From: Christine Clark
<chris@czigany-dance.com>
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
Sent: Wed, April 6, 2011 10:32:15
AM
Subject: [pyrnet]
protective pyr
We recently adopted a male pyr, Thunder, who used
to be a livestock guardian, he was attacked in the field by coyotes and the
farmer took him to the local animal shelter. He is approximately 1 1/2 - 2
years old and we have had him about 3 1/2 months.
He is an amazing boy
and has adapted to living inside extremely well. He absolutely loves
everyone and is very affectionate and would like nothing better than to sit
and be petted all day. He gets along very well with our other pyr and
our sheltie (both females).
Our only problem is that he recently has
become very protective of me with my husband. He is perfectly fine all
of the time except when my husband comes to give me a kiss goodbye before he
leaves for work in the morning. I am usually still asleep and most days
both of our pyrs jump up on the bed after my husband gets up. I am
wondering if it is because I am laying in bed and my husband leans over me to
kiss me goodbye that Thunder does not like? Has anyone else ever
experienced this and if so do you have any suggestions? He has not
actually tried to bite, but he barks and growls in the same way a dog does
when he is protecting his food bowl, which he did when we first got him, but
now that he realizes he has his own bowl and no one else will eat out of it he
does not do that anymore.
Thanks so
much,
Christine
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