My pup is 16 weeks old. When she has growth spurts she just becomes an absolute menace. She is great in training sessions and active play sessions, and when she's taking her naps. All of which she has multiple times a day. Otherwise, she's tearing things up or trying to eat rocks and poop, or "play" biting very seriously, and counter-surfing, and just wreaking absolute havoc. The worst is when she's really mouthy and biting and won't back off, trying to corner me. I have so many scratches, and I am pregnant, and it's just so frustrating and nerve-wracking. It feels so attack-like. I know she's just in pain from the growing and teething and wants to play and is just a puppy, but I just am at my wit's end today. Would love words or shares of encouragement. We just had her last shots and are just a few days from being able to take her out on walks and socialize. Please send your hopes and success stories and encouraging tips on patience. Bless <3

Hi. I'm getting this male puppy tomorrow mix with Great pyrnese, husky, German shepherd tomorrow. I'm asking for help on choosing a name. I'm not use to naming pets, but this is what I came up with.

(Rodolph, Hiver ,Frosty ,Yeti ,Blizzard, Polar, Cloud, Cumulus, Iceberg , Glacier )

Thanks for any help choosing one of these names and any name ideas you have please tell me. I'm not good at this stuff or use reddit much I downloaded it just for this. This is my second post I mess up the first one and don't know how to add picture to that one but this one has a picture. Thanks God bless and have a good day.

I am moving sometime in September from suburbs to a rural 10 acres in the San Gabriel mts where we plan on farming, raising chickens and goats. We would feel much better having a Great Pyrenees to protect the animals and my small children from any wildlife. In your expert opinions, when would be the best time to get a puppy? After we move or sooner so they can grow bigger before then? When would be best to transition the pup outside? We will have limited indoor space once we move so it would be difficult to keep them inside for any length of time.

My precious girl (3 yo, Great Bernese) did routine bloodwork recently and our vet thinks that she has early stage kidney disease (on the high end of normal kidney levels).

Has anyone else experienced this with their Pyr or Pyr mix? If so, any recommendations on food adjustments, care, etc???? I’m so sad but dedicated to doing anything I can for her.

She’s a bit over 70lb now :)

I have a 4 year old great pyrenees. We got him as a puppy at the beginning of the pandemic, which hindered our ability to properly socialize him at a young age (in Canada, our covid restrictions were extremely strict when it came to social distancing).

Since the pandemic has subsided, we have been trying to get him accustomed to other people then our family. He is okay with people he knows, such as friends that frequently visit. However any stranger within a hundred feet he gets extremely protective…

Because of this, I am very nervous taking him for walks… For example, there was a time where kids were getting off the school bus nearby, and they got excited, wanting to pet him thinking he looked like a polar bear. He weighs almost as much as me and it was hard to keep him under control.

What do I do to hopefully make him chill out more around strangers? I want to be able to walk him more without the anxiety of him biting somebody, and consequently being put down.

My gentle giant, Sammy!

This little pup is Baloo. He is almost six and I’ve had him exactly two years today. We are headed to the vet on Friday because something is definitely wrong and I’m curious if anyone else has experienced this.

On Sunday we did our normal dog park visit and he chased some friends and it was very typical and the rest of the day was also typical and then around 8pm he was laying on the floor in the weird space adjacent to our room and my partner pet his side and he bit him and then jumped up. No skin broken, but it was a bite and not a warning nip. I called him over to me and he was limping on his front left leg and it was quivering. He let me touch his leg and paw and so we quickly thought it was an injury. I called him up on the bed so we could all just calm down together and he splayed out like normal, but when I pet his side, he whipped around and bit me. I yelped and he jumped off the bed and ran to the bedroom door and demanded to be let out. I let him out and I followed him to our front room. He wasn’t limping at all, but when I got to him he was shaking all over and hiding facing the corner. Eventually I just had to give him space.

Monday he spent the whole day dodging us and hiding or facing the corner—in the house, in the yard, everywhere. Tuesday he was almost normal and he came up to me for pets twice—though usually that would happen several times. Then Tuesday night around 8:30 pm he looked terrified again and was shaking all over. Wednesday was less normal than Tuesday, but also no shaking that night. Today feels almost normal again, but he hasn’t asked for pets at all and isn’t laying in our offices with us like he has for the past two years.

He’s still eating and drinking and no bite incidences at all since that first day. I still think it must be something causing him pain, but any thoughts??

My old girl still got it. 😎

I adopted a pyr mix from the shelter and they said she was old. But she is SUPER playful with my 5 month old shepherd mix. My 7 year old cattle dog will play with them but you can tell she is 7...so just trying to judge her age. I'm thinking she's between 18 months-3 years old. She weighs about 70 lbs right now and had puppies about 15 weeks ago, so not sure how big she should actually be! We love her no matter what! She has been so good for our puppy. 💕