brand new member with some questions

[Diego]

hi everyone
I'm brand new to BPO & have a couple of questions I'm hoping someone can help me with.

I have just gotten a 7wk old great pyrenees?...
the mother was an all white pure bred & the father is supose to be a pyr also....I saw both parents.
the dad was white withe black ears & some spots on body & he was huge.

there were 4 pups in litter that I saw...2 were white w/cream ears
1 had darkish tan spots on body (looked kind of like st bernard marked)...
and then there was my baby pictured here
he also has only a single dewclaw on his rear legs & he was the biggest in the litter.

so I guess what I'm asking is can he be pry with out the double dewclaw & so much color or do you think something else fathered the pups

I have also read that if they have color when they are small that most of the color will fade when grown...is that true

also is the double dewclaw there at birth or does it develop sometime during puppyhood

sorry this is so long I'm just so confused on all of this...I love him no matter what I just want to know if he could still be purebred with faults

thank you

[Gevaudan_Jo]

Well, i dont know anything about Pyrs, other than, they are beautiful!!!
but i'd just like to say Welcome to Big Paws! Congrats on your little guy hes a total cutie!!! what is his name

[People Whisperer]

You pup is very cute!!! I have to dissapoint you but he doesn't look like Great Pyrenees to me. First of all, the maximum amount of color on pyr should be 1/3 of the body. Second of all, they have to have two dewclaws and they are born with it (although some may have three!)
Do you have pictures of other littermates?

[Diego]

thanks for the welcome
his name is Diego

I'm not disappointed.. .more curious
his litter mates looked pyr...he was the only odd ball
they were even fluffier

got any ideas what else he could be mixed with

[People Whisperer]

Here is the picture of a very cute 8 weeks pyr. The difference is huge.

[People Whisperer]

thanks for the welcome
his name is Diego

I'm not disappointed.. .more curious
his litter mates looked pyr...he was the only odd ball
they were even fluffier

got any ideas what else he could be mixed with

I would say Lab 
Whatever the combo he is pretty!

[Gevaudan_Jo]

Diego is a great name not sure of any mix  maybe husky/shepard? or somethin like that... OOPS, dont know sorry lol

[Diego]

that what the other one with the spots on it's back looked like..and they all had the double dewclaws...lik e I said he was the only odd ball...but he's my odd ball

[People Whisperer]

There's also a chance that Diego could have a different daddy than the other pups.  That can happen as well!    
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Jenn, are you serious? Can a female really be pregnant from two dogs?

[Duramax]

max and boogs breeder had another dog get in with one of her females in heat and she had to have hundreds of dollars worth of dna work done to find out who the pupps belonged to

[People Whisperer]

I was also thinking of regular collie since he has that very cute mask on this face...What do you think?

[Icerotti]

Awww Diego is such a cutie. I see collie in Diego.

[bigdogs@5501]

I think that as he grows older it will be easier to tell what he is possibly mixed with. Jenn is right though- there can be more than one father for a litter of pups- the whole process was explained in that documentary "In the Womb", I think that it was on the Discovery channel. I wished that I had taped it because it was very interesting. I have at least 3 Pyrs and then we think that Bella is more Maremma. Bella and Dakota do not have the double dew claws. Also, Tugs coloring has faded but Zoey has not lost her tan badger face coloring and she has some brown spots on her back that we thought would fad and they havent and she is now over a year old. The pics of Zoey and Tug are when they were babies- we didnt get Bella and Dakota until they were older

[Diego]

I just want to say thank you to everyone...I guess we will just have to wait until Diego grows up & see what he turns out to be....At least I know his mom is pyr for sure & I just love the little guy...so 1/2 is better than none right...the vet said he was gonna be at least 80 pounds...once they have your heart it's forever...

[People Whisperer]

I just want to say thank you to everyone...I guess we will just have to wait until Diego grows up & see what he turns out to be....At least I know his mom is pyr for sure & I just love the little guy...so 1/2 is better than none right...the vet said he was gonna be at least 80 pounds...once they have your heart it's forever...

There are plenty on times when I feel that I would rather have 1/2 pyr. It means 1/2 stubborn, 1/2 less barking and 1/2 shedding, LOL
Please keep posting pictures of him growing!