Lilah
by Linda Ryesky

In October, 2006, my husband Matt and I were looking for the right dog to adopt . We wanted a dog from Rescue, and my husband wanted a large dog. I wanted a dog with a mild temperment. One day, I came across a Pyrenees Rescue. I looked at the website on the internet and did a few days of research to find out what I could about the breed. After I showed my husband the website and saw the dogs in Rescue, and the stories attached, we decided to contact Barb Bowes. We filled out an application and Barb contacted us and invited us to come visit that morning. When we got there, another woman came out and said, "Ohhh would you like to see the puppies?" Who can resist that? I was thinking I was going to look at a grown dog but I had to see the puppies…. They were adorable!!! Just a few months old…. We chose one, TASHA …one of the smallest of the litter. Fuzzy and dark brown and sweet as can be.

Then we had to wait to be approved and for the puppies to be old enough to be spayed and adopted. We didn't think the day was ever going to come… of course it did. I took a half day from work and we drove to pick up our puppy… and drove… and drove…and drove. We met Pam O'Connor in her driveway and she introduced us to her family, both human and canine. What an amazing woman!!! What a surprise to see our puppy again… how she had changed… she was now a light butterscotch and white, with a bit of brown. My daughter calls it peanutbutter and fluff color. I rode home with our puppy in my lap. She cried all the way down Pam's driveway, then slept the whole way home.

We named her Delilah. That is the beginning of Lilah joining our family!!! She is a wonderful girl. She has completed puppy kindergarten, intermediate, advanced class and passed her canine good citizenship test. She is active and loves to run and jump and play and BARK and BARK. She loves to go for walks and play with her dog friends in our neighborhood. She is so very good natured. Although since she inherited a furry kind of PYR coat, she needs daily brushing. She does not love it, but tolerates it.

She is gentle with our 5 year-old grandson. She gently pushes him down when he is getting too wild. She then carefully stands over him and guards him until his mother comes over and removes him.

photo by Linda Ryesky

Lilah Ryesky