My Great Pyrenees wont stop barking?

You need to join a pyr group to ask your questions so you don't get rude, stupid, inappropriate answers.

In you are in HOA housing, and noone is home from 6:30 am to 5:00 pm, then you might need to rehome him if you can't get this under control. You waited WAY TOO LONG to ask this question. You should have dealt with this LONG ago.

You should have read up on the breed BEFORE you got your pyr and learned the breed traits. Pyrs BARK! They are guardians, rather than guard dogs. There's a difference. A guard dog guards by watching carefully, and attacking when intruders come into their territory. A guardian BARKS to scare intruders away by intimidating the intruders with their booming bark and lunging at the intruder, snarling and threatening them.

His chewing things up is a sign that he's BORED. He doesn't get enough exercise or attention from you. If he cannot hold his pee, either he has worms, or a urinary tract infection, or some other illness because PYRS CAN HOLD their pee for 8 to 12 hours EASILY!

You need to take a day off work and go to the Humane Society office, and talk to them and ask them for help and guidance. Explain your financial bind and ask them for help in getting the dog evaluated by both a vet and a behavioral expert.

Pyrs are a working breed. They need a job to do. They need to either be guarding livestock, or family/pack members. My pyrs guard my 2 cats, me, and the cattle.

I'm not sure why your pyr and golden aren't entertaining each other. If they are together, that should have satisfied the pyrs need for companionship during the day while you work. Pyrs tend to bond closely with other dogs in the family, and greatly enjoy the companionship. His barking till you let him inside, is because he was trying to communicate with you that he wanted to be WITH YOU! And you had NO IDEA what he was trying to communicate because you have apparently not learned much about pyrenees.

The bird house thing doesn't do anything for the dog.

The shock collar requires that the fur be trimmed short so the prongs make contact. Most pyr owners don't approve of them. There are also citronella collars, I believe. They emit a scent when the dog barks.

The "approved" collar someone mentioned is not one I have heard of before, so I cannot comment on it.

Obviously you live in a city if they're threatening you with 6 months in prison and fines up to $100K. Pyrs can live in cities and in apartments IF the owner understands the breed well enough to give the dog adequate time, attention and exercise. To be honest, if you're not giving the dog enough attention and exercise, I can understand why they are accusing you of being abusive to the dog and likely to be imprisoned and/or fined. You are NOT treating the dog right. You are NOT giving him what he needs from you.

Go to the ASPCA, Humane Society, or a rescue group and ask for advice and assistance in correcting how you interact with your dog. That IS your BEST possible solution. If you don't change how you interact with the dog, and make sure he gets what he needs from you, then you should rehome the dog. REMEMBER... at 9 months, he's getting close to his adult size, and he'll still be a puppy till age 2. If he had the attention and exercise he needs. he wouldn't need to be barking so much.

You may be able to rehome him through a good Yahoo pyr group, so I'll add the link below. -!-

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This dog is a working dog breed, it needs a job to do. Unfortunately for you these dogs do not bond with 'their flock' unless they are brought up with them from a baby age. I would contact your local Pyrenees rescue org and re-home him. He needs a job to do.

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Shock collar will only fix the symptom, not the cause of the barking, if you really care about your dogs' mental wellbeing you will address the cause.

If you had properly crate and house trained right from the beginning, this wouldn't be an issue.

The fact that he's outside, misbehaving, with no correction all day every day is your answer. I would suspect there's also a major boredom issue as well.

electric collars usually work well:is the collar making contact with the dogs skin at all?

Pyrenees have a lot of hair/fur, so you need to use the collar with long prongs or what it is on the inside of the collar(the box).

i also knew people who had to trim their dogs coat around the neck,to be sure its making a connection and the dog immediately shut up(well, when he gets a correction,he will jump,but he will learn quickly,that barking=correction)

some people wet the coat on the neck of the dog,as the thick coat prevents the dog from getting the correction for barking.

otherwise, you may need to let the dog inside and crate him or give the dog away?

great pyrenees are known to be a bit noisy and suspicious of strangers.

There is a product that is humane and vet. approved to stop barking dogs. It works with ultrasonic sound waves that the dog can hear but not humans. I am a pet sitter and one of my clients has one for her Shepherds. She was turned in by neighbor for her barking dogs. The product works great and no more barking. Check it out below.

Crate train him.. Leave a TV on so he thinks someone is home. It will also help drown out the noise.

all dogs need to be trained and exercised

sounds like it wants inside, have to train ti keep inside or rehome

Find a breed rescue and rehome him. You are not fit to be a dog owner.