Wednesday, March 13, 2024

The Two Dawg Problem

 



Back in better times Castillo De La Filthie was guarded by Macey and Mort. Macey was a Collie/Alley Cat mix, Mort was a Pyrenees. Macey was incredibly driven and intelligent. Mort was a laid back goof that lived for food and cuddles.  I almost choke up just thinking about them. Fuggin mutts! It’s getting Smokey in here…

Welp…friend of the Missus has some pups for sale. Pyrenees. 4 weeks old… 3 males, 3 females…

Ugh…

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15 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 13, 2024 at 9:43 AM

    Just do it.
    Last time we went to "just see" the puppies... Little bugger crawls in your lap. Dogs +1
    Steve S6

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    1. Glen FilthieMarch 14, 2024 at 5:06 AM

      I never 'just do it' when it comes to dawgs, Steve. I have to really think about it because I know what goes into training a good dawg. It's a big commitment....

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  2. AnonymousMarch 13, 2024 at 9:49 AM

    AWWW how cute!

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  3. Mad JackMarch 13, 2024 at 12:26 PM

    You really shouldn't have just one puppy. For one thing, they can play together which means you get to watch TV or something while they tear the house up.

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    1. Glen FilthieMarch 14, 2024 at 5:13 AM

      There's a couple things you have to consider though Jack. Two young dawgs will be harder to train than a single pup. Hannah is happier than a pig in the mud with us and I am always home so she's seldom lonely.
      Also... it's been my experience that when the second dawg comes home... the first one becomes more grown up, more reserved as they tend to become the alpha dog. I love Hannah's immaturity and foolishness as it matches my own. But then again... they always grow up and mature and calm down anyways. I really gotta think about this one.
      The problem with Pyranees is that they come in two types: the working dawgs are guards. They get deeply protective and territorial and you have to really be cognizant of that. The other types are meant to be pets like Mort was - friendly, out going and a little over on the dumb side. I am not sure of what I am looking at with these ones...

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  4. AnonymousMarch 13, 2024 at 12:32 PM

    Agree with Steve. One of the most dangerous things you can do is to "visit" a litter. If a little furball crawls into your lap, all reason and sense melts and you end up putting down a deposit.
    But if you must....let the furball choose you. They are in tune with Karma far better than we are, and they know that time is a fiction that we use to get our feeble brains to make sense of things.
    Greg

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    1. Glen FilthieMarch 14, 2024 at 5:15 AM

      I think either you or someone else said that before we went to pick up Hannah and it was great advice. Hannah was the runt of the litter but she came straight to me and moved right in when we got her home. She was homesick for about a day and that was about it. Within a day or two she forgot all about her old family and was at one with ours.

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  5. favillMarch 13, 2024 at 3:22 PM

    You know that deep down you want to get one. You've still got it in you to socialize another pup. On a more practical note, a Pyrenees is a big, intimidating guardian dog and you live in a big city, where there is "diversity" of the "olly olly oxen free" type. They're scared sh!tless of dogs and in return, dogs hate them.

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    1. Glen FilthieMarch 14, 2024 at 5:16 AM

      That's a good point...

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    2. AnonymousMarch 14, 2024 at 1:35 PM

      Friends of mine had a St. Bernard that hated Diversities, the dog would go berserk if he saw one. I was around once when one came strolling down the street, my friend and I had to physically pin the dog to the ground to keep him from attacking. Dogs know.

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  6. AnonymousMarch 13, 2024 at 4:08 PM

    Your Lab will have a pup to raise and show the ropes. You've already made up your mind or you wouldn't be considering it. HOL! Go warm up the truck.

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    1. Glen FilthieMarch 14, 2024 at 5:22 AM

      That was the way of it with Mort and Macey. Pyranees are pretty dumb and Mort just did whatever Macey did but otherwise he was almost untrainable. He was loveable and kind but other than that, if he didn't want to do something he just didn't do it and that was that for that. I understand that is common with the breed... you seldom see a Pyraness in dog competitive sports because of that trait. He could sit and lay down, and walk on the leash like a gentleman... but other than that he wasn't a whiz kid if ya catch my drift. I loved him anyway as did pretty much anyone else that he met.

      But every dog is different... they're like a bowl of chocolates I guess... :)

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  7. TechieDudeMarch 14, 2024 at 5:34 AM

    The big dog I had died two weeks after Herself bugged out and filed for divorce, leaving me one dog. She's an amazing dog, and I was enjoying only having to deal with one middle age mutt. Then I happened upon a yellow lab rescue. A doofus. I really didn't need a new pup in my life at that time, but it turns out I did. The benefit to a pup with another dog is the resident dog sort of shows them the ropes.
    C'mon. You have room and time for two.

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  8. AnonymousApril 22, 2024 at 11:09 AM

    We have a Pyrenees. He's smart, sort of, as dogs go. I'm pretty sure he knows what I want, and he knows whether he wants it, too. If we both want him to come or stay or whatever, he's happy to do it.

    They're definitely self-directed.

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