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Hi Sarah,

My name is Sarah too and I have a 9 month old Pyr. HAHAHHAHAHHAHA H. It sounds like we have the same dog 

However, unlike labs (no offence intended to yours):

1) They aren't made of velcro
2) Every waking hour isn't spent wandering after you wondering when they are going to be fed
3) Coming when called is for mamas boys (and girls) and total sissies, c'mon.
4) They don't wake up in he night as you pass them on the way to the bathroom (you gonna feed me now?)
5) They miss the mountains (why not recreate them in your garden, no?)

Sarah, your post made me laugh!!!  I have a 2 1/2 year old Great Pyrenees named Zuke and a 1 1/2 year old black lab mix named Louise.  We got Louise when she was about 5 months old and we're not sure what she's mixed with, but I'm convinced that she's part pig...she eats anything and everything including Zuke's food, and he lets her do it!!!  She is SO TOTALLY treat motivated that she has been so easy to train her to do tricks, etc.

Zuke's a bit different...he sits, waits (stays), lays down, etc. and he has an OUTSTANDING Great Pyr recall at about 40% of the time! LOL  Okay, maybe 30%   He's just not very treat motivated, even for really good treats, like real chicken, liver, etc.  He wants it at first, then he'll go back to whatever he was doing, barking, digging, napping, etc. after he realizes that I'm not just going to give it to him...anything more than sit, wait or lay down and he's bored.

Labs want to please and Pyrs want to guard.  My two dogs are very different and I keep different expectations for each of them...it's great when we can joke about it!  Thanks for sharing!

Val