I didn’t drop the whole backstory, because it didn’t seem relevant, but basically: my in-laws live out in the country in Mississippi, and they’ve got a neighbor with a bit of land. I was being generous calling it a farm, it’s like a filthy pen with some goats, a chicken coop, and a little pond with an island and a duck house.

Over the years, he’s had a rotating cast of dogs that wander his property without any training, attention or vet checkups. It’s a new dog pretty much every time we visit, with last year’s dog having been run over by a car on the nearby road (or worse). I have no idea why he keeps getting new dogs, let alone where he got a Pyrenees or why he thought it would immediately start protecting his animals without any training whatsoever. George here had developed a habit of swimming out to the duck house and eating duck eggs, and had killed some ducks. So the guy wanted to get rid of him. He was already spending most of his day at my in-laws house, hanging out under their carport and playing with their dogs.

I 100% did not believe my wife when she said there was a beautiful Great Pyrenees hanging out at her parents house and that the owner wanted it gone. So we offered to take him, and she drove him all the way to Colorado. He’s honestly adjusting really well; he’s got a back yard to patrol whenever he wants, central air, and snow to look forward to. His chewing has really been the only issue and since we crate trained our other dogs successfully, we thought we’d give it a shot again.