Re: [PyrNet-L] skin rash

[Dancingpyr@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/11/2000 9:06:39 AM EST, lpsalamone@snet.net writes:

<< how does this breed do generally in the 'obedience'
 department?  Max and I went to dog school for 15 months - it took me
 that long to learn that he could - he just didn't want to!  One of us
 was a quick learner, anyway.  Is it actually possible to have a pyr well
 behaved enough to take to the hospital as a therapy dog? >>

Our guys are "obedient", when they WANT to be.  It's just one of the things 
I've accepted about them.  They think for themselves.  If Kes is out in the 
yard, and I call her to come in, I have a 50 - 50 chance of her coming.  Now 
if the "fat man with the Pom" is out across the road, I have a 0 - 100 chance 
of her coming <VBG>.  You see, she sees this couple as a threat to our 
security.  All of our Pyrs have had basic obedience training, and they can do 
it, but like you said, it has to be when they want to do it.  Generally, I've 
found that out in public, they are pretty well behaved.

Robyn
dancingpyr@aol.com
Taylors, SC