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

["Janice Swenson" <janices@jump.net>]

On 5 Nov 98, at 10:00, Cathryn Lundberg wrote:
> 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. 
> 

Well, you know my newf doesn't do her sits and turns as fast as 
the goldens, labs and border collies and she actually is very 
speedy for a newf.  But then last time I checked she's not a golden 
or lab or border collie either.  When I've got her in the ring and just 
out working on training there is one thing that comes across she's 
happy and having fun out there doing her thing.  

A newf is a newf, a pyr is a pyr, a mastiff is a mastiff.  You can't 
turn them into a breed they just don't happen to be.  If that's what 
you're trying to do I suggest you all go get yourself a golden, lab, or 
border collie.  Frankly, if I would have wanted one of them I would 
have gotten one of them in the first place.  

When you go into obedience it really doesn't matter what breed 
you're training.  There are those with those border collies, labs and 
goldens that when I talk to people don't consider them easy.  Each 
has their own personality and you cater that training to that 
personality.  Each breed has their own set of either difficulties or 
characteristics that do have to be worked with.  To say that 
pyrenees are harder than most is not fair to the breed as a whole 
and it sure has placed a big stigma on the breed.  

And I think any one of us who does choose to do obedience or any 
of the working activities has been frustrated at one time or another 
about something.  I know it sure hasn't stopped me.  I have way 
too much fun and so do my partners.  

Janice, janices@jump.net
Admiral & Linsey (newfs), Bianca & Sonny (pyrs)  
http://www.jump.net/~janices/
Leander, TX
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