RE: [PyrNet-L] Pyrs easy to train???? NOT!!

["Murden, Deanna" <Deanna.Murden@wl.com>]

Hi Janice,

I have to say I agree with both of you!

I am still amazed daily with the "intelligence" of my pyr.  Very easy to
train. (i.e. quick to learn) (Does quick to learn mean trained??
probably not.........)

I am also frustrated daily with the "I don't wanna" attitude, and trying
to play mind games to get her to comply.

Has anyone read the book "So Your Dogs not Lassie" ??  It's supposed to
be written for difficult dogs and independent breeds.  I just picked it
up yesterday.  The first sentence on the back cover cracked me up, it
was something like ......" So your dog doesn't live and breathe to
please you? There we said it."  Then goes on to explain the frustrations
of owning a dog who doesn't want to be your constant shadow.  I think it
will be fun to read.

And yes, I think Lucy sits at home all day and studies cat behavior.
There are three kitties roaming the house while she sleeps in her crate.
I'm convinced this is where she got the idea one night to climb on the
couch and curl up in a little ball on top of a blanket.  When I stopped
laughing, I helped her down.  She also does the standing kitty stretch.
When getting up from a sleep, she stands, and arches her back **way**
up, gives a yawn, then lumbers off..........She makes me laugh.

Deanna and Lucy



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	MagEBroD@aol.com [SMTP:MagEBroD@aol.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, November 03, 1998 7:53 AM
> To:	pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
> Subject:	[PyrNet-L] Pyrs easy to train???? NOT!!
> 
> In a message dated 11/2/98 5:20:05 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> BCavins303@aol.com writes:
> 
> << I do take issue with your comment that pyrs can be difficult
>  dogs or maybe we have an exception.  I have never found ours to be
> difficult
>  and in fact, one of the easiest trained dog we have ever had.  >>
> 
>    REALLY????  I think maybe you are the exception!! Pyrs are
> notorious for
> their independence and stubbornness!!  They are extremely intelligent,
> true,
> and they do understand what you want of them most of the time I
> believe, BUT
> and this is a BIG BUT: they can also choose to totally ignore you and
> act like
> they are deaf or don't have a clue what you want and why you would
> even expect
> them to do something just because you say some silly word or other
> when
> obviously THEY know BETTER than you what they think they should be
> doing at
> that moment!!! Albert may KNOW a lot of tricks, but the key is what
> percentage
> of the time can I depend on him to do them the first time I ask and
> also if he
> will do them with distractions around. KNOWING and being TRAINED to do
> them on
> command and OBEYING every time are  very different concepts!!!  Twice
> in the
> past week people have mentioned something that I thought was both very
> accurate and also very funny:  That the stubbornness and independence
> of the
> Pyr is like having a cat in Pyrs clothing!! And that cats and Pyrs
> both do not
> really care about obeying or what Man thinks or wants and think of
> themselves
> as a kind of Supreme Being that knows better than Man what he should
> be doing.
> 
> :)  &  :)```  (me grinning & Albert grinning & drooling!)
> 
> Janice Vocke
> MagEBroD@aol,com
> Shelton, WA.
> 
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