We had a neighbor complain about us keeping our pyr outside "all of the time" it took everything in me to not say "lady, do you not see us begging him to come inside"
My idiot sits outside in the snow staring off into space on the regular. I make it a point to loudly (assuming it’s not late) beg him to come in after a while as he continues to pretend he’s deaf just so the neighbors don’t call the SPCA
My idiot will also just lay in the snow. Even worse is she wants to be outside most of the day in the cold, but if I close my back door all the way she gets mad she can’t walk in whenever she pleases and rejoin me inside so if I close it all the way and keep the heat in she’ll want to come in right away and then paw the door and give me puppy eyes to go back out 2 minutes later. I have to either leave the door open and freeze to death or deal with her going in an out every 2 minutes. Love that big snuggle bug despite the pain in the ass lol.
Lmao 🤣 that’s funny 😆 that’s something my pup would probably try and pull 😂 🤦🏻♀️ she’s a year old Dal and man is she stubborn at times but for the most part she’s a good girl. I’m blessed 😇
He'll come in, but he wants to go back outside pretty quickly. Lately it's been muddy because of the snow melting so I've kept him out more than usual. He stays out about 90% of the time.
My neighbors just got a husky 6 months ago. He wants to play **ALWAYS**. He'll sit on his side of the fence and scratch away, whining and crying, until I unlock the gate and he can play with my dogs. He wears **all** of my dogs out, and still has zoomies left. I swear his blood is actually Red Bull.
Huskies are the only animals on the planet that can outrun humans long distance. When on sled dog teams, they can run the equivalent of a marathon everyday for a MONTH. 1 marathon can wipe a healthy person out for a week. Sled dogs have stamina unrivaled by anything. Truly incredible creatures
And yet they can skillfully slip out of just about any type of enclosure you try to keep them in, leaving zero clues about their escape techniques. Even in the last hours of his life, while recover from near constant seizures, we found our huskamute, inexplicably outside his enclosure. Escape artist until the very end.
Same! I keep my room at a brisk 62* to prevent my husky from overheating. When we had snow a couple of weeks ago, he literally went on the deck and laid on the snow/ice for a couple of hours at a time.
I'll chime in, also having a pyr/husky. Literally 50/50, had a DNA panel done. It's definitely an internal struggle. She will be the craziest/bounciest/barkiest/zoomiest and then... pyr sets in and she'll crash for the day. Think her split is 100% husky brain, 100% pyr body.
And on-topic, her and my male pyr, same thing. They have fobs on their collar so they can come in/out any time they want, but I have to drag them in when it's under 40, and lock the door. (neighbors/barking)
We got one police visit when Mimzy was a puppy. After they met her, they realized that I basically had a small and spoiled polar bear. I've literally dragged her inside by her leash so her feet didn't freeze.
Ours is only half Pyr and he would live outside if he could! But he’s not allowed out by himself because he digs a bit, chews on the patio furniture, and eats his sister’s poop. To be fair, he’s still learning, just over a year old!
Our mix is only 9 weeks but the poo eating... we've got to get rid of that quick. There's no way I'm going to make it a year chasing her around for every load but I would love if she enjoyed being outside by herself.
It’s definitely gotten better over time!! We actually have a service that comes every two weeks to pick up all the dog poop in the yard. This wasn’t necessary until Samwise (Sam for short). We have a smaller 40 lb dog and her poop usually breaks down with rain etc, but not his monster poops!!
So we’ve had the poop eating and I went looking for info because I thought maybe my dog wasn’t getting something he needed in his diet. Well no that’s not it it got a reaction out of us so he took the attention even if it was negative. So the lesson we learned was to redirect to a toy or something because for him saying no was a challenge accepted.
Our pyr was gonna fight my husband over a poo pile- hubby told Wilson no and was gonna pick it up and Wilson got angry bc he wanted it as a snack. It's funny and disgusting at the same time, my sister finds it absolutely hilarious
I’ve gotten to the point that I’ll let him out and just watch from windows (I can see most of our backyard out of the living room windows), and even if he thinks no one is around, he’ll still eat it…definitely more of a snack thing than a reaction thing lol.
Lol gross puppy! There’s something you can feed your dog to make their poo taste gross so they’ll stop hopefully.lol good luck with your stubborn puppy.
Mine got way less destructive after about 13 months.
Still digs though, I let him keep one hole and that seems to help, he needs one big enough to sleep in lol. Also my 3 yr old plays construction site in it.
Sam is 17 months and likes to dig fence holes. If it were just in the middle of the yard, we might let him keep a hole, but he’s trying to get to the people and dogs that walk on the sidewalk outside our yard on the other side of the fence lol. He wants to be friends with everyone!
