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Great Pyrenees
noun
Great Pyr·e·nees
-ˈpir-ə-ˌnēz 
plural Great Pyrenees
: any of a breed of large heavy-coated white dogs often used to guard livestock
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Adoption procedure: Contact Great Pyrenees Association of Southern California Rescue Inc. at 909-887-8201 or gpascrescue@aol.com.
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Maryanne Dell, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
With her lives a full menagerie of animals, including cats, birds, horses, and a pack of enormous Great Pyrenees dogs.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
Tracie Hale took to her TikTok account, Windridge Farm Tales, to share how her hen, Harriet, became a mother figure to 10 Great Pyrenees puppies.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
The footage continues with shots of the Great Pyrenees gradually acclimating to love and attention, starting with gentle petting and building up to full-on play sessions.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
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Maryanne Dell, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
With her lives a full menagerie of animals, including cats, birds, horses, and a pack of enormous Great Pyrenees dogs.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
Tracie Hale took to her TikTok account, Windridge Farm Tales, to share how her hen, Harriet, became a mother figure to 10 Great Pyrenees puppies.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
The footage continues with shots of the Great Pyrenees gradually acclimating to love and attention, starting with gentle petting and building up to full-on play sessions.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
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“Great Pyrenees.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Great%20Pyrenees. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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