Here for those of you who don't see my Facebook pages are some of the other dogs we encountered in Middleburg last weekend. We also learned a little bit more about the work of the Appalachian Great Pyrenees Rescue group, which is kept surprisingly busy for such a little-known breed. The sad truth is that many farmers regard Pyrs as working dogs, employ them to guard their livestock, but don't want to spend money on neutering/spaying and disregard their dogs' mating habits.
The result is a disastrous imbalance in supply and demand, with too many litters of both purebred and mixed breed puppies being born and not nearly enough families ready to take on such big dogs as pets. Add to that the familiar problem of families who fall in love with those impossibly cute little puppy bundles of fur, only to find that they stop being little very quickly and start eating children, cars and houses, and you end up with a serious problem.
The AGPR does its best to find families or foster homes for unwanted adult dogs, and we hope to continue to be able to support them - provided, of course, that Belle doesn't eat my chequebook first.....





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