re: Consider a Pyrenees dog

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Personally I couldn't see bringing them indoors and making them house pets, just doesn't seem like what they are made for but to each their own I guess.

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I can only speak to a sample size of one, but my sister's was a working dog all 5 years of his life; I don't think she ever set foot inside a house. Owner died, kids didn't want the land or the dog, ended up in a rescue, the dog LOVES being a house pet. Still raises hell with pelicans but that's about the "work" she's interested in.

They seem to have a significant issue with wandering if they are kept outside and aren't working dogs. My brother lived in the country and had a pair of them, and they'd wander crazy distances (like 10 miles or more). They're an absolute pleasure as far as temperament, though.

I don't think the wandering thing was just his either, because I see a ton of them on local lost/found/spotted dog facebook groups.

I love pyres. Can't fight worth a damn. Good dogs though.

Mine always ended up same sex dog aggressive right around 2 years.

My dad had one at one time for his small farm to protect his chickens which were free ranging most of the time. Each time my brother would come over with his little boy, who was about 2-3 years old, the dog would follow my nephew around and when he’d wander too far off into the yard, the dog would take his arm (his whole arm) gently into its mouth and guide him back to us. It was amazing to watch and my nephew would laugh every time.
They do wander though- he’d get calls from neighbors who saw his dog miles away, but he never went to get it because it always came back.

They will protect livestock too

I have an Ashbash he is a big puppy until someone is around my wife or kids.
When I'm gone he sits at the front door staring out if I'm home he goes and lays out in his bed.

I had a mobile notary come over and he got there before I got home and my wife let him she took a video of him sitting in between them at the dinning room table. Once I got home he just got up and walked off w/ out a care in the world.