Frederick Great Pyrenees & Shepherd Mix Nashville, TN

Frederick is an awesome 3 year old Great Pyr mix.   He is a healthy 105lb boy, who at some point in his young life suffered a bullet wound and was heartworm positive, prior to coming north.  He is completely house trained and crate trained, though the crate is not his favorite place to be.  He is trust worthy enough to be left out and he won’t destroy anything in your home while you are out.  He will probably look longingly out the window waiting on your return, while cuddling up with the PJ bottoms you left on the bathroom floor. 

Fredrick is awesome with other dogs, even the ones that run right up and introduce themselves.  His southern foster mom said he was good with her cat.  Freddie looks like a little polar bear.  He loves to be outside, loves his walks and an occasional bike ride with his foster dad.   (Dad on the bike. Dog on the leash.)   

He’s not very graceful, but makes up for it in the love he shows his humans (he is wonderful with kids.)  He loves car rides, but won’t chase a car.   He loves tug of war, but won’t chase a ball.  Throw him a treat, and it will probably bounce off his nose and down the stairs.  If your other dog eats it he just puts on his sad eyes until you hand him another one.   

Frederick is amazing on a leash.  One consideration is that he is a bit of an escape artist.  He is capable of scaling a chain link fence, but a stockade fence would keep him in.  Freddie does great on a dog run as he can’t chew through it.

He is just an adventurous wandering kind of soul.   Fredrick is just a very gentle guy looking for that forever home to call his own.  Please email katia@bigfluffydogs.com if you are interested in adopting Frederick.


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All known information about an individual dog is provided in it's listing. We do our best to provide accurate information, but adopters must understand that each home is different and the dog may behave differently in a new home. Dogs are creatures of their environment and you help make the dog what it will be.

Homes considering adopting a puppy must be prepared for:
1.) Flexible schedules for potty training. Puppies can only "hold it" for one hour per month of age (ex. a 4 month old puppy can only go 4 hours without a potty break).
2.) Crate training until the puppy is at least one year old, to prevent chewing on inappropriate things when you can't supervise.
3.) Socialization: The more positive and varying experiences as a puppy the better, both in and out of your home.
4.) Puppy behavior and life stages are equivalent to a human toddler. It takes at least a full year to have a calmer, well adjusted dog. Patience is required and when your dog's behavior is a positive experience for you and those around you, your patience will be rewarded tenfold, for years to come.
Please do not consider adopting a puppy if you have not thoroughly thought through the pros and cons of having one. So many people end up returning them after 3-5 months because they didn't realize the amount of work involved in raising a puppy.
Patience, appropriate toys, socialization, and obedience training are all musts. All are time consuming, and can be expensive.

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