Great Pyrenees

[Dr. Doofus]

one lives on rambo road

rode by three times

today

stopped

big goofy beast

let me rub head

then went back

to watching

pig

horse

and cow

[NateM]

raised one from a pup when I was young
best friend I ever had
named him Thor
its smart to be on their good side
our postman loved him


liked your story

[H.Frank Beshear]

Driving down the highway one day I spied a woman walking her great pyrenees and some type of barking cat. (Small hairy animal looks like a cat barks like a dog ;) :rolleyes: ) . When the big dog YAWNED over the top of the little one I was sure it was snack time. I was laughing so hard I had tears running down my cheeks. Neat dogs, Big mouths. Frank

[Sandy]

Make bacon and ham out of the pig.

Ride the horse.

Milk the cow.

Pet and love the dog.

You won't be hungry, will have exercised, will be healthy, and most important of all, you will be happy. :)


Bow Wow Sandy

[soulspinner]

Had a Newfie. Wonderful friend, he was. Now I think I have talked my daughter into a Pyr. They can be a little more aggressive than a Newf. My doctor has one of each. 300 pounds of love...

[Sandy]

You know about a lot of different things. You even know about dogs.

Watching the Great Pyrenees watching the pig, dog, and horse,

Sandy

[hypnospin]

i was not so lucky

rode by one almost every day

like a sentry of stone

or so i thought

went for me once

no prob i thought

till my calfs cramped up






[QUOTE=Dr. Doofus]one lives on rambo road

rode by three times

today

stopped

big goofy beast

[William]

Though I haven't run into or had an experience with a Great Pyrenees, this thread reminds me of my 210 lbs. English Mastiff Eli. :( :) Wonderful, big big dog.

http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=5680&page=1&pp=15

William

[ada@prorider.or]

one lives on rambo road

rode by three times

today

stopped

big goofy beast

let me rub head

then went back

to watching

pig

horse

and cow

funny i had a pyrenee mountain dog with like a child too
me

[Vancouverdave]

Poodles are the favorite here, especially miniature Bela, the little dog with lungs like Marshall amps--who needs an alarm system in the house with him around?

[CalfeeFly]

I own my 4th and love the breed. I have had a Pyr since 1970.

Like any breed you have to decide if the traits are what you want in a dog. They love kids and are remarkably patient. My son learned to walk being "escorted" by Shay the Pyr. We never needed gates because she would make sure he didn't wander into danger.

Although they have a absolutley sweet disposition (when bred properly) they are also the guardian of their home and family. This is a built in reaction since their primary job was to lay around half asleep all day and roam at night guarding the sheep. They had another little dog that did all the hard running around work.

They don't need much exercise although they are large and make a great house or apartment dog. They like to sleep.

Their loyalty is amazing. I guess you can tell I like the breeed.

Now the downside...

Hair hair everywhere 2 of mine (the current one) shed all the time. We buy commericial vacumns and it is just out all the time.

They worked alone in the mountains so they had to be highly intelligent and independent. They still are. Don't ever expect a Pyr to be your trick dog. An old saying in the Pyr world is their attitude is, "this is my master but who cares." In some ways they think like a cat.

They own your house and pretty much do what they want. If you get a male alpha dog he will push for number 1 spot in the "pack" all the time. My third was a female alpha and she decided the pecking order in the house was: me, my son (although very young), her and last my wife. She would sometimes get into bed between us and push my wife out so she could be number 1 ***** next to the number 1 male.

The key to buying a breed is to never buy what they look like. Learn all their traits good and bad and decide if that is what you want. There are always way too many dogs bought as cute pups and dropped at the pound when they grow up. The best way to tell a top breeder is they really don't want to sell you a puppy until they are sure you know the breed and what you are getting into. The good ones send people away.

I went on way too long.

CalfeeFly aka GrtPyr :bike:

P.S. They truly are a guardian. By instinct they block doors. Someone attacked my wife not seeing the dog...he lost. :banana:

[CalfeeFly]

I got censored in my dog descripton. In the dog world a female dog is always referred to as a B___h. Apologies to the board as you don't even think of it as a curse word when talking dogs.

When we were getting number 3 my son was in elementary school. He was telling his teachers and classmates about the pups we were finding and looking at all over the country. Of course he used the dog term for a female since the breeders and such all use it. Needless to say the school called... :no:

[ada@prorider.or]

I own my 4th and love the breed. I have had a Pyr since 1970.

Like any breed you have to decide if the traits are what you want in a dog. They love kids and are remarkably patient. My son learned to walk being "escorted" by Shay the Pyr. We never needed gates because she would make sure he didn't wander into danger.

Although they have a absolutley sweet disposition (when bred properly) they are also the guardian of their home and family. This is a built in reaction since their primary job was to lay around half asleep all day and roam at night guarding the sheep. They had another little dog that did all the hard running around work.

They don't need much exercise although they are large and make a great house or apartment dog. They like to sleep.

Their loyalty is amazing. I guess you can tell I like the breeed.

Now the downside...

Hair hair everywhere 2 of mine (the current one) shed all the time. We buy commericial vacumns and it is just out all the time.

They worked alone in the mountains so they had to be highly intelligent and independent. They still are. Don't ever expect a Pyr to be your trick dog. An old saying in the Pyr world is their attitude is, "this is my master but who cares." In some ways they think like a cat.

They own your house and pretty much do what they want. If you get a male alpha dog he will push for number 1 spot in the "pack" all the time. My third was a female alpha and she decided the pecking order in the house was: me, my son (although very young), her and last my wife. She would sometimes get into bed between us and push my wife out so she could be number 1 ***** next to the number 1 male.

The key to buying a breed is to never buy what they look like. Learn all their traits good and bad and decide if that is what you want. There are always way too many dogs bought as cute pups and dropped at the pound when they grow up. The best way to tell a top breeder is they really don't want to sell you a puppy until they are sure you know the breed and what you are getting into. The good ones send people away.

I went on way too long.

CalfeeFly aka GrtPyr :bike:

P.S. They truly are a guardian. By instinct they block doors. Someone attacked my wife not seeing the dog...he lost. :banana:

yeah you have a pyrenee mountain dog
al what you say its like mine
if you intererst my dog family was rudy de la france pierre from pau france
it was his grand dad

[CalfeeFly]

Had a very good friend with one of Pierre's offspring. They called her Pierrette. Great dog.

When I get time I'll jot down the answers to questions people always ask. The rescue league did a t-shirt once. It starts off: I am a Great Pyrennes not a white St. Bernard. 2. Yes I know I'm beautiful and it goes on...the last line was what I said before, this is my master but who cares.

Our breeder uses French dogs in her line bringing back the breed from some of the "only for show" breeders. She is the only American who is awarded a lifetime membership in the French Great Pyrennes Club. (No way I could spell or say the name.) She also raises the Pyr Shepards that did all the work. They run as much as a Pyr sleeps.

[Kevan]

my great pair a knees.

I sicced my pugs on him and boy did he run.

He too has a great pair a knees.