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Well, we thought BIG was a Great Pyrenees puppy when we bought him. That's the way he was advertised. That's what the folks said when we picked him up. That's what he looked like for the next month.

At five months of age, BIG's true colors started showing.

Great Pyrenees are fearless in the face of danger-even the puppies. But confronted with a threat-like a skunk nosing around the chicken coop-BIG would cower at the door and bark furiously as if to say," There's something really scary out here and you humans need to come out and deal with it while I hide under your bed."

Great Pyrenees have cotton-like coats that shun dirt. BIG's coat was not cotton-like. Most of the time, he looked a lot like stuffed animal that had been drug though the dirt.
Great Pyrenees patrol fence perimeters all night long. BIG slept on the old sofa out in the barn. Patrolling wasn't his thing.

Now don't get me wrong. BIG is a sweet dog and we do love the BIG coward, but we'd gone for a guard dog and come back with a lap dog. So, Annie went in search of another Great Pyrenees puppy.

Here he is. His name's Bear. At four months he stands at the fence in the middle of the night and growls at unseen intruders. He patrols the fence line constantly. He's a BIG comfort to BIG. And his coat is cotton-like.