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🤍🐾 Meet Patrick – 100 Pounds of PURE Pyrenees Personality! 🐾🤍

📍 Location: Lexington, SC

🐶 Name: Patrick
🎂 Age: ~3–4 years (DOB ~8/5/22)
🐕 Breed: Great Pyrenees Mix – pretty sure Great Pyrenees x Anatolian Shepherd, although he has VERY strong Pyrenees personality!
⚖️ ~100 lbs
♂️ Male

🩺 Spayed/Neutered/Shots: Neutered, UTD on Rabies, DHPP & Bordetella, microchipped, dewormed, heartworm negative, and UTD on prevention.

🐶🐱👧 Good with dogs, cats & kids: Great with all of the above, with one important caveat regarding food.

⚠️ Patrick is very food protective around other dogs and can get grumbly about it. The only significant reactivity we've seen was with the large dog he arrived with (presumed to be his brother), and even then, no injuries occurred. This has primarily been an issue with larger dogs, particularly those over ~70 lbs. It's very manageable with separate feeding and appropriate space.

🏡 House/crate trained: YES! He will even wake me up at night when he needs to go outside. He marked twice when he first arrived but hasn't had an issue since. He also did wonderfully at my workplace once his hormones had settled more after neutering. He's comfortable in a crate, although he may guard a treat if another large dog walks past.

🏡 Reason for rehoming: Patrick was found as a stray and picked up by Animal Control. No owner came forward, and we were asked to pull him because the shelter was severely overcrowded. ❤️

🥰 Additional info/personality:

Patrick is SUCH a good boy.

🤍 Extremely friendly
🚶‍♂️ Walks like an absolute dream on leash
🛋️ Loves couch naps & cuddling
🏠 Very well-mannered indoors
🐱 Wonderful with cats
👧 Great with humans of all ages
🐾 Knows his size... mostly! 😂

He has gotten loose off leash and stayed nearby rather than taking off, but we wouldn't recommend testing a Pyrenees' recall too much. They are notorious roamers! 😉

And when Patrick decides it's cuddle time, his ~100 lbs suddenly become YOUR problem because he'd like to use you as a pillow—or let you use him as one. 😂❤️

For local adopters interested in a potential livestock guardian role, we're willing to test him with livestock at the adopter's property.

Patrick is an incredibly sweet, well-mannered giant who would make an amazing companion for the right home. ❤️

📩 Message/email if interested! Please include Patrick's name in your message, as we have several rescue animals currently looking for homes.

🏡 Adoption application & contract required to ensure a wonderful forever home.