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Our special friends that complete our lives

Great Pyrenees

The majestic ancient guardian.

Fame
BOB at the 2004 GPCA National Specialty, Portland, OR

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Resources:

            Library

BEHAVIOR

• Alpha Boot Camp by Vickie Rodenberg De Gruy
• A Radical Regime For Recalcitrant Rovers (RRRR) by Job Michael Evans
• NILIF - Nothing In Life Is Free
  Kids and Dogs by Vickie  Roderberg De Gruy
• Safety First
• Crating: Training or Torture? from the Akita Club  
• Raising Two Pups Together
• Sensory, Emotional and Social Development of the Young Dog     Dr Joël Dehasse  

BREEDING

• Prioritizing Genetic Defects by Dr. George Padgett
• Comparison of Reputable and "Backyard" Breeders by Victoria Rose.
• Canine Reproductionby Pamela Davol. Technical and complete
• The Ins and Outs of Pedigree Analysis, Genetic Diversity, and Genetic Disease Control by Jerold S. Bell, D.V.M.
• Checklist for the Responsible Breeder How can a buyer can evaluate a responsible breeder? By Diane Blackman
• So You Think You Want To Breed?
• What does a Pup Cost?

CARTING

• PVC Dog Cart for a Great Pyrenees

DEATH, GRIEF AND PET LOSS

• Etiquette for People Facing Loss of a Pet
• Pet Loss Support Hotline Information
  The Rainbow Bridge
  The Gift 
• The Journey - by Crystal Ward Kent
• Do Not Weep
• Old Dog
• May I Go?
• Eternal Guardian
• The Power of the Dog - Kipling
• I Stood By Your Bed
• A House Dog's Grave
• Why Dogs Don't Live as Long As People

GENETIC ISSUES

• Comparison of Hip Scoring of Various Countries
• Canine Inherited Disorders     University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
• Dwarfism in Great Pyrenees    
• Canine Epilepsy site of Univ. of Missouri
• HOD - Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy
• OFA - Orthopedic Foundation for Animals
• Sub-Aortic Stenosis (SAS)
• PRA - Progressive Retinal Atrophy

GPCA PAMPHLETS

• Est-ce une Race que vous convient?
• Care and Training of the Great Pyrenees
• History of the Breed
• Standard of the Breed
• Illustrated Standard of the Great Pyrenees
• GPCA Health Report - 1999     PDF Acrobat Reader.
• GPCA Health Committee page

LIVESTOCK GUARDIANS

• Alpacas meet Pyr LGD for first time
• Alpacas and the Family Farm Dog
• Buying a Livestock Guardian Dog Pup
• The Civilized Pyr by Anita Fahrenwald Crafton
• Coyotes - Living with them around you
• Environmentally Sound Alternative to Predator Control
• First Lambing and The Young Livestock Guardian
• The GPCA Breeder and the Family Farm Dog
• LGD Assists with Lambing
• Livestock Guardians and Poultry
• Oregon Judicial Department Appellate Court Opinions - LGDs and the "Right to Farm" laws
• Predator and Wildlife Management     comprehensive info
• Pyrs and Goats on M. Benoit Cockenpot's  farm in the Pyrenees Mountains.
• Building a porthole for dogs between fields.
• Rescue and the Working Pyr  
• Sheep Predator Death Loss - USDA pub 2004
• Starting the Livestock Guardian Dog Pup
• Table of Comparative Effectiveness of Breeds of Livestock Guardian Dogs, USDA 1986
• USDA Pamphlet on Livestock Guardian Dogs   PDF Requires Adobe Reader)
• What Killed My Livestock?
• What Makes a Pup a Livestock Guardian Dog?
• The Working LGD - What Is Its Job?

MEDICAL ISSUES

• Addison's disease links.
• Recent Advances in Veterinary Anethesia and Analgesia: Companions Animals
• Bloat Links and Information
• Bone Cancer Information
• Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
• Cancer in the Canineby Pamela Davol
• Canine Cardiology
• Cushings Disease
• Cruciate Ligament tear/rupture
• Debarking - Cruelty, or lifesaving surgery?
• Degenerative Mylopathy - GPCA Health Committee Report (requires Adobe Reader)
• Degenerative Spinal Mylopathy Resources
• Do you know when your dog is sick?
• Ear Cleaning Techiques by Joanne Howl, DVM
• Ears - Medical Treatment of Otitis Externa
• Eye Diseases - CERF
• Canine Epilepsy Network
• Exercise and the Dysplastic Pup
• Optimal Feeding of Large Breed Pups by Jennifer Bones Larsen, DVM
• Giardia - cause and control
• Gait - normal and lame - Excellent videos
• Preventing Heartworm in Your Dog
• American Heartworm Society info on Heartworm
• Heartworm stats for California, by county - 2001
• Hip X-Ray Without Anesthesia: One Owner's View
• Leptospirosis - New Form of an Old Disease - Cornell Univ.
• Lyme Disease
• Glossary of Canine Medical Terms
• Merck Veterinary Manual - on-line edition
• Mosquitoes - bites and repellants
• Neutering: Benefits and Safety
• Neutering:Early Spay/Neuter
• Neutering: Determining the optimal age for gonadectomy of dogs and cats by Margaret V. Root Kustritz, DVM, PhD, DACT
• Pain - - Guidelines for the Recognition and Assessment of Animal Pain
• List of canine parasites, their pictures, hosts and lifecycles
• Pharmaceutical information on common medications including effects, side effects and warnings.
• Poisonous Plants in Your Yard
• Polyneuropathy
• Portosystemic Shunt ("liver shunt")
• Storm Phobia Treatment  Karen L. Overall, VMD, Ph.D., Dipl. ACVB
• Summary of Tufts study on effect of dietary protein on canine aggression
• Tick-borne diseases, other than Lyme
• Urinary Incontinence in the bitch.
• Valley Fever in Dogs
• West Nile Virus links below
  • West Nile Virus - CDC pages
  • West Nile Virus - USDA/APHIS links
• Why is my dog Vomiting?
• Worms, Worming - U of Penn Vet site; comprehensive
• Vaccination Guidelines for Dogs & Cats