Re: [pyrnet] Feedback on Amimal Planet presentation on Pyrs?

[JGentzel@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/25/01 3:28:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
mapleway@iolinc.net writes:


> Joe....anyone who's been in Pyrs longer than me....is there any truth in
> this.  Seems it would be the other way around.  Also my husband knows a guy
> who has a St. that it's owner claims is a "dry mouth".  Isn't there a
> genetic condition (disease) that causes this?


The excess drooling in Pyrs usually is loose lips and is genetic.  A tight 
liped dog will not droll nearly as much.  Now everyone realizes all dogs 
drool some, but not like the loose lips they presented and we do see more 
than we would like in the breed.  They do get closer to the St. in appearance 
when they are this way and that is wrong.  All that is saying is breeding a 
fault to a fault you are much more likely to take the fault to the next 
generation.

Joe