Re: [PyrNet-L] Introduction

[Joan Ziehl <joan@ziehl.com>]

Marie,

That's great that you are helping in rescue.......have you contacted the local
Great Pyrenees Clubs in GA to let them know that you are there also?

They I know are always looking for foster homes--and they do get many
inquiries from the GPCA website.

Joan


Dennis McFarland wrote:

> Hello Everyone! I am brand new to this list and thought I would introduce
> myself. I am a forty year old mother of two. Am married to a Navy
> submariner. And have been doing Pyr rescue for 10 months. I had never seen a
> pyr until we went down to Pyrangel rescue in Deland, FL to adopt a dog (a
> none pyr, aussie/ sheltie mix) named Tyler. We visited and fell in love with
> Ty whom we adopted and also feel in love with those beautiful and majestic
> creatures known as pyrs. Joan Fremo, who is the coordinator for the rescue
> asked us if we would mind helping out with rescue if there happened to be
> one in our area. I said "Sure!" never really thinking she would call me on
> it. Well less then a month later she called us to ask if we could help with
> a transport. And that is how we got involved in the world of dog rescue.
> Since then I have studied the breed extensively and have done transports,
> homechecks, and have fostered dogs waiting for homes. And back in November
> we adopted our own pyr named "Beau". He was a real hardluck case. His family
> consisted of a woman who loved him dearly and an abusive man who starved
> Beau down to 77 pounds and used to lock him in a kennel and would bang on
> the kennel with a stick or wine bottle and would scream at him. Needless to
> say he was totally traumatized! Then one night "Daddy" came ofter Mom with a
> hammer and Beau took him down. Didn't really hurt him, just took him down
> and would not let him up. So daddy took him and dumped him at the ASPCA
> after telling them about how much he abused the wife and dog! What a
> collosal jerk! So because mom was never allowed to leave the house Beau has
> major seperation anxiety, and a heart murmer that is mild and will not
> affect his life span and quality of life but made him less then perfect, and
> so would make him hard to place in a regular home. So we adopted him and he
> is the most wonderful boy in the world! Well this is turning into a novel.
> So I will close for now.
> Marie McFarland
> Pyrangel Rescue Network
> GA Representative
>
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