Azalea
Pyrenees/Pyrenees Mix | 1 year 2 months | Spayed FemALe | 48 LBs
QUICK FACTS: ✔️ Good with other dogs! ✔️ Good with cats! ✔️ Best with older kids! ✔️ Potty trained! ✔️ Crate trained! ✔️ Good in the car! ✔️ Okay for beginner dog owner!
Azalea is a 1 year old Great Pyrenees/ Pyrenees Mix from Texas. She is extremely smart and one of the sweetest dogs you will meet. She loves snuggling on the couch and giving kisses. She still has a bit of puppy in her but at the same time she is quite mature for her age. Currently she lives with two cats and my resident dog, a high energy American Foxhound.
Azalea is really close to a perfect dog for someone that wouldn’t mind getting her through her puppy habits and would have fun training a dog. She’s extremely smart and just a cuddly love bug that’s looking to please.
Energy Level:
I would say Azalea is a medium energy level dog. She easily keeps up with my high energy foxhound and she plays with him for about 1-2 hours a day wrestling and chasing each other outside. She is extremely fast and would benefit from a fenced in yard or trips to the dog park. We also do a 1.25 mile walk every day and she is getting the hang of walking on a leash to walk instead of stopping and smelling stuff every 5 feet. She can be encouraged to walk on a walk but she also likes to stroll and would be ok with either.
Training:
Azalea is extremely food motivated to the point that she will squeeze through a cat gate to get to the kitty food. She’s only been in Wisconsin one week so we’ve been adjusting to life up here and we are learning commands through daily living such as: kennel, wait, ok (to release from wait), leave it, drop it, come, off, no no, back up, heel, outside, and up up to jump into a car. Azalea has some puppy in her still so you do need to watch her if she starts chewing on an undesired object. She re-directs easily with a chew toy or if I see her trying to chew on anything inappropriate I give her more dog food b/c we are trying to figure out what amount works for her this week. She has no food sensitivities that I have found.
Crate Training:
Azalea is crate trained and will lay in her crate while I’m at work. She also eats her food in there to re-inforce good habits. Her crate is right next to my resident dog’s kennel so she does have a companion. Azalea prefers to lay on the plastic bottom of the crate vs a blanket. At night she sleeps in my room and will start off cuddling on the bed but will get off and lay on the floor.
Dogs:
We have met a few dogs since she’s been here and at first she was a little standoffish but now she’s doing great. She’ll go right up to a dog and appropriately say hi. She takes cues from my resident dog to learn what to do in situations. When she plays with dogs she’s a rough and tumble, barrel rolling girl. She appropriately switches back and forth as to who is on the top or bottom and who is being chased. Although she loves being chased more than being the chaser.
Cats:
Azalea is excellent with cats. I trusted her with my cats the first day she was here. My male cat took a swipe at her because she got too close for his comfort and she came up to me, placed her head on my lap and pouted. My other cat is more friendly and she will try to play with her.
Kids:
I would only recommend older kids for Azalea. She’s just a tad mouthy and likes to jump up. Sometimes when she jumps on me she does a digging motion and if she does that with a kid it could be overwhelming. Sometimes she jumps up with her mouth open and knock your chin. She also gets a tad jealous and wants attention when my dog is around therefore I worry about her with little kids. Azalea has met older kids and was fine with them petting her. She has not met younger kids.
Potty Training:
Azalea is potty trained and has not had an accident in the house.
Car Rides:
Azalea did just fine on her car ride to the vet. She just did a couple of circles in the back and laid down or sat and in back seat and looked out the window.
Grooming:
I've been able to trim Azalea's nails without issue. She also lets me brush her weekly and she did great in the bath tub. Her ears and teeth are really clean and haven't needed any attention. Azalea has rolled in the mud on a rainy day and I just wiped her down with a towel and put her in her kennel while I was at work. When I came home she was pretty much clean. Pyrenees have a self-cleaning coat according to some sites I've read. You will need to brush her probably weekly to keep any mats out of her fur. Key areas to pay attention too are behind the ears, arm pits, back of the legs and her tail. She has hairy feet and that can potentially get matted too depending on how her coat fills in.
