[PyrNet-L] If Pyrs were easy to train...

[Cathryn Lundberg <cathryn@genetics.wisc.edu>]

Janice et al;

As I mentioned in a previous post, I don't think Pyrs are hard animals to
live with. Whether or not they are hard to train is a matter of what you
are training and what your expectations are. I don't believe saying Pyrs
are intelligent, stubborn and independant should deter anyone from trying
to train them. I think it is a way of bypassing any and all frustration
when their Pyr doesn't do his sits and turns as fast as the goldens and
labs and border collies. 

If you don't think a Pyr is hard to train, please explain to me why we only
have a handful of CD each year, and (I don't think) the number of CDXs for
the history of the breed exceeds 75. Compare to the retrievers....

Just playing devil's advocate,
Cathryn Lundberg