[mosaicwolf]

I have a Great Pyrenees livestock guard dog. I have an under ground electronic fence that I trained him on when a puppy. He goes on duty from dawn to dusk every day, rain or shine, and never leaves the property. I have observed him run a Coyote to the property boundary and my dog never crossed it. The Coyote, however, crossed it at a high rate of speed. Now, bad actors never venture in to his patrol area.

Sorry to hear this Great Pyrenees was left to run on his own. When untrained they are roamers.

[Oldexpat]

A friend has one for the same reason. Tends live stock and keeps varmits away from his garden and orchard. Very tough dogs.

[Mr. Mojo]

Hard to imagine a big and relatively slow Great Pyrenees catching an outdoor cat. I’ve had similarly-sized (150 lb) Newfoundlands, and my cats ran rings around them.

[Sequoyah101]

I’ve wanted one for a guard animal but don’t think I can control it well enough. Somebody a few miles from here has two and they cover about a half mile radius. You’ll see them walking right down the middle of the highway. Can’t believe someone has not hit one already. Irresponsible letting them roam like that.

Good job on trying to be responsible.

[Sergio]

Related story I read where the dog collar used in conjunction with the electronic fence, emits a beep or tone to warn the dog that they are getting close to the boundary. If the dog gets closer, the collar shocks the dog.

Well, one dog learned to get close enough to the boundary to get the collar to beep, then sit right there on the edge with the collar beeping. This would quickly drain the battery of the collar which meant “no shock”.

Once the collar stopped beeping, the dog would be on his merry way around the neighborhood. LOL!

And they say dogs ain’t smart.