Guard Dog and Bone Eater
This is a huge dog. He is a good eight enches taller than a lab and around 115 pounds at a little over a year. I wanted a friendly dog but he likes everyone. People knock on the door and he doesn't bark. They come in and he goes and stands up against them. If he realy liked them he will sit on the couch with them. Anyway I was hoping that he would be protective of my GF when she had him out walking him etc... I know when me any her play around he gets all excited and wants to play with us, but what if a stragner grabbed her? Would he defend her if she was in trouble? I have been reading all I can about the two breeds and they say Pyreness can be protective, but my dog PJ is like a big baby. He also just polished off his last bone. It was a a femur bone basted in something. It was about two feet long and very very thick. He managed to splt it in half, so I threw it away and got him about a two foot long rawhide bone. I gave it to him that night when I got home. Well I went to sleep with him grinding on it. My gf woke up early the next morning to take him for a walk and she woke me up saying that she couldn;t find the bone. I told her it was probably just somewher in his blanket. Well we looked for it and it is gone. He ate a 2 foot long rawhide bone in one night. Is this common???? He is a big dog but I got him the second biggest bone they had. I assumed it would give him something to chew on for a couple of weeks. Next time I will only let him have it for a litle while and take it away, but will it hurt him to eat a bone like that? Thanks everyone. RFLOCH: I believe this is the correct user name I saw for someone on here. Anyway, if you read this you have a pic of two dogs posted is one of them a pyrness??? |
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Splitting a femur is unusual, but not unheard of for big dogs. Acutally mine have eaten femurs as all I'd find is bits....usually flug out from under the lawn mower 
I don't give rawhide as it can get stuck inside them. Ask your vet. I'm sure he/she will have stories about digging rawhide out of guts. You've got a young chewer, it is normal. I'd look for the end bones with more cartilage which was kinder to their insides. Of course once they got down in size, they had to be thrown out or else they'd be swallowed. As for protective, yes but they are subtle. They don't get all snarly. They just react suddenly. I remember Paige going after the meter reader after he crawled over the fence. If he had come in via the gate, that was OK by her, but the one time he came over the top, she went after his pants pocket. Last moment call off by me save his butt, literally. They have a marvelous ability to judge people, better than ours. |
| Hi Presto,
Does your puppy look like Winston? He is the one laying down in this picture. My Mom got Winston from the Great Pyreness Rescue group and they thought he was half OES and half Pyreness. We are still trying to figure out what he is made of. He is one big boy weighing 145 lbs. 
Please post some pictures, we would love love to meet PJ. Happy Holidays! |
Presto wrote: RFLOCH: I believe this is the correct user name I saw for someone on here. Anyway, if you read this you have a pic of two dogs posted is one of them a pyrness???
Nope. Both my dogs are full OES. I've never had any other kind of dog. You must be talking about Charlie. Sometimes a white-headed OES that is clipped down can look a little like a Pyreness in the face. But from the few Pyr's I have been around, their personalities are quite different. Come to think of it, I don't know of any other dog whose personality is like a sheepdog. |
| While I only have an OES puppy now - and SO look forward to her being grown - I can say they don't seem to be the bravest. OES is a herding breed, so their instince is to herd. They are protective of their "flock" - so it might be that you need a little more time for the dog-human bond to form.
As for bones, I've only ever given my dogs knuckle bones because my Dad - a vet - would only give knuckle bones to our dogs. |
SheepieBoss wrote: As for protective, yes but they are subtle. They don't get all snarly. They just react suddenly. I remember Paige going after the meter reader after he crawled over the fence. If he had come in via the gate, that was OK by her, but the one time he came over the top, she went after his pants pocket. Last moment call off by me save his butt, literally. They have a marvelous ability to judge people, better than ours.
Yup, subtle is an excellent way to describe it. I have a Komondor (also a livestock guarder) and they use their own judgment and react as needed. There's not a lot of show, no growling or noise-- if you don't belong, you will be taken care of accordingly. They aren't stupid and, as Susan said, an excellent judge of people. My boy is gigantic but loves to meet people, kids to hug him and, generally, lots of attention. When we're out walking alone at night, you see the guard dog kick in. No one will ever sneak up behind us and if they get too close without my telling him its okay, he will turn and physically back them away. It's quite amazing to see instinct kick in in such a controlled way. |
| Jill, while i was at the Volvo place waiting today i picked up a colorado Style magazine and in it was a picture of a Kom with 9 puppies! They said it was the largest known litter for the breed (thought i'd ask you and Susan)............. OMG were they adorable babies!!! |
Ali wrote: Jill, while i was at the Volvo place waiting today i picked up a colorado Style magazine and in it was a picture of a Kom with 9 puppies! They said it was the largest known litter for the breed (thought i'd ask you and Susan)............. OMG were they adorable babies!!!
Cool! I know breeding can be difficult so that may very well be true. Those little white puffballs are so darned cute! It's the one time you ca brush them if you want to! |
| Jill you need to come down here in August. or, in Feb to the shows if you want, but i would say come in August to the Greeley shows, they have a huge Komodork club supported entry every year. They just amaze me...... There are a lot of em down here i guess. Pulik too...........I wonder if anyone has ever corded a OES???? I've seen the standard poodle and they are gorgeous corded! |
Ali wrote: I wonder if anyone has ever corded a OES???? I've seen the standard poodle and they are gorgeous corded!
Lol. Yup, it's called matting! No, you couldn't do it if you tried-- at least not well and without probably making the dog miserable! Only certain breeds have the correct consistency to cord and even then, only the Komondorok and Pulik will do it with almost no help. Poodles look awesome but I know it takes quite a bit of work to get it going, same with Havanese. Other breeds like the Spanish Water Dog will cord but it's a different kind of cord. Really skinny and more kinky. So cool to look at but I wouldn't even want to consider keeping a Komondor in show coat! |
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