Buyer question
Is a Great Pyrenees good for beginners?
Usually not: our Animal Library rates the Great Pyrenees 2 out of 5 for beginners (barks, roams, willful).
Source: the Great Pyrenees page in the Everybarn Animal Library. Great Pyrenees in the Animal Library
The detail
A livestock guardian bred to live with flocks in the Pyrenees mountains and fend off wolves, the Pyr thinks for itself and patrols at night. Calm and gentle with family, it is independent, barks at threats and often ignores recall.
- Temperament
- Calm, patient, independent
- Best fit
- Farms, fenced rural homes
- Trainability
- 2 out of 5 (Independent thinker)
- Energy
- 2 out of 5 (Moderate walks daily)
- Grooming load
- 3 out of 5 (Weekly brush, heavy shed)
What to weigh
Pyrs bark at night by instinct, wander if fences are weak and rarely come when called. They shed heavily and are not easy to train in the usual obedience sense.