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Great Pyrenees Discussions / Hi Everyone!

« on: March 24, 2008, 05:12:42 pm »

I haven't been around in awhile...life has been busy!

I thot I would pop in and get you all caught up. Ginger is growing! She went thru a funky face phase about a month ago. It just didn't look right. Her body got long and her legs were short and fat. Hubby said she looked like she was going to be a mimi GP! But she grows in spurts. She likes to stay outside. I was worried about her being out by herself at night, but she seems to prefer it to the warm house! When I come home from work she jumps around like a bunny and talks her head off! No barking yet, just noises like growls and such. I get such a kick out of her!

On to some pics!
Remember when I got her?

Sleeping in the coolest part of the house. 3mos old

Where's the puppy?

There she is! (4mos old)she has a chewy bone in her mouth!

So, there she is! I do have a few questions. When do they start barking? I have only heard her bark once. Ususally it just growls and doggie talking. Also, seeing as how she is the only GP around, will she have guarding instincts naturally or does she have to learn them from another older GP?

Thanks for looking!

Introduce Yourself to the Forum / Newbie to BPO

« on: January 05, 2008, 04:03:07 pm »

Hi everyone! I am new here and I am just cruising around to get myself aquianted with this board. so many nice people here!

My name is Kymi and I got a GP for Christmas. This is my first BIG dog. A neighbor brought her over on Christmas mornig as a surprise for me. She has a wonderful male and two females she bred. This pup is out of her male and her mom's female. She look slike her daddy. She is the runt, which I love, and is such a neat pup! She cracks me up every day!

I live on 10 acres, have horses and mentioned to this neighbor that I was thinking about getting a GP to guard them. Last year we had a bear go through our pasture and our gelding chased it off. we also have mountain lions, bobcats and coyotes here so I wanted a guard dog for the horses. She has met the horses, altho our gelding chased her out of the pastureyesterd ay. I think it is because I also have a heeler/collie mix pup who has chased the horses too much. This is going to be interesting... having a guardian and a herder at the same time!

FAQs about puppies / Question About Hips

« on: January 05, 2008, 03:26:15 pm »

I have a new GP pup, 8weeks old. I have never owned such a large breed before. I have been told that this breed is predisposed to bad hips. How do I know, other than x-rays, if this pup is going to have bad hips? is there a way to tell? I know both parents so can go look at them if I have to.

Many moons ago I was told by a doggie person to do this with pups and it can give you an idea if thir hips are going to go bad. First you put the puppy on it's back. Then gently push down on thier hind legs. If they open up easily and you can push them open to the floor, good hips. If not, bad hips. I cannot push my pups hips wide open so this tells me she will have bad hips. OR, can you not do this trick with a GP?

Is there anything i should be doing now to strenghthen her hips? Like control her growth or something?

Behavior, Housebreaking, Obedience / Dog Chasing Horses

« on: January 01, 2008, 10:21:36 pm »

Hi, I am new here and joined because I have a new GP pup. But i also have a Heeler/Border collie mix and need some advice.

I owned a Heeler when I was a teenager, she was my first "my" dog and she was a great dog. I took her to obedience classes and she was top of her class! Never really did anything wrong. But sh was raised in house in surburbia.

I was given a Heelr/Collie cross last year. Sheis now 1 year old. She is so very different from the Heeler I had as a ki. Now I am much older, much busier and a bitlazy! I live on 10 acres in the middle of noweher. I admit that I didn't do the basic obidience training with her. Being a herding dog on both sides her instinct is way out there. She will chase anything. Her favorite toy is an old horse bal that she will chase all day long.

My problem is she chases the horses. She is not as bad as she was a few monts ago but the horses hate her and given the oppertunity she will chase them. She knows I do not like this behavior.

Altho it is late in the game and I was really bad not doing this earlier, I need some input. She hates leashes and this will have to be our first lesson.after that, what do you all suggest I do when teaching her about the horses? What steps would you take?

Great Pyrenees Discussions / Newbie here! New Pics.

« on: January 01, 2008, 05:37:03 pm »

Hi everyone! I just joined and boy will I have alot of questions!

On Christmas morning my neighbor knocked on my door and handed me one of her GP pups! What a surprise that was. She knew I wanted one last year and decided to give me one! She is the runt, which I love, and is 8 weeks old. She is the first GP I have ever owned so this breed is new to me. I live on 10 acres out in the country. She will have tons of room to run around in. She will have 4 horses to guard and is already trying out her job by sitting out with them when I feed.

So, I will be reading for awhile to learn! My first question tho is about food. She was a bit thin when I got her but is now back up o a good weight. I feed her puppy food, about a cup both morning and night. I heard from someone that she should be getting a adult food not puppy food. Any input on this? My two adult dogs eat Purina, which I like.her mom and dad eat a mix of several types of adult dry food as it is cheaper for the owner to buy. Basically it is all thedog food tht our local grocery store has from broken bags. They mix it all together and sell it cheap. Her dogs look fine but as mine is a pup I want to do well by her.