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Well we are home and settling in Phoebe did great she is a bit wobbly but not too much so that she could'nt clean up after the boys under the dinner table.  I did end up getting her chipped it will be a extra piece of mind, she wears a collar with tags, 24/7 but you never know.  We were at Target today and picked her up a new stuffed pink Piggy, she totally destroyed her other one, but she sure loved him, shes not too interested in him right now.  It will be a quiet night here.

Bear(13 weeks old)Pyr is obsessed with water He will play in is water bowl and paw all the water out then lay in it,He goes out onto the back porch with my Cocker in the fenced yard to potty and he digs into buddys water bowls on the porch,first empting the water secondly making a mess on the porch and third getting himself soaked
I use milk jugs to pour water into the bowls outside,While i am pouring the water he will stick his entire head under the stream!
That is exactly how Phoebe was with her water when she was very little and when it would rain and we went for walks she would walk in the water that collected in the street it was so cute.  We took her to the lake and she would dig in the sand for hours, but never went into the lake.
And now she hates baths so it will be interesting to see if she likes to play in the water come spring its all frozen here.

I have not read that pyrs are water dogs?

Is this puppy play or do pyrs love water?


IMO i think he gets hot and digs at the water to cool himself.

I brought Phoebe in to be groomed and she dremmeled her nails and trimmed her feet as well as her hocks, and that helped a ton.  She also trimmed up her private area too.

Your right I think I will call the city.  Some people are just so uptight.  I can only imagine what they think of me sitting on the front porch with my laptop and a beer in my hand.

It all actually started when she was just 10wks or so and she got sick and was on a prescription diet canned soft food.  She would growl when the kids or myself would be by her while she ate, had the kids take the bowl from her and pretend to eat it and sit by her to try and get her used to it. Well now that she is 70+ lbs it has got me worried if she has a rawhide etc. she is just so focused on that food and if the kids even go near her she growls at them.  I know its a dominance issue but the boys are just too young for me to be comfortable with them reaching in and taking the treat from her.  My husband and myself are definately the Alfa and she doesnt growl at us.  I have just resorted to not giving her any bone type treats anymore she acts like she hasnt eaten in a week when she gets them.  I could crate her when she eats them but that does'nt solve the problem. 
Does anybody have any input on this.  She is the sweetest thing ever but give her a bone and she goes nuts.
Becky

She's beautiful - what is her exact B-day? My boy is June 21.

She was born on June 17th.

Well Phoebe is almost 7mos old now and she has done great with the underground fencing, even with the snow cover she knows her boundries and stays with in them.

We just weighed Phoebe for the first time in a while and she will be 6mos on the 17th and she is 62#.