(1) Great Pyrenees also make effective watch dogs and will loudly announce the presence of any visitors or unusual traffic.

(2) The Great Pyrenees moves smoothly and elegantly, true and straight ahead, exhibiting both power and agility.

(3) The Great Pyrenees possess a very keen sense of sight and smell and is constantly very aware of its surroundings.

(4) This is an instinctive action, as the Great Pyrenees were bred to be very observant and possess quick reflexes so as not to be caught unaware by a stalking predator.

(5) This tends to make the Great Pyrenees slightly aloof around strangers and out of the ordinary situations.

(6) The Great Pyrenees has a special love of small children and makes for an excellent companion and protector if property trained and socialized.

(7) The Great Pyrenees is a very versatile breed, making it a great companion, watch dog or livestock guardian animal, provided it receives appropriate training and socialization.

(8) The Great Pyrenees dog conveys the distinct impression of elegance and unsurpassed beauty combined with great overall size and majesty.

(9) In nature, the Great Pyrenees is confident, gentle, and affectionate.

(10) The Great Pyrenees is a highly intelligent and very perceptive breed.

(11) The Great Pyrenees Dog, or Pyrenean Mountain Dog as he is known in most of Europe and the United Kingdom, is arguably one of the beautiful breeds of dog in the world.

(12) Every year hundreds of Great Pyrenees are given up or abandoned because their owner didn't do the proper research before obtaining their dog.

(13) The Great Pyrenees is an elegant, well proportioned animal, that with its full winter coat, appears to be larger than it actually is.

(14) Big dogs like the Anatolian shepherd or Great Pyrenees can guard them from hostile animals.

(15) The Great Pyrenees is a dog of medium substance whose coat deceives those who do not feel the bone and muscle.

(16) The Great Pyrenees is also very adaptable to different climates.

(17) The Great Pyrenees descended from Hungarian . The Pyrenees is relative of the St. Bernard and the Newfoundland.

(18) The monks probably crossed the ancient mastiff with the Great Dane and the Great Pyrenees.

(19) Bred for centuries to deal with predators without human intervention, the Great Pyrenees has strong instincts and will act upon them, sometimes even to the chagrin of its owner.