Re: [PyrNet-L] Placement help needed

["Judith Stroh Miller" <jsmiller@newmex.com>]

Why don't you contact the closest pyr club to where you will be 
living.  Lot's of pyr folks and should be as many solutions.  If 
Skade can be fostered close, you can visit.


On 8 Oct 99, at 10:36, Amy Lindsey & Matt Severns wrote:

> Dear fellow pyr lovers,
> My husband and I are in a real bind and could use any help out there or
> any suggestions.  We currently have 1 female Pyr, Skade, that we rescued
> nearly 7 years ago.  She was the companion to Snorri, who died this last
> winter. Our problem is that we are moving back to the DC area and will be
> living in a temporary apartment for 8 months.  Needless to say, they will
> not accept Skade, and nor will any place I've been able to find.  It seems
> that apartments view 70 pounds as a big dog, and unless Skade goes on a
> crash diet, that won't happen.  At this point, my only option is to try
> and find someone that will board her until next summer, but I don't want
> to put her in a traditional kennel.  She would be absolutely miserable in
> there.  If anyone would be willing to take her as a foster, please let us
> know.  We are willing to pay for her care and drive her some distance to
> place her.  She is 11 years old and in good health, with some stiffness in
> her hips (no surprise). Thank you, Amy Lindsey Alindsey@adelphia.net
> 716.634.0377
> 
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Judith
jsmiller@newmex.com
Taos, New Mexico