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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a Great Pyrenees, and volunteer with an organization that places a lot of LGD.  If you're thinking that a GP is anything like a white colored Golden Retriever, you would be sadly mistaken.

GP tend to be nocturnal, and do bark a lot.  Day and night.  And by that, I mean that if a squirrel farts 5 miles away, they will hear it and bark to let the squirrel know who's the boss.  Because they are guardian dogs, they have been bred to a) be suspicious and b)work independently from humans.  This can then mean that GP are often intolerant of beings not in their pack (dogs and strangers), and can be difficult to train.  It is exceedingly common in GP, even in very young dogs, to see resource guarding and food aggression.  GP considers everything they can see (and probably hear) to be part of their territory, and they will wander if loose.  They either need to be behind a secure fence, or leash walked, because they absolutely will never be 100% reliable off-leash.

That said, my GP is considered a starter Pyrenees.  He has decent recall for the breed.  He is ridiculously people friendly.  He is somewhat dog selective but not dog aggressive, and especially tolerant of puppies (so I can foster within certain parameters). But, he has all the other qualities of a GP.  We don't have any nearby neighbors, so the barking is generally not a problem.[/quote]

This is all true.

We found our Great Pyrenees on the side of the road. No one was even looking for her, so we got to keep her.

We live way out in the country at the end of a gravel road, so the barking wasn't a problem. It's a deep, low bark and I didn't find it annoying at all.

I agree that it's insane to keep a Pyrenees in a hot climate. And although our dog was easy for a Pyrenees, they aren't good starter dogs. After our dog died, we looked into getting another one, and the Pyrenees rescues are very careful, and rightly so, about where they are placed. We ended up with a St Bernard mix, but our GP was a really special dog.[/quote]

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