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Thank you all for your replys.  I will keep Innova in mind. My awesome neighbor brought me over a 30lb bag of Blue Buffalo Large Breed food yesterday as a gift, so I figure I will try it for the time being.  I have read some about Blue here, and rechecked the recall info.  Looks like the Wet Food and Snacks were recalled earlier spring 2007 due to the manufacture adding ingredients without BBs knowledge.  I hope it works out, if not I will look for Innova.  Thank you all and if you all have any other concerns about Blue please let me know.

Sorry, too distracted by your avatar. Oh my gosh, that is one cute pup!

I live out in the west, so not familiar with local stores in your area but many times if go to their home page you can look up local distributors. Here is a link that might help you.

http://www.naturapet.com/brands/innova.asp


Cute Puppy!!!!!

Yeah, He is no longer a PUPPY.  He is 3 years old now.  I just never changed the picture.  Thanks for the link.  If anyone else has good suggestions I'd be more that grateful to listen.

i HATE those days!  we're about to have to do sheeba and axle, and between the two of them, we'll have a yard like yours    have you tried this though:  bath them, but leave the shampoo on, get a shop vac (make sure it blows out like a blower) and blow them off then rinse them and blow them again.  this gets a LOT of the hair off before you even start brushing.  worth a shot if you haven't tried already (at least it'll be worth a shot next time ha ha)

No, we have never tried that.  Baths and Dyson don't mix.  His hair is so thick and comes out in Clumps in the Spring.  It's about 5 to 7 inch depth.  He stays outside in the winter so he grows a full COAT...  :-)  He looks like a midget when summer comes around. 

Well, I have decided to go with the high pitch sound barking collar.  Thanks for everyone's input.  I just figure sound stops instantly and smell lingers.  I will let everyone know how it goes.  I figure for a grand total of 14.25 on ebay, it can be tossed with no ouches to my wallet if it does not work. 

Well, my neighbors are beyond being patient with Dyson's barking.  He barks all night long.  Have anyone had any luck with the Safe Humane Barking Collars that emit High Frequency noise to stop barking for Pyr's?  I'd rather go that route than buying a shocking Bark collar, for I know he is only doing what his ancestor's passed to him.

Dyson is about the same age as Kiah.  He has also slowed down on eating. Unless it comes to table scraps, he is always hungary then.

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I guess I'm lucky, Dyson is not a barker.  He just sleeps, eats, and guards our little girl by walking beside her where ever she roams.

Randy

Pippin' breeder told me to never correct a Pyr for barking unless you know what they are barking at...We follow that here...I've found that if I tell Sammy "no barks" & "settle" that calms him but he takes his cues from my mood so he has to believe me that it's o.k....I have also found that Sam barks alot more appropriatly the older he gets...He will be 2 in July...Pippin is still a maniac with his barking...I believe he too will bark more appropriatly as he gets closer to adulthood...He will be 16 months old on the 19th...I just work with them on acceptable barking but I don't stress too much over it...I do stay considerate of my neighbors & only let them out to potty before 8 in the morning on weekdays & 9 a.m. on weekends...Als o after 10 at night unless I am in the yard with them.

I guess he just took a while to develope.  He Barks all the time in the evenings now..  Should of kept my mouth Shut.. :-)  I thought it was pretty funny looking through the forum and finding this, when I myself am looking for suggestions now.

I'd keep him inside, but he destoys everything.  I tried kenneling him at first, but he became a kennel pooper and waking up to that every morning killed me.  I even stuck his kennel outside with the Door opened and he still used it for #2.  Tried the Nature's miracle thing with no success on that as well.  U just have to love those big old barking pyr's.

Where'd you get Dyson?...Most dogs won't poop in their crate unless they are sick or something...Ve ry strange he'd go in there witht he door opened...Being as he is outside I'd say you'll have to spend time with him out there working specifically with the barking issue...I know of my dogs were outside all of the time they'd have me 1/2 nuts!

I got him from my Uncle in notheast Missouri.  He was 5 months old when he was pooing in the crate outside.  Crate was tossed and he lived without shelter for a couple of months which didn't seem to bother him at all..  I know, I'm a bad dad.  We did build him a great big doghouse and he only uses that now when its cold or rains for a long time.  He doesn't bark constantly but it does annoy my pregnant wife and my neighbors sometimes.