Great Pyrenees Dogs

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Anyone here own one or know anything about them?

Our neighbors got one about five/six months ago. The dog is a big goof and I just love to watch him. Every day I bring him a Milkbone or some other treat. He still is leery of me, and that’s my question for whomever either owns or knows much about the breed - how long does it take a Great Pyrenees dog to warm up to a person?

The dog has gotten a lot better. He went from running away from me when I approached the fence and me having to walk away before he picked up the bone, to him cautiously approaching the bone but refusing to pick it up until I stepped back, to me being able to stand there while he picked up the bone, but he still won’t take it out of my hand. It’s been more than two months now of me daily giving him a treat.

He’s still a puppy. He’s about 9 or 10 months old.
 
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Great Pyrenees were bred to be protective of their flock (they’re sheep-herding dogs) and their family. I have read that they can be wary of people who are not members of the family living in the house with the dog.
Also, they take a long time to train.

So between those two things, it may be a while yet before this dog will take a treat from your hand.
 
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I read that they also take a longer time than the average dog to mature.

Anyway, shepherds in the Pyrenees, probably Basque shepherds, usually raise the puppies among the sheep making the dog identify with the herd as their pack.

Their Hungarian equivalents would be the Komondor and the Puli.
 
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I read that they also take a longer time than the average dog to mature.

Anyway, shepherds in the Pyrenees, probably Basque shepherds, usually raise the puppies among the sheep making the dog identify with the herd as their pack.

Their Hungarian equivalents would be the Komondor and the Puli.
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He certainly is a goofy dog. He’s a real oaf. 🤣
 
Sorry, I don’t have any pictures. He is big though. He was big at six months. He’s even bigger now. Long legs. I only get to see him behind his fence. His owners never take him for a walk and, I’m afraid, don’t spend enough time with him. He has a German Shepherd as a companion, but she is already seven years old or so and not as energetic as the puppy. They can’t let the two of them in the yard together because one or the other always winds up getting too rough with the other.
 
Make sure the owners are okay with you giving treats to the dog.

I am VERY protective of what my dog eats.
 
I’m not a child, and I was raised in an entirely different culture and generation than the one that prevails today.

The first thing I did was to ask the owners if they minded I gave their dogs treats.
 
Did not imply you are a child, it was a reminder that some dog owners don’t approve of milkbones or other commercial processed dog foods.
 
Didn’t say you did, I’m simply telling you that some of us are responsible people who ask before doing things like that.
 
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