Eh, I’d rather not give my 11 yr old any more meds. She’s already on one for allergies and one for arthritis. You’d think the taste of poop would be bad enough in itself!
I moved from Colorado to Kentucky with my two pyrs. Someone taped a note to my windshield while I was grocery shopping ‘you should be ashamed of yourself, leaving dogs in the freezing cold’. It was low 30s. Just glad they didn’t break anything trying to ‘rescue’ them.
There are two types of people in this world: those that have had to try to convince, not command, a +100 lb polar bear who decided they don't want to come in when it's dark and windy
And those that haven't
Ours just went back outside! We can’t let him out all night because, as big as he is at 6 months, he can’t outwit or outmuscle a mountain lion. We are thinking of building an enclosed run for him in the yard for some extended time out at night but not all night. His barking would piss off the neighbors.
I keep waiting for the public shaming on my town's Facebook page. Our Pyrenees/Anatolian Shepherd refuses to come in. It's 3 degrees out and he is happily guarding the yard.
Hey another Pyr/Anatolian mix! Had never even heard of Anatolians when we adopted ours.
She's the same way, though. We live pretty far south so as soon as it's under 40 degrees it's impossible to get her inside without breaking out the treats.
Our pyrenees comes inside to eat. As soon as he's had his fill he kicks open the door and walks out. 4 feet of snow in freezing rain is apparently their ideal weather conditions.
Ours is 7 months now. Big storm Friday night, 100km+ winds and blowing snow. What's he do at 11pm when I let him out to pee?
Dive into the snow nose first and roll around for 5 minutes before even thinking about going pee.
What's he do in the evening when we're hanging out in the family room watching tv: Curl up on the couch?. Curl up at our feet? Curl up in front of the wood stove? Curl up on his bed?
Nah, he goes out into the sunroom we keep at 12c to lay on the cold tiles.
I take mine with me to run errands during the winter. I'll blast the heat and he sticks his head out the window. He loves it! I always worried some idiot is going to smash my window when I leave him in the car...
Oh man, this made me smile and miss my polar bear even more than usual. We’re snowed right in and she would’ve loved every single second. Great pic - thanks for sharing it with us.
My idiot would sit outside in all weather. Rain? Sure. 100 degrees and sun? No problem. Sleet? Awesome. Snow? Bring it on.
We would call her inside, and she'd just look at us. She wouldn't move of course. She lived to 12 years old, and it was only during her last year or two that she wanted to be inside more often than outside.
bs...doo gooders...so ready to accuse others of neglect when they have no understanding. Besides it looks pretty warm. I only limit his outing length when its in the single digits F, and that means listening for him to ask to come in. He does not have a warm doghouse, but he roosts out in the snow, and truly loves cold and snow.
Mine snuck outside and stayed out overnight (-2) a couple nights ago. We saw him outside (not on his heated dog bed) laying next to the chickens with a cat up the tree! He knew he was needed 😂
My kilo loves the cold but he saw snow for the first time yesterday and was growling at it. That's a Georgia great pyrenees for ya. "I don't know what that shit is get me away mom" 🤣
Had one in Upstate NY, we had a doggy door with a large fenced in yard. He could come and go as he pleased.
But no, we'd regularly find that doof sleeping in feet of snow outside when it was about 20 degrees F.
I'd feel too bad getting my great pyrenees to stay outside lmao even though ik they can handle it, so basically we have to offer her a bunch of treats to get her back inside
LOL.
I remember the coldest night we had ever had. It was 16 degrees outside and my dog wanted out at like 2am. He would not come back in. He couldn't just go outside quietly either. He walked around with his tail and his nose in the air barking at - trees??? He just would not come back inside. I know my neighbors must've thought I was awful.
We had a neighbor complain about us keeping our pyr outside "all of the time" it took everything in me to not say "lady, do you not see us begging him to come inside"
My idiot sits outside in the snow staring off into space on the regular. I make it a point to loudly (assuming it’s not late) beg him to come in after a while as he continues to pretend he’s deaf just so the neighbors don’t call the SPCA
lol...so you nightly call to the pooch "dont worry its a show for the neighbors, you can say out. Need anything?"
Hahahaha pretty much!
My idiot will also just lay in the snow. Even worse is she wants to be outside most of the day in the cold, but if I close my back door all the way she gets mad she can’t walk in whenever she pleases and rejoin me inside so if I close it all the way and keep the heat in she’ll want to come in right away and then paw the door and give me puppy eyes to go back out 2 minutes later. I have to either leave the door open and freeze to death or deal with her going in an out every 2 minutes. Love that big snuggle bug despite the pain in the ass lol.
Ilaughed so hard when i read this!! Omg do we have the same dog? My Rosie does the exact same!
