Dog breed guide
Great Pyrenees
Dogs NSW describes the Pyrenean Mountain Dog as confident, gentle with children and affectionate, but slow to learn and somewhat stubborn to train. The coat needs brushing once or twice a month as a house pet, and the Royal Kennel Club lists more than once a week. It needs a large house and a large garden.
Also searched as Pyrenean Mountain Dog.
Great Pyrenees at a glance
- Adult weight, male
- 45 to 64 kg
- Adult weight, female
- 39 to 52 kg
- Size
- Giant, over 40 kg
- Coat
- long, flat, thick outer coat of coarse hair over a dense, fine, woolly undercoat
Ratings
Petboost editorial ratings from 1 to 5, drawn from the breed standard text under Sources. A breed with no basis in the sources for a rating shows none.
- Grooming effort
- Energy
- Trainability
- Good with children
- Suits an apartment
5 means it needs the most grooming
5 means it needs a lot of exercise
5 means it learns quickly and eagerly
5 means it suits a family best
5 means it copes best in a small home
Comparisons
Next steps
- Find a local groomer or daycarePet businesses near you that take bookings online.
- Check a Great Pyrenees puppy's weightWhere a puppy sits against the breed's adult range.
- Dog age in human yearsFrom a formula, not the seven-to-one rule.
Sources
- Petboost breed reference data, adult weight ranges (breed list snapshot).
- Dogs NSW, Pyrenean Mountain Dog, https://www.dogsnsw.org.au/breeds/browse-all-breeds/pyrenean-mountain-dog/, read 5 Oct 2026
- Royal Kennel Club, Pyrenean Mountain Dog, https://www.royalkennelclub.com/search/breeds-a-to-z/breeds/pastoral/pyrenean-mountain-dog/, read 5 Oct 2026
- Dogs Australia, Pyrenean Mountain Dog Breed Standard, https://dogsaustralia.org.au/members/breeds/breed-standards/Pyrenean-Mountain-Dog, read 5 Oct 2026
General information about the breed, not veterinary advice. Speak with your vet about your own pet.