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Great Pyrenees Discussions / Question about jumping fences.
« on: May 27, 2010, 09:03:33 am »
Is there anything I can do to discourage my Goliath from jumping fences?

He has been neutered and goes on long walks twice daily... but if left outside for longer than twenty minutes or so he hops over a seven foot privacy fence.

I cannot chain him outside for even a short period due to being in Texas heat and he was a rescue situation where he was left on a chain to starve so it would obviously terrify him. Not to mention I don't think any dog should be chained. I would love for him to be able to be outside to play more but unless someone is watching him he goes right over the fence. That is even with his playmate Lilly out there who is to chicken to follow him.

It's like he takes himself off on a walk and then returns home about half an hour later. Almost like patrolling the neighborhood between his normal walks if that helps explain it at all?

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Great Pyrenees Discussions / Hello we are new to the Pyr experience.
« on: August 24, 2008, 05:17:08 pm »
My husband and I recently adopted a pyr from a fostering family for a shelter. I have a few questions about things with him.

His history as we were told is :
He is about a year and a half old according to the vet. He lived the last few months of his life with previous owner being starved to death with some sort of muzzle that actually left scars on his skin along his muzzle, neck, and forehead. He is fully healed over but has a few places where the fur is just starting to come back in. They had to shave him almost bald to get him clean and free of fleas and ticks so right now his hair is sorta still growing in. The vet at the shelter decided to not neuter him because he was underweight. He is 32 inches at the shoulder but only weighs in at 75 pounds and looks like a bag of bones to me.

They told us he wasn't house trained but he has yet to have an accident and asks to go outside when he needs to go.

One of our problems is a love of cats... last night for instance he climbed? it didn't look like jumping? to go out of the yard, picked up a  stray cat by the neck skin and oh so gently carried him to the front door. He then laid at the door pouting for an hour or so when I wouldn't let it come in. Any way around this or am I going to have to get the dog a pet?

How do you go about teaching them kitchen manners... he has in the week we have had him stolen a baked chicken that was left cooling in the oven (my husband works late and i cook early) as in opened the oven and stole it. He also knows how to open the fridge... he helped himself to the leftover spaghetti the first night here. There is no door to my kitchen its part of our living/dining area. He eats his dog food really well and I was told by the vet to let him eat what he wants to help his weight so he gets a full bowl each day (rather large bowl I might add) and he gets treats throughout the day also. So he isn't hungry. 

And last but not least... he doesn't like his own slobber? I have to change his water every time he goes to get a drink or he will sit in front of the bowl and whimper at it. I finally figured out its because he slobbers when he drinks and he wants fresh water... any ideas on this one?

He's really rather well mannered and does really well with the kids etc. We have a 8 month old, two year old, four year old, and six year old in the house and he has latched himself onto them and rotates sleeping with them. When we leave him alone we come home to him snuggled in one of the beds or cribs with their stuffed toys. (Yes he really does get in my daughter's crib to sleep)And he walks well on the leash for us and plays outside and really we have no problems beyond the ones above lol. I don't know how to train him. I tell him no when he steals food and he hangs his head and acts all pathetic and I feel guilty lol.

Anyway his name is now Goliath and here is a picture (its not the best cause I took it with my cellphone)

Edit to add the dark spot above his eyes is actually one of the furless spots there are really short hairs growing back but we were told when he was seized it was an open wound, his neck and face have similar spots on them .. although his neck has his undercoat grown back already. He literally has no overcoat to speak of at the moment from the shaving they gave him at the shelter.

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