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I am so confused. Obviously there is dog overpopulation, but how on earth do little 3 month old cute-as-a-button great pyrenees puppies end up without homes? I don't get it. If breeders don't sell all their puppies, do they dump them off at the pound or at rescue organizations? I am always browsing around on petfinder, and I am shocked every time at how many purebreds are on there.
I have been in frustration mode for quite some time now, it seems the dog drama is surrounding me more than ever before. I have enough stories just in the past few days to fill this whole board! Everything form the 2 doors down neighbor's dog being stuck in a wire fence for nearly 24 hours, my downstairs neighbors with a horribly bred litter of pit bull puppies, and my next door neighbor fashioning a "harness" out of a chain wrapped tightly around his puppy to keep him tied to a tree... it seems like it will never end.
Anyway, I posted on another thread but just to make sure, there are pyr babies!
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Hopefully that link works.
Take care everyone, and kiss your well-loved pooches for me.

Saaaay, are you talking about my little Nigel?
If you were in the room with him right now you wouldn't want a puppy!!! He's having his early evening crazies, which involve a lot of weird yapping, play-attacking the other dog and the cat, and stuffing his face in the couch and barking as loud as he can.
Other than this time of day every day, he's quite the angel.
I'm glad everyone else thinks he's as cute as I do.
 

Just in case anyone was wondering how cute my puppy is these days, here are some new pictures. He weighs 45 lbs now.

I think I had more anxiety from the fireworks than my dogs did! It was like a war zone out there! This is the first year I've ever lived in a state where fireworks are legal, and I was really shocked. Who knew? The dogs were curious and have been a little overprotective since, but honestly it was me who suffered the most!

Just as I was reading this post, I looked over at my Nigel and he had something in his mouth. I went to see what it was, and it turned out to be a stick he brought in from outside. He LOVES eating sticks. He is teething so of course he loves to get his teeth around anything, but sticks really make him happy. He destroys them and eats some pieces for sure. So far no problems. I want the little guy to be happy and not frustrated, so I let him chew on all the sticks he wants.   Of course he has "dog toys" too but often he just wants to shred them. That's when we go outside and look for sticks. The chew toy that nature abundantly provides for dogs!

I'm using Solid Gold wolf cub (for large breeds) for my pup and Nature's Recipe venison food for my adult dog. Neither has any beef in them, so I guess I feel safe. The meat in the Solid Gold I use is bison and salmon, and of course the Nature's Recipe is deer meat. Seems safer than cows in this day and age...