Omg. I’m so sorry. I have one too, & it’s tough keeping them in place. We don’t have a farm, but we live out in the woods. Tristan has taken off several times chasing a multitude of wildlife, esp coyotes (but always comes back quick). The last time he took off he came back covered in blood, where you could smell the metallic in it. Turns out, he got into it with a resident coyote. He was unharmed, thank God so now we do NOT let him run, in case he takes off again. If there were 2 or 3 he could’ve been hurt very badly or worse. I’m glad they’re home safe. Now we’re going to try the Halo collar. We’re not allowed to fence here. Ugh. Good luck. ♥️yes the barking…..quite an issue lol
I agree. Someone detained them and then had second thoughts or they would have been home much sooner. My current GP has rarely been out but always back (worn out!) in an hour or so. They have such a high pain tolerance and such a drive to roam, an e collar doesn’t work for them. The ones I had with sheep never left their territory even with no fencing. They never allowed the sheep to stray either! I taught them the boundaries at 8 weeks of age, and they never tested it. This was about 24 acres. Those two also never barked. They merely made themselves visible to potential prey. They were amazing!
Wow! We had hoped they were going to be guardians for our chickens, but that didn't work out even though they grew up with them. I'm curious if they're particular to the livestock they are protecting?
I also had turkeys, ducks, and a goat. They guarded all and brought me abandoned baby rabbits and duck eggs. I got both at age of 8 weeks. Both parents were guardians of sheep. The owners had very specific instructions for training. For 2 weeks they stayed with the animals and had no human interaction other than feeding. No eye contact or petting. They were walked on leash around their boundaries twice a day. After two weeks, positive contact with humans was fine and encouraged. One actually positioned herself to keep our house and four kids guarded, and the other had primary responsibility for the animals. They worked 24/7 and never strayed. My current GP is a house dog and tends to stay bored. She’s nothing like my first two!
@@donnafaris4734 thats impressive! We mostly tried to raise Betty and Bernard in a way that was meant to encourage their guardian behavior, walked the perimeter daily, housed around the chickens, and we tried to keep human interaction minimal but that was difficult with our kids around. They were born on a farm with working parents, but despite being around our chickens as puppies they never really intentionally "guarded" them, only keeping predators away by default from being around our property. They do show that guardian behavior around our family and kids though, and they have a tendency to hang around the kids especially but I think now that they've had a taste of the outside world they're enticed to roam "their land". I was starting to be convinced getting the bottle calves would make a difference, but that turned out to be a disappointment!
I am new to the breed but have done my research in preparation for them. I'm your other video, you mentioned that there was maybe an opening for them to escape, but did you fix that? Another question, I know this vid is recent, but did you continue that whistle incentive activity? Are you hmong? Keep up the good work man. 👍
There was no opening, and don't believe there ever was now. They just tolerate the pain of the shock and know that its only temporary so it no longer stops them. They do know the sound of the triangle and still come running over for a treat when they hear it, but it only works when they haven't ventured off too far to hear it. Unfortunately, we still keep them contained in the pasture with the calves and only let them out to the rest of our property when we're out with them and are able to constantly monitor them. I can no longer trust that they won't leave our property on the shock collar alone. I'm Cambodian. Are you getting them to protect livestock, or just for pets? Good luck with them! They're great dogs, just wish we had more land for them to explore!
@@woodlandacres appreciate the response. I don't meet too many Cambodian farmers. Live in Arkansas but also lived in LA close enough to long Beach. Have a couple of Khmer friends. I'm a new Great Pyrenees owner. Based on your experience, do you take your dogs out to the park? Either dog park or walk on leash at park away from other dogs. Thanks bud! 👍
@@victorvaj23 We've never taken them to the park, but we've had family bring their dogs over and it doesn't go over well bc they can be a bit territorial, especially Bernard. My guess is because they were born on a farm with working guardian parents, and since we've had them we've kept them mostly on our property and perimeter trained them so anything unusual that comes on the property always alarms them, and naturally they like to think all the land is theirs to protect anyways. However if you raise yours around other dogs I'm sure it'd be fine.
