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I don't think you are feeling anything that is wrong.  You are just protecting what is now yours.  I got calls from ChiChi's former owner repeatedly, even to the point of them wanting to come visit her.  I said no and stopped taking their calls.  I'm sorry, when someone tells me "If you cannot come get this dog today, we are taking her to AC." they do not love the dog and have no business pretending to later on.  ChiChi had to be muzzled and tied in the back of my jeep to get her home without her attacking me.  For 3 hours I drove listening to her growling and snarling at me in the back of the jeep.  It was the most unnerving ride of my life.  She would have been put down, when she walked through the door of animal control.  They had to know that, so basically it's either come get her or she dies.  They have no business asking me anything about her.  Your dog's former owner sounds like they might actually care, but I would not get overly detailed about her or anything like that.  I agree with giving them basic info along with some negatives, if there are any.  Typical puppy things that she does, that some people would find annoying. 
Kathy

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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / Re: Personality Change
« on: January 14, 2009, 12:13:33 pm »
That sucks, but it will get better.  I had to have ChiChi knocked out for xrays, no surgery, no pain, nothing.  It took her a week to get back to being herself.  Nothing was done to her, but put her to sleep so the vet could handle her.  She reacted very badly to the anesthesia, even though she was still moving some and not completely out, the whole time.  She couldn't even walk, without staggering for 48 hours afterwards.  She would not respond to anything for the first 3 or 4 days.  It took a week before she would even try to play with Max and Jake again.  Sometimes it takes longer for dogs to get over something that traumatic.  I have been told that hip and knee replacement surgeries are horrible on some dogs and it can take weeks for them to get back to their former selves.  Just try to be patient, don't worry and give her time to recover.  She will be okay again, in time. 
Kathy

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If the crate presents a problem for him, have you tried using baby gates to close off one room, maybe the kitchen and take everything out that he can destroy?  We use the metal baby gates from Target, so the dogs won't eat or break them.  That way you are not scurrying around to pick up everything, toys, shoes, etc. before you leave, just picking up the one room.  When we first got our Cody, he would not let anyone pet him.  He shied away or growled and snapped at me.  I would corner him, hold his collar and just brush him.  When he growled, I growled back and continued with what I was doing.  He settled down very quickly.  He has never been particularly friendly with my husband, so he just ignored the dog.  Now that we have had him for 2 years, Cody is finally starting to warm up to Joe and actually walks up to him to be petted.  I know our Caucasian will growl at me, if I am putting her away, when people come over and has grabbed my hand once.  I never even felt her teeth, just her lips.  I didn't yell, but she got a firm no and I grabbed the side of her muzzle and shook it. A lot of dogs will test you, by grabbing your hand to see how you react.  If you react firmly and don't act frightened, they will respect you and usually not repeat the action.  It is just a test.

He sounds like a great dog and I sincerely hope you can work through this.  It sounds like you are doing a lot of things right.  Good luck
Kathy

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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / Re: need advise
« on: January 11, 2009, 10:37:28 am »
I would wait and get another dog later, unless you can keep them totally apart, when and if the female comes in heat.  They are both too young, to have them surgically altered, unless you plan to do a tubal on the female, rather than a complete spay.  She needs the hormones to fully mature, just as much as your male does.
Kathy

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Great Pyrenees Discussions / Re: Big white dog for lease....cheap!
« on: January 10, 2009, 03:30:42 am »
Send him my way.  One more barking voice would never be noticed here.  Between Jake, Cody and ChiChi, I have dogs barking at everything that moves, makes a noise, or might move or make a noise.  We have construction going on, on a commercial lot behind our house and the dogs have been absolutely crazy this week.  I won't let them out, after 9AM or before 4PM, because they are trying their best to knock our fence down to get to the idiot construction workers that keep yelling and whistling at them.  I don't think they understand, ChiChi does not want to meet them, she wants to eat them.
Kathy

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Wolfhound Discussions & Pictures / Re: Amy's puppies
« on: January 10, 2009, 03:25:21 am »
Awww.  They are adorable.  Send me the dark one.  Max would love to have a little one around.  I only know one person locally with a wolfhound.  She brought him over to meet Max, but he was not comfortable and would not have much to do with him.  Max was curious about him, but a no go on them playing together at all.  My hubby would be in heaven, if I found him another wolfhound.  I told him, once things settle down here and we resolve our issues between Max and Jake, maybe we will think about another wolfhound, in 2 or 3 years.  Wolfhounds are so laid back they seem to be able to get along with most any dog.
Kathy

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All BSL is scary.  Of course the laws banning any dog over 100 pounds are just as scary.  We will soon be at the mercy of our government, with anything we own, how we raise it, how we feed it and how we take care of it.  That is why I am against any mandatory laws governing my animals.  I fight against BSL, MSN, etc.  They are all wrong and designed to take away our rights as pet owners.

