Pippin shows he has the pure heart of the gaurdian & I would like to honor that...Problem is...I don't want him out in the yard all the time...That is not why I bought him...I do feel selfish for feeling that way but I can't help it...Also, I do have neighbors on the north side of our fence...I definitly can't have him outt here barking all night...I am certain that would not work out...I am wondering if i can get him to play double duty...Gaurdia n & companion...I do know of at least one Pyr who will do this...Is it comman, Daphne?
Thor did it well, but not the way you want. He was indoors during the day soaking up the loving but when the sun went down, you couldn't keep him in! He was compelled to be out on patrol. He knew when the predators were out. I don't know how common it is or not. My first Pyr wouldn't go out at all, he was too timid. Carter is such a wild, silly man, he doesn't want to be in at all. He thrives on being out there with plenty of room to run. He had to be sedated in foster care to be inside at night. The female we fostered wanted to be inside at night barking
I really think it depends a lot on the individual dog, how they started out and what is in their makeup. I'm not really sure you can figure it out beforehand. You just try them out and see what happens. You're already seeing the instinct in Pippin. The force is strong in that one (in my best Yoda voice)
The question is whether or not you want to encourage it or just let things continue as they are. The barking really isn't bad, at least not out here in the country with not much going on at night. Carter will bark occasionally, but mostly it is just the "I'm here at work" every once in a while. Katie almost never barks at night (which is good because her bark is much higher pitched than Carter's). It has to be pretty exciting to get Katie going. It may be different if you have more going on but I suspect that if left to work through it, they won't bark that much at night. You could always consider moving to a spot with no close neighbors! LOL! The things we do for dogs.
