Comments on: Great Pyrenees Black Lab Mix

By: Sammie@LabSiteHQ

Sammie@LabSiteHQ — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:59:37 +0000

In reply to Jessie.

Hi Jessie – thanks for sharing your dog’s story with us. If you would like to share a picture with us you can email it to hello@thelabradorsite.com 🙂

By: Jessie

Jessie — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:58:41 +0000

I found this beautiful boy dumped at an RV Park. I have had him for a year. He is easy to train. He loves me so much. He follows me to every room. He is protective of me and the property. I do have to watch out at dog parks. If he sees another dog running up to me, he will immediately run to cut him off. So, I keep up the socialization with doggy daycare going for him. He does like to bark at people just walking by on the sidewalk or behind us walking the basin. The barking is something I believe is in their guardian nature. However , it can be minimized with training. Also, he is very stubborn . He will respond better with a calm stern voice. Definitely had to learn to wear some Alpha pants with him.
Anyway, I sent in a DNA text and what came back is:
48% Labrador Retriever
44% Great Pyrenees
remainder is Anatolian Shepherd and 1% Akbash Dog
These are amazing dogs. Just keep up with the grooming and training. You will find a wonderful- And way too smart dog!
The only relatives on the DNA are grandparents that are 100% Great Pyrenees.
I couldnt post a pic

By: Pippa Mattinson

Pippa Mattinson — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 05:38:44 +0000

In reply to Trippism. Thank you for sharing your story :)

By: Trippism

Trippism — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 15:41:19 +0000

I adopted a Black Pyrador mix girl who paired well with my Old English Sheepdog boy in my large suburban Dayton Ohio yard as she was flagged for destruction at a Kentucky kill shelter at 9 weeks old, so I rushed down to adopt her. Only to find out when I got her back home 2 days later she stopped eating and was diagnosed with Parvovirus. After a week of veterinary care, they had little hope after a $700 bill, they sensed no emotional improvement and allowed me to bring her home. I arrived at the clinic for them to bring me her in a pee pad and when she saw me her tail immediately began to wag and her bladder released in my arms into the pad, only after seeing me when I brought her home on the first weekend. Espy, named for meaning Hope, lived 13 years, through my hip replacement and Stroke, and although when young she escaped and traveled the neighborhood as she matured she helped me rehab by tenderly following me to the curb with the 30 gallon trash can. When she couldn’t make it back into the house after going to the restroom and the vet saying that there was nothing else they could do I tearfully ended her suffering with the biggest hole in my heart. As she was raised by my Sheepdog boy, she had raised a Sheepie of her own, Yo-Yo, his heart was broken too and luck in the form of my son, found, in the same state location of southern Indiana, in a Great Pyrenees rescue a girl with Black Dog Syndrome not being adopted, again I rushed over to get her and had a clean bill of health they named her Heart, as ironically she rescued our hearts. I changed her name to JiYa, meaning Sweet Heart in Hindi, and ran her DNA test, only to reassure she was 50% Lab, 32% Pyr and 18% Aussie, but after 2-1/2 she is a great dog, maybe a bit crazy and night barky, but keeps my Yo-Yo, my Sheepdog, healthy, now 10 years old and keeps my 92 year old mother happy. Pyradors are a great mix.

By: Pippa Mattinson

Pippa Mattinson — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 06:29:38 +0000

In reply to Deirdre. How lovely, Charlie sounds awesome :) Thank you for sharing his story!

By: Deirdre

Deirdre — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 17:39:32 +0000

We “lucked” into a black lab- pyr male. We knew the mom and dad, both of which had great traits. Charlie is living his best 150lb bear-like life on a farm with cattle and chickens. He moves easily from farm to city to cottage and protects everyone around him (from the coyotes and foxes) while making friends with every human and dog he can find. We definitely got the best traits from both sides of the mixes and are stuck on the mixed breed. We are hoping to find a playmate and apprentice for him as he gets a little longer in the tooth. We are so glad he found us. We are better for him being a part of our family.

By: Sandy Hughes

Sandy Hughes — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 23:15:41 +0000

I adopted a 4 month old Black Lab/Pyrenees mix. She looked like a big black Lab (80 pounds) with slightly longer and softer coat than a Lab (but nothing like a Pyrenees coat). I did her genetic testing and she was a pure bred on both sides.
She was born on a farm and was an outside dog. She spent her first 4 months with kids, dogs, cats, goats and chickens so she was already socialized when I got her. I didn’t have to house break her because she was used to going outside. In fact I had to teach her to come through a door and walk on carpet. She and I became an animal assisted therapy team visiting hospitals for 10 years until COVID shut that down. She had no medical issues until she died suddenly last year at 11 years, 4 months from what appeared to be a stroke or aneurysm. She never met a stranger, was easy to train, gentle and loving. Best dog I ever had – so much so that I do not want another dog as it would never be as awesome as she was.

By: Henry Wire

Henry Wire — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 18:14:54 +0000

We’ve had this Lab/Pyrenees mix for 13+ years. Payton is her name. While she has a extra fury coat, it’s not the vast abundance of what a Pyrenees would have… thank goodness. She is white but has very light highlights within her Coat. Her disposition, she likes people and other Dogs, but she LOVES kids ..!! Thank you for such a great article on these Pups. I wish there was a way to enclose a photo.