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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / Re: Indroducing another dog
« on: January 07, 2009, 09:04:52 am »
The issuse will be bringing him into their territory.  If he does not submit to your dog, then there can be a problem.  Introducing them on neutral ground will tell you if they initially get along.  It won't tell you how your dog will react to an interloper in his home.  When I was looking for a third dog, I had my dogs both meet them at a neutral place, walked them together, etc.  Everything was fine with each dog they met, until we walked them home.  Then Cody said no.  He was not letting them in his house with him.  Even though they were female, and "should" have been okay, it wasn't.  Neither of them were submissive and growled back at him.  That did not fly with him at all, so we kept looking.  If your dog growls at the new one and the new one submits to him, it will be okay, as long as the new one doesn't just bide his time and continue to push it.  If he eventually does bow up back at your dog, there will be a fight and the loser is expected by the winner to leave, unless they submit during the fight.  That is dog logic, unfortunately.  "You did not submit.  You kept fighting and I beat you.  Now you leave and don't come back."  That is what I am dealing with now, with my pyr and my wolfhound.  The wolfhound was torn up, had to go in for surgery to repair his chest and the pyr is determined to get to him to finish the job.  They cannot even be where the pyr can see him through a door, without the pyr attacking the door, trying to get to him.  Good luck.
Kathy

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Food Discussion & Information / Re: Meals
« on: January 06, 2009, 03:03:15 am »
My dogs are fed twice a day.  My pyr will and has gone as long as 2 days and not eaten a bite.  I think it is just a pyr thing.
Kathy

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Just be careful not to hold the paws too long.  Standing on the hind legs too long for some dogs, really can be painful and if they twist or turn too violently, struggling, it can be hard on their hips, back knees, etc.  The only thing that worked with Max was a simple NO.  His legs were way too long and me way too short, for my knee to even connect with any part of his body.  The only person he still jumps on is my daughter in law, but she never stopped him as a puppy, so now she gets 199 pounds of Max supporting himself on her shoulders.  LOL
Kathy

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Great Pyrenees Discussions / Re: Pyr aggression
« on: December 29, 2008, 10:09:14 am »
Have you tried introducing them on neutral territory, or have they been introduced at your house or in your yard?  At 7 months, your pup is old enough to feel protective of you and/or your home and yard.  Off territory, you will usually get a different reaction.  That is how I always introduce a new dog to my bunch.  Good luck.
Kathy

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CHIC stands for Canine Health Information Center
OFA stands for Orthopedic Foundation for Animals
Kathy

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Holiday Things / Re: I suck!!!
« on: December 24, 2008, 08:28:51 am »
I have a wooden reindeer that I display all my cards from the previous year on, so don't worry.  I love to get mail, that isn't bills, so cards anytime are wonderful!  I put out all the BPO cards from last year, this year on the reindeer and my entire family has been oohing and ahhing over them.  Stop beating yourself up.  Take a break, deep breath and have something you like to drink, preferably alcoholic.  You don't suck at all.  Merry Christmas
Kathy

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Newfoundland Discussions / Re: Bear could care less
« on: December 20, 2008, 08:03:27 am »
You are so lucky.  My dogs would flip out if a strange animal of any kind was to come waltzing into our yard, let alone the house.  They lose it when they even hear an animal on the TV in our bedroom and come running, fur up, growling and barking.  Their house and no intruders allowed.  My hubby's big screen TV has scratches in the screen from ChiChi deciding a close up of the man in the grizzly diaries, or whatever he's called, was way too close to him being in the house for her comfort.  She wanted to eat him, bad.
Kathy

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Remembering those no longer with us. / Re: today we say goodbye...
« on: December 17, 2008, 05:15:49 am »
That is the hardest decision in the world to make.  I am so sorry for your loss.  He will live on forever in your heart and memories.   My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Kathy

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