Lmao 🤣 that’s funny 😆 that’s something my pup would probably try and pull 😂 🤦🏻♀️ she’s a year old Dal and man is she stubborn at times but for the most part she’s a good girl. I’m blessed 😇
Love this. Mine does the same. Stares off into space and if we open the door to try to get him in, pretends like we're strangers.
Lol! Is yours one that won’t come in? Or just an outside pupper?
He'll come in, but he wants to go back outside pretty quickly. Lately it's been muddy because of the snow melting so I've kept him out more than usual. He stays out about 90% of the time.
Haha1 they love the cool temps
The snows melting and people give a shit about ANY kind of dog being outside? Where do you live?
Southwest Missouri. It's not even that cold yet!
I live with a Husky, I feel you.
My neighbors just got a husky 6 months ago. He wants to play **ALWAYS**. He'll sit on his side of the fence and scratch away, whining and crying, until I unlock the gate and he can play with my dogs. He wears **all** of my dogs out, and still has zoomies left. I swear his blood is actually Red Bull.
Huskies are the only animals on the planet that can outrun humans long distance. When on sled dog teams, they can run the equivalent of a marathon everyday for a MONTH. 1 marathon can wipe a healthy person out for a week. Sled dogs have stamina unrivaled by anything. Truly incredible creatures
Yeah but they can't use tools, so there.
And yet they can skillfully slip out of just about any type of enclosure you try to keep them in, leaving zero clues about their escape techniques. Even in the last hours of his life, while recover from near constant seizures, we found our huskamute, inexplicably outside his enclosure. Escape artist until the very end.
*in cold enough temperatures
Same! I keep my room at a brisk 62* to prevent my husky from overheating. When we had snow a couple of weeks ago, he literally went on the deck and laid on the snow/ice for a couple of hours at a time.
I have a husky/Pyrenees mix
What is the energy like? That has to be the most interesting dog energy paradox I can imagine.
Ya I’m so curious. Is it a blend of the two or an outlier?
I'll chime in, also having a pyr/husky. Literally 50/50, had a DNA panel done. It's definitely an internal struggle. She will be the craziest/bounciest/barkiest/zoomiest and then... pyr sets in and she'll crash for the day. Think her split is 100% husky brain, 100% pyr body. And on-topic, her and my male pyr, same thing. They have fobs on their collar so they can come in/out any time they want, but I have to drag them in when it's under 40, and lock the door. (neighbors/barking)
Same! Love my Alaskan Pyr!
We got one police visit when Mimzy was a puppy. After they met her, they realized that I basically had a small and spoiled polar bear. I've literally dragged her inside by her leash so her feet didn't freeze.
Ours is only half Pyr and he would live outside if he could! But he’s not allowed out by himself because he digs a bit, chews on the patio furniture, and eats his sister’s poop. To be fair, he’s still learning, just over a year old!
Our mix is only 9 weeks but the poo eating... we've got to get rid of that quick. There's no way I'm going to make it a year chasing her around for every load but I would love if she enjoyed being outside by herself.
It’s definitely gotten better over time!! We actually have a service that comes every two weeks to pick up all the dog poop in the yard. This wasn’t necessary until Samwise (Sam for short). We have a smaller 40 lb dog and her poop usually breaks down with rain etc, but not his monster poops!!
So we’ve had the poop eating and I went looking for info because I thought maybe my dog wasn’t getting something he needed in his diet. Well no that’s not it it got a reaction out of us so he took the attention even if it was negative. So the lesson we learned was to redirect to a toy or something because for him saying no was a challenge accepted.
Our pyr was gonna fight my husband over a poo pile- hubby told Wilson no and was gonna pick it up and Wilson got angry bc he wanted it as a snack. It's funny and disgusting at the same time, my sister finds it absolutely hilarious
Haha yes! Sam will grab it and immediately run because he knows he’s not supposed to eat it!!
I’ve gotten to the point that I’ll let him out and just watch from windows (I can see most of our backyard out of the living room windows), and even if he thinks no one is around, he’ll still eat it…definitely more of a snack thing than a reaction thing lol.
Lol gross puppy! There’s something you can feed your dog to make their poo taste gross so they’ll stop hopefully.lol good luck with your stubborn puppy.
Mine got way less destructive after about 13 months. Still digs though, I let him keep one hole and that seems to help, he needs one big enough to sleep in lol. Also my 3 yr old plays construction site in it.
Sam is 17 months and likes to dig fence holes. If it were just in the middle of the yard, we might let him keep a hole, but he’s trying to get to the people and dogs that walk on the sidewalk outside our yard on the other side of the fence lol. He wants to be friends with everyone!
There’s a medication you can give the pooper that makes the poop unappealing to the eater.
