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RE: [pyrnet] Re: Beau the leaking puppy...
Chrissy, thanks for your
insight. I had visited your website for Meka weeks ago, shortly after I
got Beau, and your tragic experience has stuck in my mind. I was
particularly moved by the poem, "FROM FRIEND TO
FRIEND." What a wonderful tribute that
is. That brought tears to my eyes. I have been pleasantly
surprised in the month and a half we have had Beau by the many shapes,
sizes and ages of dogs he has been exposed to in our attempts to
socialize him. So far, the dogs themselves have seemed to adjust
to one another's size and age. Beau takes it easy on the 4 month old
Boston Terrier that lives a couple of doors down. My sister just got an 8
week old Chocolate Lab, and her and Beau seemed to do fine, too. The
Terrier and the Lab probably weigh about 10 pounds, and Beau seems to take
it easy on them. When Beau sees a bigger dog, he acts like he
is over 100 pounds, but fortunately the bigger dogs seem to make
allowances for him.
There was something else on
your Pyr Info page that aroused my curiosity, and I have been meaning to ask you
about it since I first saw it.
You
wrote,
"I first fell in
love with the breed at the age of five. That's when I began watching the
animated version of Belle and Sebastian. Belle, being a beautiful Great
Pyrenees with a noble and courageous heart, willing to do anything for the boy
she loved....Sebastian, captured my imagination. Everyday I would come home from school,
sit in front of the TV and eat supper while I watched Belle, Sebastian and
Poochie (the little dog) in their dramatic adventures."
I had never heard of
"Belle and Sebastian," but after reading your reference to it,
became very curious. I searched on the Internet, but didn't find
anything that seemed to relate to what you were describing. Was this a
movie or a series? I would love to learn more about it, and possibly share
it with my children if it is still available in some
form. Any light you can shed on this subject would
be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in
advance,
Frank & the rest of Beau's
family
Hi Frank, {big grin :-D}
I think the biggest thing
to be concerned with (in any breed of dog) is that she is a good deal older
and heavier than he and his joints are still growing....her's are too but he's
not over exerting her.
It's fine that they play, he should just not be
allowed to overdo it. No real strong wrestling or playing, running,
whatever for a long period of time. Some wrestling and play, etc. is
very good for their joints and muscles but too much can cause problems down
the road.
I've not had a lot of experience with Pits myself but our
neighbors have an older pup they found abandoned. So far he's very sweet
and playful. We also had a Rott that we purchased at two-years-old.
She'd already been through several owners but loved people....and
rocks....the only trouble we had was if she got around cats but we've had that
problem with my Aunt's Samoyed, my Mom's German Shepherd, my Uncle and our
Redbone Coonhounds and even some of our Pyrs don't really seem to "like" some
of our cats.
I think it depends on the dog's bloodlines, how it's
raised, its own personality somewhat *and* a particular situation. Below
is a link to our foundation Cocker bitch. (I really don't like that word
even if we are "supposed" to use it in the dog world to look like we know what
we're talking about, so....female). Meka was killed by my Aunt's Golden
Retriever and their Redbone/Golden mix. So you see, it's really not the
breed.
Chrissy
In a message dated 8/1/03 11:53:56 AM
Eastern Daylight Time, FDoughten@wilmingtontrust.com writes:
A neighbor up the street has an 11 month old female Pit Bull
that Beau has played with several times in the last week or so. I
don't have much first hand experience with Pit Bulls, but the horror stories
have made me a bit guarded around them. So far, this Beau and the Pit
have had a lot of fun wrestling and playing, without any problems.
Beau may not agree, since the Pit Bull is just over 50 pounds and Beau
is in the low 30's, but increasing everyday, resulting in him being
playfully roughed up pretty good. He doesn't let it discourage him,
and after he is done (and all the slobber is toweled off of him), he is
ready for a good long snooze.
Frank & the rest of
Beau's family
Mr. & Mrs. William H.
and Christina M. Ingram, Jr.
"Billy & Chrissy"
You are worth
Jesus.
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting
life."
John chapter 3 : verse 16
BCIngram@hotmail.com
http://www.zyworld.com/mapleway/Maple%20Way.htm (Website)
http://www.zyworld.com/mapleway/Cocker%20Info.htm (Cocker Info page)
http://www.zyworld.com/mapleway/Pyr%20Info.htm (Pyr Info page)
In Loving Memory
Meka
Maple Way Avalon Juliet
February 22, 1999 - December 5, 2001
http://www.zyworld.com/mapleway/Meka.htm (Meka's Page)
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