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How old is she?  Are you aware that there is an element of mental illness in Pyrs that is similar to bipolar?  It is treated with the same medications used in humans.  It normally appears when the dog is right about age 2, equivalent to the later teen years in humans.  This happened to us with our first Pyr at a little less than age 2.  He too went after my young daughter without any provocation.  His eyes would kind of glaze over when he went out of it (you'd actually see the change) and he'd be remorseful afterward.  If this is the case, it may be very difficult to work through, esp with a child in the house.  Getting the medication dosage correct is extremely tricky and may need adjusting throughout life.  Our Pyr was 150 lbs and one mistake could have been fatal.  I do hope this is a behavioral issue and not a hereditary one.  I never did find out what happened to my Pyr's sister but she too exhibited some problems about a year after mine.

What a sad face!!!!  That is adorable.  Let's see if I can dig out the pic of my first Pyr just after he'd had a bath...   Ok, if I did this right there is one of him as a pup and one after his bath (for what little it was worth).

So sorry that happened to you!  It surprises me how rude and not smart some people are.  It seems to me that it happens more and more all the time.  I can't imagine approaching ANY dog without first asking the owner if it is ok.  To allow my dog to approach another dog without asking is just doubly foolish.  Happened to me the last few times at the vet.  One was a HUGE Rottie whose owner just let him come charging up to my pup who pretty naturally felt intimidated and he snipped at the Rottie.  Rottie owner gave ME the dirty look!  Then there was my Pyr who would never make the first move but he sure didn't appreciate any dogs coming running into his space.  Here's a 150 lb dog and people would just let their dogs come running up to him.  Not smart!  I always had him under control but he sure scared the snot out of a lot of dogs at the vet when he growled.  They were always the ones who had provoked it though.  He was fine as long as the other dogs gave him the respect he felt was due him.  It happened a lot because we spent TONS of time at the vet with him until we finally lost him. 

We use a citronella spray collar on one of our dogs (Jesse) who has a nasty habit of barking at 3 am we think because brother Josh chases him off the bed he wants or he wants to go to a different bed and Josh won't let him pass.  I only turn the collar on at night when I go to bed.  If you try one, be sure to watch his reaction the first few times.  Jesse is ok with it but our pup Eider has had it on a few times (when I sit down to watch a movie at night and he is in too destructive a mood to be in the living room) and he really freaks out when it sprays him.  It will be hard to monitor if he doesn't bark when you are there.  Maybe do a test run - pretend to leave and walk back and watch the reaction.  Eider is a bit timid anyway so I think that is his issue.  None of the other dogs really are bothered much by it other than not liking the spray which really does a fantastic job of controlling the barking. 

Great articles on behavioral issues - check out separation anxiety

http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=SRC&S=1&SourceID=47

http://www.lollypop.org/orgMain.asp?ssid=&orgid=30&storyTypeID=&sid=&

Mine howl at the drop of a hat!  Doing it right now as a matter of fact.  Pup was barking at something which set them off.  They do it almost every morning first thing kind of as a "happy for a new day" kind of greeting.  It started MANY years ago with a black male Lab we had at the time.  He started doing it at the kennel and eventually started doing it at home too.  We had two females at that time and they'd join in with him.  Piper is the only one left of our original 3 to carry on the howling tradition.  Her two sons, Josh and Jesse (Jesse in particular) must have learned from her to howl in the womb.  When their former owner would come to visit, they'd start howling coming down the hill into the valley near our house.  Piper REALLY loves to howl.  She wags her tail furiously while howling.  I got some video footage this past week of them howling and of the pup teasing her to get her to bark at him.  That gets him wound up and playful but he hasn't howled yet.   I was planning to figure out later in the week how to put a video clip up but haven't gotten there yet.  I was also hoping to catch the pup slamming into all the walls in the house when he gets wound up but haven't caught him yet.  Besides, I'm usually busy holding Piper up on her feet when he gets going so he doesn't knock her over.  Hard to hold her and video tape at the same time.

Slow growth is much better if you can manage it.  You certainly don't want the pup thin.  I grew out our Pyr pup and all our Lab pups on a good quality adult food, plus I supplement with Vit C which supposedly helps the joints grow optimally.   This on the advice of our vet and a good friend Lab breeder.  I've heard the same thing from many large breed breeders.

He is absolutely adorable!  Sounds like you both got incredibly lucky!  More pics! 

We went through the wringer with our currently 8 mo old lab pup.  We got him at 5 mo old from a kennel with 37 dogs and his digestion was all mixed up.  Every test showed negative for worms but he had TERRIBLE diarrhea.  We ended up using metronidazole/Flagyl which turned it right around.  Sometimes worms can be present and they aren't actually showing up in the sample (can't remember exactly how that works) but there are also times where the bacteria get out of hand in the intestine and the Flagyl will help fix that.  I'm pretty sure it is an antibiotic so it is good to use some good bacteria after the Flagyl.  It can be a little challenging to get everything moving as it ought esp in pups who tend to get into all sorts of stuff that upsets their tummies.