This time of year, our social media is flooded with daily thankfulness posts. I love the idea of these, but I’m going to be honest – I don’t have the drive to post something every day of November. It’s not that I can’t think of things I’m thankful for, it’s just actually taking the time to post something. Please tell me I’m not the only one!
However, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, I wanted to take some time to share 10 reasons I’m thankful for my Great Pyrenees.
- My right arm, especially my bicep, could flip a car thanks to the strength it has gained from the endless brushing. I really need to switch arms more frequently so my left arm muscles catch up!
- I can remain standing and successfully maneuver myself out multiple leashes tangled around my legs. This usually occurs when over exuberant fluffies try to make new friends.
- I’ve mastered the art of fur removal. It may take eight tools and a piece of my sanity, but I can get my home fur-free. For like five seconds, anyway.
- I’m very skilled in stuffed animal surgery. I can restuff and stitch up destroyed toys to make them last longer and hopefully save a little money.
- My patience level is amazingly high. Handling pyr independence requires a lot of patience and a lot of humor 😉
- I’ve perfected getting red wine out of various surfaces, including dog fur. Happy tails have spilled wine glasses more times than I’d care to admit!
- Speaking of wine stains, mud stains also stand no chance against my stain-removal skills.
- My multitasking skills are top notch. Want to know about the breed while I’m reading a food label or trying to check out at the store? I’ve got this.
- I have ninja-like reflexes. Did you hear the dog bark on TV? I bet you didn’t. I was able to lunge for the remote and mute the TV before you realized what was happening.
- I always feel loved and safe <3
Related: A Beginner’s Guide to Great Pyrenees
I’m so thankful for my Great Pyrenees. Since they’ve helped me grow in so many ways, I try and always show them how important they are to me. We have two favorite ways to bond: outings and special meals/treats.
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Related: 10 Tips For Training a Great Pyrenees
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I love the reasons you’re thankful for your dogs, who are just beautiful by the way. I hope they enjoy their treats.
Omg, this is too funny! I’m still dying laughing at the bicep muscle part… LOL. Thank goodness for our dogs and all we gain from them, even the crazy, seemingly useless “skills”
What a great post. I have to say the part about getting red wine out of dog fur had me giggling. I can totally picture it too!!!!!
LOL Love your 10 reasons you’re thankful! I can relate to a few of these…especially the fur removal situations. Annoying but wouldn’t have had it any other way. Your dog is adorable.
We love these Vitabone treats, they totally smell like stuffing! There are times I just want to eat them myself, LOL! I love all your reasons to be thankful for the fluffies. With a Siberian Husky in the house, I share several of those especially the arm muscles built from brushing.
Love & Biscuits,
Dogs Luv Us and We Luv Them
I love how you turn even the challenges into advantages. Love your positivity! And your dog is beautiful!
LOL Look at all the useful tricks you learned! I was going to write an article about what walking Cookie taught me about defensive driving. One day I might actually write it.
I love the fact that VitaBone offers special flavors like Turkey with the trimmings for this time of year so that dogs don’t feel left out when the humans are enjoying special holiday foods.
I love love the list and am sure it could be longer, thanks so much for sharing
Gusto is now at the stage where he is unstuffing his toys. I don’t bother to restuff them. He now likes flat toys too…lol. So many have had to have a proper burial lately…
Love your pyrs, red wine and your reasons for being grateful LOL. Such beautiful big dogs. Hope they enjoy their treats.
I love your dogs. They are so beautiful and well behaved the times I’ve seen them at BlogPaws. I need to hire you to get my house fur-free in 5 seconds with my two Persians!
Those look like awesome treats!! And I love all your reasons. hahaha. Definitely getting that arm work out from all the brushing you have to do to keep the beautiful coat at bay. 🙂
Those are fantastic reasons to be grateful for your dogs! I opened a bag of those treats last week and I also thought they smelled just like stuffing! Our dogs loved them!
I was thinking the same thing about right bicep but in regards to my dog pulling on the leash ?? We are so lucky to have dogs in our lives, I am thankful for that! Also stuffing smelling treats sound really good right now?
Oh my gosh, I love this! What adorable photos!!! ?
I’m over here chuckling over my keyboard – I have to credit my Huskies with my muscles! LOL Love all of your reasons and feel the same – especially the loved and safe ones (and maybe also the multi-tasking one)! Your photos – oh my gosh – they just melt my heart! And those treats sound ah-mazing! I’d love to try them, especially with Thanksgiving coming – how perfect! Great post – and thanks for hosting the giveaway!
PS – I am thankful for my dogs just to be able to share my life with them! They are so much joy and fun and I just love them so! <3
I am regretful that I get to be her partner in Therapy work. To see the love and compassion she has for those who need it is amazing.
I am grateful for Ellie, our big loving Rottie mix, because she is such a loyal and protective member of our family. She protects us and our birds, cats, pig, etc!
I’m thankful for my dogs because they give me such great joy and unconditional love!
I love all of your reasons for being thankful for your dog. I am thankful that I am getting a new puppy December 9th, I have been without my dog for 10 months now and I miss him so much.
I am thankful for my dog because of her unconditional love and always putting a smile on my face even when I am in a bad mood. She turns my bad mood into a good one just seeing her little face.
My dogs really do give me purpose when sometimes nothing else does. So, I am very thankful of them.
I am thankful for her because she is my best friend and always makes me so happy!
Of course I am thankful for my dog! He’s wonderful!
I’m thankful we happened to be at our local rescue when our dog’s foster family was on vacation. In this case, if she had not been at the rescue location that week when we stopped in, I think we may never have seen her and fallen in love with her at first sight!
Also thankful to the foster family and rescue organization who did care for her until we could meet her and bring her home!