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Omg. I’m so sorry. I have one too, & it’s tough keeping them in place. We don’t have a farm, but we live out in the woods. Tristan has taken off several times chasing a multitude of wildlife, esp coyotes (but always comes back quick). The last time he took off he came back covered in blood, where you could smell the metallic in it. Turns out, he got into it with a resident coyote. He was unharmed, thank God so now we do NOT let him run, in case he takes off again. If there were 2 or 3 he could’ve been hurt very badly or worse. I’m glad they’re home safe. Now we’re going to try the Halo collar. We’re not allowed to fence here. Ugh. Good luck. ♥️yes the barking…..quite an issue lol
Yikes! I looked into halo, let me know how that works out!
I agree. Someone detained them and then had second thoughts or they would have been home much sooner. My current GP has rarely been out but always back (worn out!) in an hour or so. They have such a high pain tolerance and such a drive to roam, an e collar doesn’t work for them. The ones I had with sheep never left their territory even with no fencing. They never allowed the sheep to stray either! I taught them the boundaries at 8 weeks of age, and they never tested it. This was about 24 acres. Those two also never barked. They merely made themselves visible to potential prey. They were amazing!
Wow! We had hoped they were going to be guardians for our chickens, but that didn't work out even though they grew up with them. I'm curious if they're particular to the livestock they are protecting?
I also had turkeys, ducks, and a goat. They guarded all and brought me abandoned baby rabbits and duck eggs. I got both at
age of 8 weeks. Both parents were guardians of sheep. The owners had very specific instructions for training. For 2 weeks they stayed with the animals and had no human interaction other than feeding. No eye contact or petting. They were walked on leash around their boundaries twice a day. After two weeks, positive contact with humans was fine and encouraged. One actually positioned herself to keep our house and four kids guarded, and the other had primary responsibility for the animals. They worked 24/7 and never strayed. My current GP is a house dog and tends to stay bored. She’s nothing like my first two!
@@donnafaris4734 thats impressive! We mostly tried to raise Betty and Bernard in a way that was meant to encourage their guardian behavior, walked the perimeter daily, housed around the chickens, and we tried to keep human interaction minimal but that was difficult with our kids around. They were born on a farm with working parents, but despite being around our chickens as puppies they never really intentionally "guarded" them, only keeping predators away by default from being around our property. They do show that guardian behavior around our family and kids though, and they have a tendency to hang around the kids especially but I think now that they've had a taste of the outside world they're enticed to roam "their land". I was starting to be convinced getting the bottle calves would make a difference, but that turned out to be a disappointment!
I am new to the breed but have done my research in preparation for them. I'm your other video, you mentioned that there was maybe an opening for them to escape, but did you fix that? Another question, I know this vid is recent, but did you continue that whistle incentive activity? Are you hmong? Keep up the good work man. 👍
There was no opening, and don't believe there ever was now. They just tolerate the pain of the shock and know that its only temporary so it no longer stops them. They do know the sound of the triangle and still come running over for a treat when they hear it, but it only works when they haven't ventured off too far to hear it. Unfortunately, we still keep them contained in the pasture with the calves and only let them out to the rest of our property when we're out with them and are able to constantly monitor them. I can no longer trust that they won't leave our property on the shock collar alone. I'm Cambodian. Are you getting them to protect livestock, or just for pets? Good luck with them! They're great dogs, just wish we had more land for them to explore!
@@woodlandacres appreciate the response. I don't meet too many Cambodian farmers. Live in Arkansas but also lived in LA close enough to long Beach. Have a couple of Khmer friends. I'm a new Great Pyrenees owner. Based on your experience, do you take your dogs out to the park? Either dog park or walk on leash at park away from other dogs. Thanks bud! 👍
@@victorvaj23 We've never taken them to the park, but we've had family bring their dogs over and it doesn't go over well bc they can be a bit territorial, especially Bernard. My guess is because they were born on a farm with working guardian parents, and since we've had them we've kept them mostly on our property and perimeter trained them so anything unusual that comes on the property always alarms them, and naturally they like to think all the land is theirs to protect anyways. However if you raise yours around other dogs I'm sure it'd be fine.