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I CAN NOT exaggerate enough, make sure to mess with her food when she eats as a puppy or you may end up with an aggressive around-food dog.
I had a Great Pyrenees rescue, and she had that same problem. We sadly had to find a new home for her, because she got VERY food aggressive with my Husky mutt and my Papillon wouldn't even go near the kitchen for days. She was very affectionate towards people, but when it came to food and other dogs, she just wasn't a good fit.

Be sure to prevent this from happening, @Pampered chicken girl!
 
Yeah I would not do treat training. It can work on a very small puppy to get them to enjoy learning, but it creates a food driven dog that is more prone to becoming food aggressive (a very common problem in herding breeds and not a good one to encourage on purpose).
And if you don't have a treat they'll eventually not listen. Or they'll get to where they want to do whatever so badly (break and run up to that other dog, chase that chicken, chase cars, etc.) That they won't care if you have a treat or not. Or what about when there's a situation that you have to have quick control of your dog and you don't happen to have a treat.

Praise is the best reward and won't make your dog fat or food driven. It gives them a much stronger bond with you too, and makes them respect you more.

Its better to never start with treats at all, and to just use discipline/praise. This whole treat training thing is new and there's a reason it's never been done before. It didn't work before and it doesn't work now either. It goes against how all animals learn.
You can look it up too, there's hundreds of articles out there explaining what a bad idea it is. I don't get why people are still doing it. The only thing treats are helpful for is teaching "down". It can be done without treats too but it's easy to teach them down by letting them follow a treat.
I totally forgot to mention praise, praise is very important!
 
Something else I wanna mention, not sure if it was already said, but Pyrenees are a wandering breed. They like to wander and do perimeter checks. So hopefully you won't have too much of an issue with wandering.
Also, they are bred to protect livestock, and they can and will kill anything that they think is a threat to them.
 
We went shopping for her today! We got bigger bowls, a Kong (which she LOVES), more puppy pads and doggie bags, some nice beef flavored bones, treats, and one of those things that throw tennis balls super far...which we will build up to 😆 she dud play a little fetch in my room but got distracted by the Kong eventually 😂
 
Something else I wanna mention, not sure if it was already said, but Pyrenees are a wandering breed. They like to wander and do perimeter checks. So hopefully you won't have too much of an issue with wandering.
Also, they are bred to protect livestock, and they can and will kill anything that they think is a threat to them.
the herding too. Lots of herding
 
She slept good till 3 AM then she wanted water, then at 5 AM she wanted to go and play so I got up and watched TV while she played I'm the living room then at 5:45 I put her back to bed and she slept. She also peed on the bed last night in the 15 minutes she was on it 😂 oh well as expected
 
She slept good till 3 AM then she wanted water, then at 5 AM she wanted to go and play so I got up and watched TV while she played I'm the living room then at 5:45 I put her back to bed and she slept. She also peed on the bed last night in the 15 minutes she was on it 😂 oh well as expected
You're not letting her sleep on your bed, are you?
 
Sometimes I do
In my opinion, that's asking for trouble when they are puppies before they are trained and listen to you. One, she will grow way too big to sleep there (at night with you), two, she might try to claim the bed as her own and not get off and even get aggressive when she's told to, and three, she might not learn how to cope with being by herself in her own space (separation anxiety).
 

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