Re: [PyrNet-L] New to List & Pyrs

[dsmith@iolinc.net (Smith, Deborah)]

    Welcome to the list!  It's good that Gordon now has a guardian angle,
good luck with your Pyr adoption.

Chrissy
Rajah and Moses
West Union, WV
dsmith@iolinc.net




>Hello All,
>
>Just would like to take a moment to say hello. About 6 weeks ago a very
>strange turn of events brought me to a 11 year old Pyr named Gordon
wandering
>in the Florida heat in the middle of a two lane road. He almost got hit by
2
>cars in front of me. So of course I had to stop and invite him into the air
>conditioned borrowed car from my Mother-In-Law. Turn around go back home
>explain to my wife I needed her help to get "something" out of the car.
After
>she calmed herself we coaxed this 145 pound furball out of the car. This
alone
>took fifteen minutes. We put "Guilty" our 3 year old Bullmastiff outside
and
>invited Gordon in. I missed my conference call at work but Gordon was
happy.
>He finally ate some hamburger and rice and stole our hearts in the process.
>I couldn't wait to get home that night to see him. When I got at 12:30 am
>Gordon was laying on the couch with my 2 1/2 year old son and 8 year old
>sleeping. Well that night from my office I got on the net and found Mrs
Ingram
>and Scott Cook for advice. Gordon and I stayed up till about 4 am watching
the
>GodFatherIII. The next morning I must have called 100 vets askiing if they
had
>a Pyr in their practice that the owner may have called in missing. We
called
>groomers etc. We put up signs in the area I found him in. We went to a park
>with him and Guilty to introduce them on neutral ground which went very
well.
>I was off that night and we found the owner that same day. She came over at
>7:00 pm and Gordon was happy to go home. After we gave the owner the low
down
>on invisable fencing. We had to take his collar off because it was too
tight.
>I know she never took my advice but some people will never learn. Now I
take
>the long way to work everyday to make sure Gordon isn't wandering. We stop
by
>on occasion and give him cookies. Life has not been the same since. We miss
>the big white carpet/pillow. Anyway we plan on adopting a rescue Pyr soon.
So
>I will be speaking to you all and I look forward to meeting you all.
>
>Robert Stabile
>      &
>    Family
>
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