Julie, I love the SS Skinny Butt~ We ALMOST named our girl "Great Muddy Paw", but the grandchildren wouldn't hear of it. Has anyone else noticed that, just when you are expecting company or planning a trip to PetSmart...your Pyr decides it's time for a mud bath?????
It's more the aspect of proper-healthy growth that concerned me, rather than her overall size. I was afraid she wasn't getting the proper nutrition (worry wart mom), even though the vet reassured me that she's healthy (no worms, etc..) although not growing quite up to "scale", so to speak.
As for loving her, we all adore her & well she knows it! Although, I must admit that my hubby was rather unhappy when she chewed up the loveseat (I think the cushions were probably the most fun, she could toss them around while destroying them)! We're going through the destructive chewing, seperation anxiety (although she goes to work with me daily). Oh, and the seatbelt in the back seat must have tasted great! No wonder she won't eat, she's too busy chewing up things she shouldn't! Don't worry, she only chews, never swallows. Just tearing things up & pulling out the stuffing is her idea of great fun. Hum, perhaps a throwback to her ancestors who had to tear up predators to protect the sheep? She just HAD to "kill" that pillow/loveseat/seatbelt/stuffed animal to protcet her "herd"! {grin}...Well, she'll only be a puppy for another 13 months or so...
Like the "naughty" child with the melting eyes, it's a chore for mom to maintain a strict manner while discipling her for her latest "kill" (today it was the bed in her crate). That'll teach ME to "cage" her up! Despite the bumps we've hit with the food issues, hot spots & chewing up this and that, there has not been a minute we've not been happy to have her in our family!
Cat & Angel
JKW9298@aol.com wrote:
Sounds like you are doing a great job of taking care of your Pyr.
Cat
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