Re: [PyrNet-L] Intro and question

["Galaxi" <galaxi@galaxycorp.com>]

    Has she considered a fenced area of the yard for just when her and her
husband are at work? It would not have to be an all the time outside dog.
Just leave the dog in the fence while they are gone and bring her in when
they get home. I fenced a small area outside my backdoor so Teddy could stay
outside while I'm gone. Not because she's destructive but just because she
seems to prefer laying on the back porch  to being cooped up inside. The
porch gives her shelter from the rain and sun and she can entertain herself
watching what everyone in the neighborhood is up to. (BTW: The water bottle
solution some of you gave helped the barking situation enough where I have
been able to make peace with my neighbors and they are even starting to like
Teddy)

One question with grooming. How often do most of you need to brush and bathe
your pyrs. As most of you know Teddy is my first pyr but she's not my first
long haired dog. I also have a Pomeranian and a Collie/St.Bernard mix. Both
of the other dogs seem to just need brushed weekly and few baths. Teddy on
the other hand seems to need brushed daily or she gets matted and within
days after a bath her fur starts to look yellowed and the hair on her back
feels odd (not sure how to explain that). I do know you can't bathe a dog
that often but is this normal for a pyr? Don't get me wrong I am not
complaining about grooming her I'd just like to know suggestions on the best
ways of keeping her white and mat free.

Galaxi

-----Original Message-----
From: Deanna Moore <deore@linguist.umass.edu>
To: pyrnet-l@gamerz.net <pyrnet-l@gamerz.net>
Date: Thursday, August 06, 1998 12:50 PM
Subject: [PyrNet-L] Intro and question


>Hi All,
>
>I'm writing for a friend who having trouble with her 9 mo. old GWP.  I
>figured y'all were the ones to ask, so here goes.  Kita is a rescue.  She's
>now living on my friend's farm with her older Belgian Shepherd and young
>Collie (?? 2 yrs old)
>Kita came with lots of baggage when my friend got her.  She had allegedly
>been abused and kept in a horse stall for the first part of her life and
>had little socialization and had never been in a house.  She also had no
>obedience training.  She's got a pretty good life now, and has made amazing
>strides in her general obedience.  The main problem is her destructive
>chewing when left alone. (Lack of appropriate chew toys is not an
>issue--they've got plenty, but Kita is destroying the couch, though, which
>is not what my friend wants) I've read books which give advice for
>seperation anxiety type chewing which suggest leaving for progressively
>longer periods of time until the dog is comfortable with being left.  This
>is not an option, though.  My friend and her husband both work and the dog
>does have to remain alone with the other two dogs for the day.  Crating
>isn't really feasable because of the long hours.
>
>What suggestions do you have for destructive chewing that only happens when
>people are gone?  Especially when confinement is not really an option and
>my friend doesn't want an outside-only dog?  The other problem is that she
>doesn't want her other two dogs penalized for Kita's chewing-- such as
>setting "booby traps" on the inappropriate objects -- her other two dogs
>have had full run of the house and are fine with being alone.
>
>Please respond directly to me unless others want this info, too.
>
>Thanks for your help!
>
>Deanna
>