Livestock Guardian Great Pyrenees

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Comment by pat ramapuram on October 2, 2009 at 10:59am

Emma is so young for such a diagnosis Even though she is in pain you can see in the videos that she is not yet ready to leave. Bless her and hopefully the little ones can fill her big paw prints

Comment by Karen Brant on October 2, 2009 at 8:58am

Greetings, we have been fortunate enough to have Pyr and Llamas in our lives for many, many years now. Our Pyrs are amazing, they love their llamas just as much as they love and guard us. Emma our 5 year old has bone cancer and is still hanging on. She is spending time with our two new pups, we did not think Emma would last until this Fall birthing season, but she is still here happy and training the pups. Having Emma here for the pups first birthing season is critical. So very important. We are so very grateful to her. It is almost time for us to put her down. We get ready and then she runs the full length of the pasture with the horse, she love her horse and he loves her as well. She then pays for that romp for a day or so. Thank god for these pain meds.

Comment by pat ramapuram on June 28, 2009 at 9:42am

GREAT WORK Chelle!!!!!

Comment by Michelle Kay on June 26, 2009 at 10:42pm

I am proud to say that my 2 working guardians have helped me train my young foster Pyr to guard appropriately!...Because of this she will be going to her forever home on a vineyard where she will guard baby doll sheep...It is so good to see the old teach the new!...So very fulfilling!
Chelle

Comment by sharon boele-reile on January 28, 2009 at 10:17am

Perhaps, this too maybe of interest and enjoyment..
A wonderful, delicate tender moments happened as we had new fuzzy yellow baby chicks . There were around 50 of these and it was a very warm summer day. The chicks were busy eating , drinking and running around . Ch. Karolaska Schnee Storm Bar was lying down, watching these little ones . There were babies on his big back, some were sliding to the ground from his side, while others surrounded him. Of course, I was overseer. Amoung this group of babies, one little chick began to raise it's voice in a destressing sound. Stormy noticed and watched for a second, understood the chicks cries, took his big paw and drew a pathway to the water fountain. The chick followed this instructing and was soon content to have a drink. And so are the vast understandings of these wonderful great pyrs. Many times human beings do not see or even catch this vision. Thus , it remains a treat for those of you that watch and see that you may catch a vision of these "for your eyes only sights"
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Comment by Hijinx on January 28, 2009 at 9:21am

Hello, Everyone. We have a small hobby farm and are awaiting the arrival of a pair of rescue GPs from the south this weekend. We are so excited. We have been plagued by racoons, fisher and other predators that have taken our precious cats and chickens. I have always loved the GP but could never convince my spouse to get one. I finally convinced him.

I am hoping to learn as much as I can, as this is our first experience with an LGD. I know I will want to bring them in the house and cuddle them all day, but truly, we need them to protect our goats, chicks, and cats.

Tanimara, your story of Wolf is nothing short of amazing.

Comment by mike & andrea rafferty on November 1, 2008 at 3:43pm

wow what a story!!!!be VERY proud of wolf!

Comment by Joseph Gentzel on October 17, 2008 at 11:29am

If you want it smaller it looks like you need to crop it and resize it. I suggest deleating it and tryng again if you want.
Joe

Comment by Joseph Gentzel on September 30, 2008 at 3:21pm

Hi Jackie
Lovely story. Wolf is surly close always in your heart and now in all our hearts.
Joe

Comment by Tanimara on September 30, 2008 at 2:27pm

If this is the place for LGD stories I'll share mine. Some of you who know me have already heard it Im sure but Im going to share it with the group anyway.

This is the story of Wolf.........

Wolf is the 2nd male pyr I've ever owned. I bought him from a friend at the age of 8 weeks and he looked like a big teddy bear! He had the sweetest spirit of any Pyr I had owned to date. I shared his life for 4 years.

During those 4 years he had several litters of puppies. From the time the puppies were born, and even during the whelping, he would be peekin' around the corner so he could see. Song, his mate, would growl at him and warn him away, but he never went far.

After the pups were born he would sneak into the whelping box and lick them and love them. Song would come back madder than hops and warn him away, but he never went far!

When Song began to wean them he was a happy dog because the puppies turned to him for attention and they got it, lots of it! They would follow him around the pasture while Song looked on from her perch on the hill. He would play with him and share his food, and snuggle with them and clean their coats, and the one thing they could count on was, he never went far.

One night in March when the Ozark hills were filled with woodsmoke, and the air was crisp and cold, a neighbor woke us to tell us the barn was on fire! I ran to the barn, in my robe straight from sleep to find the dogs all huddled near the gate furtherest from the fire. I opened it to let them out then took a head count. At 6 weeks all the puppies came to me and seemed ok. Song went straight to the house with me as I had the puppies. Yana her 18 mo old from a previous litter also came to the house and appeared unhurt. But Wolf took off to the neighbors. When the search ended I found a brown short haired dog, covered with many burns and going into shock, standing in the neighbors pond! My heart was broken. When I put 2 and 2 together I knew that he went into the barn and got the puppies out. That's where they always slept in their whelping box. He never did, he always slept on the hill beside the barn so he could see. He had sacrafised himself for his babies. I had to put him down then and God knows I miss him so. I am writing this through tears, but the one thing I know is, he never went far!

Jackie

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