Ben is our 4-year old Great Pyrenees whom we took out of a home who did not have time for him. It has been two months he has lived with us. He has since been neutered, put on about 18 pounds from his 98 pounds, the sores on his neck have healed and he has lost pounds of dead hair. His coat has filled in beautifully and he'll have a great winter coat.
He is left with many issues and we are working with a wonderful dog trainer who is helping us with those. His main issue is resource guarding as he has had two bites doing that. I am waiting for his muzzle to arrive before we get down to work.
In the meantime, there is an issue with his leash. We leave it on him all the time. He is better about us taking his collar but if he doesn't want to go out, we wouldn't be able to get near his neck. Leaving the leash on makes it easier but is still an issue because he growls and barks at us when he does not want to go out. We don't know if he'll bite and we don't want to find out. This morning, he growled/barked at me. I got the broom, stood the broom's length away and put the broom end through the leash handle and, voila, I managed to go in for the leash. Pathetic but it worked.
The photos here are ones taken the day we brought him home. I will post updated ones shortly.
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