r/greatpyrenees

It’s been a little over six months since we impulsively rescued this gentle giant from going to a high-kill shelter.

He had nightmares for the first nine weeks and needed someone with him at all times to comfort him.

We have taken him to the beach for the first time and he learned to swim! We took him to a spring fed river yesterday and not only did he swim, but he tried to rescue several people! People we didn’t know!

He loves children. They’re his favorite.

Today, he asked for a treat for the first time and two days ago, he finally played with a toy for the first time!

He’s such a love. He’s genuinely a fantastic dog. So loving and gentle and he understands what’s expected so quickly and tries to do what us humans want immediately.

He’s even learned to come!! So far, it only works if he knows you have cheese, but it’s definitely a work in progress.

He’s learned sit, paw, down, up (for the car), leave it, all done, and he knows what come means, he just usually chooses not to listen, lol

At the dog park, he will now wait for us and turn around to check on us which is new.

Those first few weeks with no sleep were rough, but I’m thankful we stuck it out. He’s an excellent dog and I’m so thankful he’s a part of our family!

Bret, aka wolfie boy, white lightning, bretty spaghetti, mr spaghetti, mr handsome, mr booger king, plant man, big dog, baby boy, etc etc etc

Just me and Big Sheriff hanging out on the farm ❤️

We’re getting a deck built and made the decision to give the dogs their trazodone this morning.

Bear saw some things. She also experienced her first ego death.

(They are both okay, we gave them less than their full dose and this photo was much earlier today)

Yall, go get this undercoat rake! We’ve tried tons of brushes, rakes, slicker brushes, everything. This thing gets the JOB DONE. Mowgli approved! He’s so proud of his massive hair pile

Bellamy (pyr) just minding her own business... meanwhile Boatsy (cat) is doing whatever he's doing.

Storms and heavy rain in SE Wisconsin yesterday. About an inch here in Saukville. Gigi (we know her history) spent 8 months in foster in Ohio before we adopted. 3/4 acre fenced. Fosters own 3 dogs, lots of outdoor time. The CEC is still very damp and obviously very cool. Been out there 1/2 an hour already. (Beautiful day coming) Bo was a stray in OK. We can only guess. He was only in foster a couple of weeks. That crate is decades old (like new) vivid memory, was on sale at Fleet Farm $69.99. We tried crate training a couple of our dogs over the years. None of them were having it. Early on with Bo, Couldn’t find him for a few minute. He goes in when he wants 🤷🏼‍♂️…. And here we are an hour later.

We had another Dock Diving lesson yesterday, was scheduled for half hour, but we ended up doing a full hour, cause once she was on the big dock it all clicked, and Auryn was having blast!

I didn't get good videos, as I was busy throwing 😂 but a little bit.

BETTER YET! We're going back Saturday for our first event. Primarily I'm taking her for the exposure, cause she still gets easily distracted while we're on the dock, typical puppy behavior - look a bird! What's that noise? (It was a train horn 🙄😂) But our trainer is super excited to (hopefully) get her jumping. So perhaps her first competition, we shall see how it goes.

I posted this painting about 10 days ago asking for advice and I’ve finally finished it! I’m super proud as it’s my first time painting an animal and only my 3rd painting ever! (It only took me about 8-9 hours but I’m a huge procrastinator)

my GP (7yo), Patsy, is a rescue. i don't know much about her childhood, but her previous owner was disabled. i imagine she didn't get to play or get much stimulation in their home. we also think she was raised around cats.

since we got her, she has never played with us. we found out she plays with cats though. so we got a cat named Lyric to play with her, and they love each other and play together a bit. we limit how much Patsy chases Lyric though, as to not stress Lyric out. it would be nice to teach Patsy to play with us so we don't always have to rely on Lyric to get Patsy to have something to do.

Patsy doesn't really like squeaky toys or chasing us. we try to hype her up and act like prey but it doesn't work. she'll wag her tail and stuff, but she kind of just stares at us and follows us. she has to stay on a leash outside or she'll run away. she's also reactive to dogs, so getting a dog friend is not an option.

i wanna give my girl her best life because i know she's getting a little old now. her hips are not good and she's struggling getting up stairs. it saddens me to know that she probably never had a playful life and she was probably so stressed and probably still is. she just had surgery and she is in recovery, but when she heals up and it gets a bit cooler in the falltime, i'll probably head outside with Patsy and see if she'll play with me :3

i’ve had my boy for 9 months and i love him like a son. that being said…i cannot. train. him.

he is a rescue from a neglect situation so i’m giving him as much time as he needs, but in 9 months, i haven’t even gotten him to Sit on command. he’s so gentle and sweet and affectionate but he is STUBBORN, and i can never get him to do, well, anything he doesn’t want to lol

i’m happy to accept him exactly the way he is, but i had to come and ask if anyone possibly started out in this same situation and ended with a well-trained dog? am i delusional?

note: i have trained several dogs before with success but this is my first Pyr

I didn’t think we’d be saying goodbye to her this soon. She was 8.5, but she had fluid around her heart and could barely breathe. The vet said pretty much anything they could do would be prolonging the inevitable, and I could tell she was unhappy. I know we have limited time with large dogs, but I thought we’d have more time than this. She was the best dog I ever had, and I just don’t think I’ll ever be blessed enough to have another like her.

When my daughter was 5, she picked her out of the litter and named her “Love.” It seemed like a lot for our pup to live up to, but she certainly did.

I’m so grateful to our vet who came to our property to do it so she could be comfortable at home. She’s now buried in our meadow that she loved to roam, and I’ll know she’ll still be protecting us.

just wanted to share some pictures of our sweet boy <3 we adopted him a month ago and he has been the absolute BEST addition to our family. he loves snuggling, head-butting us when we aren’t giving him enough attention, and barking at absolutely nothing. he’s finally learned that he’s allowed on the couch and up on our bed, so he chooses to nap there as long as one of us is nearby. he’s also been such a lovely companion for our little furry girl, she’s so happy to have a friend who can keep up with her energy! these dogs are simply amazing!

This is Hedgehoggie III, Ziggy's ride or die. They don't seem to make this version anymore and the newer one looks smaller and cheaply made. I'm worried he'll be so sad when Hedgehoggie can't hold on any longer...there's no way he won't notice the Imposter (2nd pic) 🥺

...where the helmet ends.

We rescued her from a shelter last week. She’s the sweetest, and is 5 months old. Do we think she is a pyr?