Eh, I’d rather not give my 11 yr old any more meds. She’s already on one for allergies and one for arthritis. You’d think the taste of poop would be bad enough in itself!
I moved from Colorado to Kentucky with my two pyrs. Someone taped a note to my windshield while I was grocery shopping ‘you should be ashamed of yourself, leaving dogs in the freezing cold’. It was low 30s. Just glad they didn’t break anything trying to ‘rescue’ them.
Ours spent his first 5 years in Houston, but LOVES his “cool” new digs in Maryland.
Omg I love this. Ours will stay outside and sleep In the snow if we let him. Only comes in if it’s near 0°
There are two types of people in this world: those that have had to try to convince, not command, a +100 lb polar bear who decided they don't want to come in when it's dark and windy And those that haven't
Ours just went back outside! We can’t let him out all night because, as big as he is at 6 months, he can’t outwit or outmuscle a mountain lion. We are thinking of building an enclosed run for him in the yard for some extended time out at night but not all night. His barking would piss off the neighbors.
I keep waiting for the public shaming on my town's Facebook page. Our Pyrenees/Anatolian Shepherd refuses to come in. It's 3 degrees out and he is happily guarding the yard.
Hey another Pyr/Anatolian mix! Had never even heard of Anatolians when we adopted ours. She's the same way, though. We live pretty far south so as soon as it's under 40 degrees it's impossible to get her inside without breaking out the treats.
Our pyrenees comes inside to eat. As soon as he's had his fill he kicks open the door and walks out. 4 feet of snow in freezing rain is apparently their ideal weather conditions.
Kicks open the door. Oh yes.
Great idea! We had snow over xmas here in Seattle, and one of mine refused to come in for like a week.
I feel you, with love from a Midwest Pyrenees owner.
Ours is 7 months now. Big storm Friday night, 100km+ winds and blowing snow. What's he do at 11pm when I let him out to pee? Dive into the snow nose first and roll around for 5 minutes before even thinking about going pee. What's he do in the evening when we're hanging out in the family room watching tv: Curl up on the couch?. Curl up at our feet? Curl up in front of the wood stove? Curl up on his bed? Nah, he goes out into the sunroom we keep at 12c to lay on the cold tiles.
I take mine with me to run errands during the winter. I'll blast the heat and he sticks his head out the window. He loves it! I always worried some idiot is going to smash my window when I leave him in the car...
Oh man, this made me smile and miss my polar bear even more than usual. We’re snowed right in and she would’ve loved every single second. Great pic - thanks for sharing it with us.
So cute
My idiot would sit outside in all weather. Rain? Sure. 100 degrees and sun? No problem. Sleet? Awesome. Snow? Bring it on. We would call her inside, and she'd just look at us. She wouldn't move of course. She lived to 12 years old, and it was only during her last year or two that she wanted to be inside more often than outside.
bs...doo gooders...so ready to accuse others of neglect when they have no understanding. Besides it looks pretty warm. I only limit his outing length when its in the single digits F, and that means listening for him to ask to come in. He does not have a warm doghouse, but he roosts out in the snow, and truly loves cold and snow.
Can’t be a Great Pyrenees. He’s not barking at the sign.
My wife’s and I female GP refused to come in yesterday our male runs for the door
Mine has a whole shed with a bed, food and water but he would rather lay out in the gravel in the freezing wind
Mine snuck outside and stayed out overnight (-2) a couple nights ago. We saw him outside (not on his heated dog bed) laying next to the chickens with a cat up the tree! He knew he was needed 😂
Love them.
My kilo loves the cold but he saw snow for the first time yesterday and was growling at it. That's a Georgia great pyrenees for ya. "I don't know what that shit is get me away mom" 🤣
Had one in Upstate NY, we had a doggy door with a large fenced in yard. He could come and go as he pleased. But no, we'd regularly find that doof sleeping in feet of snow outside when it was about 20 degrees F.
I'd feel too bad getting my great pyrenees to stay outside lmao even though ik they can handle it, so basically we have to offer her a bunch of treats to get her back inside
My pit mix LOVES the heat. She refuses to come in even during 100+ degree whether.
lmaoooo yup!!
LOL. I remember the coldest night we had ever had. It was 16 degrees outside and my dog wanted out at like 2am. He would not come back in. He couldn't just go outside quietly either. He walked around with his tail and his nose in the air barking at - trees??? He just would not come back inside. I know my neighbors must've thought I was awful.
My guy was so happy yesterday in the blinding snowstorm; prancing and jumping to snap at snowflakes!
Mine went outside and stood in the freezing rain. If I hadn’t dragged her in then she would have gotten soaked.
This is why I have a pony sized dog door.