by Alisha
(Ontario, Canada)
Our first pyr was a revelation. We had a lab mix when we adopted her and thought we had a good handle on training. Our breeder was excellent at giving us a heads up and giving us training tips, but we thought "how hard can it be". Luckily we read the books she told us to read and we avoided disaster. Drifter was a willful, intelligent and incredibly special girl.
We found out how smart she was after we introduced her to one of our neighbors when she was 8 months. Every time he would try and pet her she would slink out of his reach. You could see her sizing him up and she didnt like what she saw. It perplexed me because I had never seen her like that and as far as I knew he was a great guy, who loved animals.
A few months later that same man, a farmer, was charged with animal cruelty, for letting several of his dairy cows starve to death in their stanchions.
From that day on I took her reaction to people very seriously.
She was my very special friend and even after 6 years I still miss her ever day.
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Jan 14, 21 08:41 AM
My dog on the farm
Jan 07, 21 08:51 AM
We live on a very active, 75 Acre Horse farm. We have 3 Pyreneese that have for the past 5 years always protected out 14 horses and horse boarding barn
Jan 02, 21 04:25 PM
We adopted a 4 year old Great Pyrenees a couple of days ago. She is great! However, this is the second day she will not go outside and we don't know
Dec 29, 20 12:06 PM
I just adopted a puppy that my Great Pyrenees is not taking a liking to...how do I handle the growling and barring of teeth from her to him?
Dec 26, 20 05:45 PM
I have a 6 month old pyre named Bubba bo.I was wondering if he is normal size for his age bo weighs 100 pounds and is really tall.I can't get him to
Dec 20, 20 09:02 AM
My Great Pyrenees woke up this morning vomiting. But it’s only clear but I can tell she doesn’t feel good. She normally is happy and playing in the morning.
Dec 18, 20 06:42 AM
*ADOPTED* This big boy has been officially adopted. Congratulations to Darby and his family! Darby, a year-old Maremma, came to us with some fear issues.
Dec 11, 20 11:34 AM
*ADOPTED* It's official. Congratulations to Sunnie and her new family! They are very smitten with her. She will be watching over two cows, three pigs