back
>of the house in the bathroom and her daughter was
>playing outside inthe neighborhood. She brought a
>friend into the front year to play but the friend
>heard the dog barking inside and ran to the side
>window and began banging on it, riling the door to
>his hind quarters.
>
>The girl left for a minute and decided she wanted to
>see the dog and without invitation opened the front
>door.  Before she did she rang the doorbell and the
>owners youngest daughter came to the door to see who
>it was and the two oppened the door (storm and
>inside) simultaneously.  The Pyr saw the strange girl
>who is 8, from across the room and charged over a
>slippery glazed tile floor.  He connected with her
>face causing about 80 stitches  mostly in the upper
>lip which he split up to the nose.  He also bit her
>in the buttocks and she fled.   He did not continue
>to pursue.
>
>My friend is very concerned that this dog has,
>crossed the line, with biting in the face and it
>being a child.
>She would like to hear input from the Pyr group. 
>This was also posted onthe LGD net to which I
>subscribe as I have an LGD.  I will print these and
>mail them for her review.  IF you have questions I
>can phone her and respond.  
>
>Oh yes, the dog had never met the victim before, she
>is new in the neighborhood.
>
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