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All Great Pyrenees have to have their dew claws!!! They do not need to be removed! Every breeder should know it. I think you have a real issue with yours though...first you got a boy and was told that it's a girl...then this? You really should get back there and talk to the breeder. 

Yeah, you are right everything with getting this guy just was all a$$backwards .  Even all my so called research didn't turn up things that I am finding out about this breed.  I was surprized not to see the dew claws but then they really don't matter as we aren't breeding or showing him.  This certainly has been a learning curve  . 

I never did get back to the breeder on any of this thou.  Hubby and I talked about it and decided it wasn't worth it as the whole familly just loves this not so little guy and what would we do, give him back  .

Well we have survived the first week with Otis  .  My goodness does this little guy get into mischief!!!.  He has a HUGE shoe fetish.  He will be nowhere in site and you take your shoes off quickly and bam they are gone.  And mess, I don't know where he finds half the stuff that is strewn around the yard  .

I am amazed at how smart these dogs are.  He is locked in our ensuite at night, casue there is no way he is destroying the house while we sleep.  The first few nights there was no way he was going in without a fight and just convincing him to come in the house at bedtime or when we went out for a pee in the middle of the night was immpossible.  I was chasing he everywhere  .  I ended up getting mad at him one night at 2 in the morning and dragged him into his bed  .  Since then I say "bedtime" and he is straight to the bathroom and on his blanket.  When we go out at night I tell him "pee-pee" and he is out the door and doing his business.  I say "bedtime" and he is straight back in the house. I honestly can't believe it 

Now I have to work on the sitting, barking and piddling on the carpet 

Anyway just wanted to share our first week with you guys.

So here is the conclusion: Pyrs bark alot, dig holes, wander off, shed and very hard to train! Other then that they are just wonderful dogs. Doesn't it sound like a joke? And every Pyr owner would be happy to get another, and another, and another one. We are so pathetic!!!

You know it is funny but I thought that I had done so much research on dogs to come to the conclusion that Pyrs were the dog for our family and not once in anything did I read did they say they barked, lots, dug, wandered, or are hard to train  .  Oh man wht have I let myself into??

Well anyway, my husband and I were up until 9:30 last night constructing a fence around the old playhouse we emptied so Otis has a nice safe place to be while we aren't home.  Unfortuneately we can't fence in the whole property so we will just have to cross fingers for when he is abit older and hope that our Saint can teach him abit of what is acceptable.  Luckily we live out of town so if he does roam he has lots of bush to explore.

Apart from him not listening and piddling on the carpet (he is now restricted to the laminate) we love him dearly.  It is funny but at night he is locked in our bathroom and he wakes me up to go out pee.  He hasn't made a mess in there but when he is in the in the house it is like as soon as he steps foot on the carpet he has to pee??  Oh I forgot how much work puppies are  .

I sure have appreciated all your advice and stories.  Please keep them coming.  I am feeling that I am in totally uncharted territory here and it is abit daunting 

Here are acouple of pictures i took of him this weekend 

Well thank you so much for awesome welcome  .  What a great group you have here. 

Well the first night went well.  Woke me up at 3am to go out and then was great for the night.  No accidents or anything.  Am really, really hoping that it just wasn't a lucky night    Wanna bet on my chances  LOL

Well I am alittle embaressed to reveal this but it seems that my beautiful little girl is a boy!!!  .  How you ask??  Well I never checked, just took the owners word for it, but when she/he rolled over for a belly rub this morning I noticed that things just weren't in the right places  LOL.  Oh well, no worries, we just now have to find a boy name instead of a girl name, so I am taking suggestions 

What's the horse board you post on?

Hi Bri.  I post on the John Lyons Discussion Board.  Pop by they are a great lot of people 

Let's try this.  OK here she is

Poor thing  .  Our Saint got attacked by coyotes a month ago and luckily only came out with 3 puncture wounds.  What we did was shave the area and then mixed Betadine with water till it resembled weak tea.  We then used a syringe (with out the needle) and really syringed the area out.  You have to make sure you get the betadine solution right in the puncture wound.  One wound looked like it ws getting infected so we soaked the scab off with the betadine solution and syringed it again.  We were lucky and he healed really well and we didn't need antibotics for him.

Anyway I know that this is alittle late and all is healing well but it might help if something like that happens again.  Cheers 

Hi All:

I am new here  A friend of mine recommended this site so I thought I would take a look.  Looks like a great place.  Hi PennyK ***waves madly*** . 

I have a 10 yo Saint Bernard X Rhodesian Ridgeback and am chosing a 3 month old pyr puppy today to bring home 

I was wondering if any of you could give me some advice on how to intergrade the puppy into our fold.  It is a busy house of 2 adults, 3 kids, 5 cats, 1 dog and 2 horses all on 5 acres of property  .  I want for this new family member to be happy both in and out of the house.  Our Saint hates being outside, he is just a big baby 

I have so many questions and really no idea of the answers.  Any help would be appreciated.

Oh and if you guys are anything like the horse board I belong to I promise I will post pictures as soon as I can