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Helpful Groups & Dogs in Need / Snowy Needs a Home - Pyr/Kuvasz mix in SC
« on: September 27, 2005, 07:31:58 am »
It would not surprise me if 1 of you have all ready alerted the group to this beautiful girl who needs a home.
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=4924108

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Great Pyrenees Discussions / Re: Great Pyrenees/Anatolian
« on: September 19, 2005, 05:55:49 pm »
Big White Dogs - This site is actually an Akbash site, but if you scroll down there are some great photos of the big white mountain dogs. http://www.turkishdogs.com/akbash/introduction.html

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Great Pyrenees Discussions / Re: Great Pyrenees/Anatolian
« on: September 19, 2005, 02:52:12 pm »
I am pretty sure my dog is a Pyr/Anatolian mix, although the white Anatolian. We got him from a local shelter and think he is about 2 now. So far he is very sweet and good with other animals and people although he can be a bit pushy when playing with other dogs. He guards of our cats, his yard and me and my husband but nothing too extreme just some barks and growls. We hope he stays his sweet self because he is big, powerful and an escape artist.

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Mixed Breed Pictures / Re: my newfie mixes
« on: August 29, 2005, 11:07:47 pm »
Newfie mixes are great. My dog Elvis was awesome! I was lucky enough to have him as my companion for the last 8.5 years of his 13 year life. He was a newfie lab mix. Here is a picture of him. He was a great friend.

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What a bunch of cute dogs you all have!

Lou has just recently started acting like a guard dog. The funniest is when he tries to guard our cats. 1 cat runs in terror and the other thinks its very cool. As soon as he is done growling at the other dog to leave his cat alone, the cats walks over to him and sits down right next to him like he knows the Lou is his protector.

He has single dew claws in back and a hook at the end of his tail. His coat changes quite a bit with the seasons.

When people ask what he is I tell them he is a European Mountain dog, I figure that covers Pyrs, Kuvasz, Anatolian Shepherd, etc.

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Here are so more pictures of Lou. He is about 2 years old, as far as we know anyway. We adopted him from a local shelter in February. He is the sweetest, does not have a mean bone in his body. One of his playmates is a beagel, the beagel is smaller than Lou's head! His 1 bad trait is he is an escape artist. He can scale our 6+ foot fence and occasionally, given the chance will bolt.

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Here is my mutt Lou. We think he is a Great Pyr/Akbash (basically a white Anatolian Shepherd) with perhaps a little Golden Retriever in there. What do you all think? I will get some other pics up loaded in a sec.

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We just have our dog Lou and 2 cats, Barney and Betty. All three came from shelters. Barney we have had for a few years and Betty just over a year. The cats and dogs just love eachother, which is great since Betty was very skittish until we adopted Lou a few months back. She never cared for our previous dog but she seems to think that Lou is there for her protection. Our other cat plays with Lou and steals his food. Lou just sits down next to him and does the most pitiful growl as he watches Barney finish up his dinner.

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Mixed Breed Discussion / Re: where did you get your mix
« on: May 04, 2005, 12:02:45 pm »
I am on mix number 2 at the moment. We have only had him a few months. We adopted him from the Boulder County Humane Society. They knew nothing of his history. He was a transfer from a Humane Society in another state. They guessed he was a stray, about 1.5 years old, and a Great Pyrenees mix. I was not looking to adopt a dog but perhaps foster one and had visited with a handful of dogs over the previous couple of weeks. Then I met Lou, I looked in his eyes, visited with him and was hooked. I made my (soon to be) husband go down with me to meet him and he too fell in love. We brought him home the same day and he has proved to be a great addition to our household. We just love the big goofball!

I had to put my old dog down this past December after having him for 8.5 years and knowing him for 10 (very sad). He was a Newfie/Lab mix and lived to be 13.5 years old. He originally belonged to a friend of mine who had 2 cats, 2 other dogs, 2 hedgehogs and a son. I use to watch the whole crew when she left town. Well Elvis (the Newfie mix) decided he was mine after about a year of this. He started obeying me better than he had ever obeyed her and when her older dog die she asked if I wanted him – since he had all ready chosen me. I am glad he did, he was my loyal companion for a long time and is dearly missed. I have attached his photo and will attach one of my Lou dog (the Pyr mix) when I get one transferred to the computer. I love the gentle giants.

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We live in a serious pet community and there are tons of vets to choose from. We got suggestions for vets from the people who run a no-kill animal shelter in the area. So now we have a hollistic vet who does housecalls and we go to the Humane Society if we have to do office visits. It has been a great balance for all our pets.

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Mixed Breed Discussion / How about big mutts?
« on: April 20, 2005, 04:26:31 pm »
When I saw the link to this site on craigslist I thought - my dog sure has big paws, sounds cool. What about adding mutts, errr should I say "mixed breed" dogs as a subgroup? I bet we could get some pretty unique pictures in that catagory! I have a dog from the local Humane Society, my guess is he is a Pyr/Kuvasz/Golden mix and my last dog who I had to put down this past December (very sad) was a Newfie/Lab. Could they find a home here? Any other mutt owners out there?

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Akita Discussions / Re: Akita temperment
« on: April 12, 2005, 04:20:58 pm »
This site is pretty good for dog breed overviews - http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/akita.htm
I have found Akitas to be loving, loyal pets to people. I would not allow one to be offleash with other animals, as I have seen them attack and seriously injure other dogs (including dogs they had lived with their whole lives) as well as kill cats! Research them thoroughly before deciding if you want to adopt one, know what you are getting. They can make great pets for the right owner, make certain you are that owner.

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Great Pyrenees Discussions / Re: Pyr aggressive on leash
« on: April 11, 2005, 03:49:58 pm »
I have 2 suggestions. 1 - take a water bottle with you on walks and squirt your dog when she starts acting this way. 2 - when she starts to pull try walking in reverse, so you are still facing forward but are walking backwards. Good luck!

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Here is an easy place to compare a Kuvasz and a Great Pyrenees, http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/g.htm.
I adopted a dog not long ago who I was told was a Great Pyrenees mix. My officemate is dog breeder and when I told her of his personality, temperment, the way he looks, etc. she said he was probably a Kuvasz mix. Now when people ask I just say he is a big white mountain dog since he has traits of both, like the hooked tail of the Pyrenees and the single back dewclaw of the Kuvasz.

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