Re: [PyrNet-L]Our Pyrfect hero

["Mary Staudinger" <pyr4@junct.com>]

Makes ya proud to know our pyrs sense things we can't or normally wouldn't
think of!  YEAH for the pyr !

Mary and Shylo
pyr4@junct.com


----- Original Message -----
From: <Sue433@aol.com>
To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 1999 4:19 PM
Subject: [PyrNet-L]Our Pyrfect hero


> I'm pretty much of a lurker to the list but had something recently
happened
> that I thought I would share.  My ten year old daughter and her friend
went
> for a walk around the block yesterday.  They had only been gone about five
> minutes when my 2 year old male Pyr, who barks only when warranted (unlike
my
> female) started barking incessently in the yard.  I went outside to see
what
> the fuss was all about, normally he comes immediately when I call him to
come
> in, not this time however.  I follwed his barks to the far side of our two
> acre yard and watched in amazement as he leaped over our five foot fence.
> Perhaps this is not a feat that should be seen as unusual , but for Darby,
> who has two very bad hips it most certainly was.  He had never ever tried
to
> get out of the yard before, much less even jump up.  I rushed out the yard
> behind him chasing him to the next house down the street.  And there was
my
> daughter along with her friend pinned up against a tree with an overly
> aggressive Akita growling snarling and lunging toward them. They were
crying
> in fear, they were absolutely petrified.  Needless to say Darby beat me
there
> first, I bent down to pick up a stick to ward the dog off but there was no
> need for that.  Darby, poised as I had never seen him before in his two
years
> stood directly in front of the Akita, enabling my daughter and her friend
to
> run to me. It was almost as if he wanted it to end right there, but as my
> daughter ran to me the Akita lunged for her and then Darby jumped on top
of
> the not so smart dog and let him know how stupid it was to pick on a
little
> kid  ecspecially one who owned a Pyr.  He was absolutely magnificent, he
> pinned the dog down and never even once had to actually bite him.  The
other
> dog became submissive immediately, got up and ran toward his owner.  With
> that Darby very nonchalantly followed us home almost prancing, head held
> high, knowing he did the right thing.  As far as the Akita owners go, I
went
> to talk to them later that night when I cooled off and they said that the
dog
> had never gone through their electric fencing before and they did
apologize
> but then said that perhaps when the two girls walked by their house (in
the
> street, not on their property) that the dog saw them as a threat because
he
> is very territorial.  So after hearing this I know now when my daughter
goes
> for a walk around the block again, I will be with her along with her 115
> pound guardian angel Pyr.
>
> Sue
>
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