Will you guys STOP showing me all these gorgeous orphans - it's making me broody.
*starts singing*
Maremma, Kuvasz, Pyrenees... a big white dog is what I needs.Â
haha
He's not an orphan anymore. He is here to stay!
He really likes playing outside and prefers being outside at night, which probably has a lot to do with his heavy coat. His temperament is more like a Pyr than a Kuvasz (he's pretty good with strangers), and he only barks when appropriate - although last night I don't know what he saw that required barking and growling. Also, he is pretty good about the cat and ignores her unless she runs past him. Even then he only follows her. On the downside, he does drool a little, unless he is exited or agitated. Then, he drools a lot. He doesn't like crates, so he drools a lot in there and is very noisy.
Just before Katrina hit he was dumped by his owner in a shelter in Lake Charles, LA. His brother ended up in New England somewhere (NOT your England, Senghe,
). He and his brother were sent to be euthanized, but a transporter came through and offered to take them for no charge and get them into a rescue. Gabriel (our soon-to-be-renamed boy) ended up in Alexandria, LA, at HSCL in a foster home; we adopted him from them.
Apparently in the Louisiana/Mississippi area, Great Pyrenees/Kuvasz crosses are very popular as working dogs, so we assume that is what he was bred for.
Sofia