I drove 200 miles to pick up my 1 lil pup lgd from yt's Urban American Homestead🤍 in Ohio. Wellll, I left Urban American Homestead with 2🤍🤍 fluffy balls in my truck🥰.💞 Litter mate brothers. I have amazing stories to tell about these 2 sweet kind friendly fluffy cream puff monsters. They would absolutely sacrifice themselves to save me. They Did save me & a friend. We are both forever grateful & proud of these 2🤍🤍 hero goofballs🥰. This last august, at not even a year old, I was camping in the AR. mountains. They saved us and they saved a bear's life.

How did you acquire such a vast understanding of dogs, Alpacas, home repair, ranching, gardening, knitting, and on and on? It is truly awing. Your wisdom and the energy and constancy required to do this day after day is remarkable. Wow thanks for sharing.

Pyrenees are the best dogs around small critters. Absolutely gentle giants. Love mine, best dog ever!

I believe your success story is due to them having you as a calm leader with a lot knowledge and patience. They are your life. Also, these dogs have a job with a million acres and outlets with constant enrichment. I believe litter mate syndrome has a lot to do with dogs that don’t have their needs met. Your dogs needs are whole heartily met. If your dogs were cooped up without enrichment I would bet this would not be a littermate success story. Good job❤

I have litter-mate Pyr-mixed females that are over 9 years old, and they have been fantastic together! I just got two more female Pyr-Anatolian Shepherd puppies (now 4 months old) that were litter mates, and they are best buds with each other and with the older dogs. They are already showing signs of being good LDG's. Right now I see no problems with same-sex dogs at all.

We have two brothers who are litter mates. These are amazing animals! Yours are just beautiful!!

Thank you for giving us hope! We took female Rottweiler siblings home after checking feed store for chicken feed to find two puppies in a tiny box and was told they’ve been there for a week. Heartbreaking so we bought them and ditch the chicken feed and bought at our usual spot. So glad to find your video. Thank you!

I have my 2nd Great Pynessee! My 1st was a male . When Caesar was 12, I got a 4 month old female. He passed in 2020. My Bella is now 6 and so friendly! Loves to go to her favorite stores. She has been to store openings where she can't get enough hugs. Your babies are beautiful my Bella is beautiful too!

I raised a sibling pack of six hounds, 3 boys and 3 girls 13 years ago. Never had a problem. They loved each other and always got along. Unfortunately I lost 4 to cancer over the years. So devastating. We miss seeing their pack together. The remaining are two boys and the mama. We just added two new 8 week old girl siblings. So far, the the boys are nervous but not showing any signs of aggression. Will keep them separated for a time to let them get use to each other. The mama of our original pack is acting exactly how I figured… just like she did with her pups back when they were 8 weeks old, she growls at them when they get too close by. Typical dog mom pushing them away like they were just recently weened.

I did the same, went for 1 and ended up with 2. The intact brothers Falkor and Gabriel got along to about 15 months old, then needed to be separated. Love them both, been shuffling them around now for 7 years.

it all comes down to the owners vibe I believe. and it shows here , chill owners have chill dogs .. crazy ass owners have crazy ass dogs in my opinion

Watching your Pyrs reminds me so much of my boy. He loves pets and can't get close enough to you. I have such a soft spot for that dog ❤

I have two female litter mates that are going on five years old. Never had a fight between them. When they have been separated during the night they greet each other with a sort of challenge and then they go off together. I have a male Akbash/GP mix who is four years and no fighting among the three. I enjoy your videos!

Thank you for this video. I just brought home 2 Akbash Maremma sisters yesterday who are 9 months old. I really needed to hear something positive about having sisters

Thank you for posting this video! Im picking up two sibling pups in a couple of weeks and Im so excited!! Cant wait to get them!!

You’re so right!! Love what you said, about mammals forming attachments and with it being less traumatic from bring torn away from their own parents. I have three littermates right now, only half Pyrenees/retriever and they are all individuals and have their own healthy happy lives. There is a sister (born first) and she takes on a motherly role and assists in establishing boundaries when they are play fighting. Also, I raised other adopted littermates and had no problems. The type of human that’s raising the dogs is what matters the most. (Patient/Not Lazy or Impatient/Lazy) ❤

What a special bond between all. You're living my dream!!❤️

I absolutely love your videos…. I can truly hear the compassion for your animals when you talk about them! I’m curious how you decide who stays out and guards vs those that stay inside at night. This is a completely new concept to me and one I’d love to hear more about.

Hello from Brooklyn! What a beautiful pack and family you have. Your videos inspired us to welcome a Pyr into our home -- it's no alpaca farm but she loves protecting our garden from squirrels and going on long walks in the park. Thank you for sharing your wonderful videos!

Such an amazing video. Thank you so much for being so brave as to tell your story. ❤ I have goldador brother littermates and have raised Guide dogs for over 25 years and believ that as long as you treat them as individuals and apply to their personalities show them they are loved as part of a pack and singularly as there leader all will be a blessing. Fantastic work!!

Its awsome to see someone do their own thing and not follow the majority. Great video! Thank you!

Hello from New Hampshire. Just found your channel today. I'm really loving and enjoying watching all the animals. I loved meeting your huge family. All the animals are so unique. I used to live out that way in Montana for a few years. This old guy will be watching. Be safe and healthy ✌.

life stock guardian dogs can be good family pets you just proved it in your videos

great video. what might make a difference; you have space : a job for your dogs : knowledge of the breed : pay attention to your dogs. Well done .

The Dream Team...I love this. You've done a great job and put in a lot of time and thought into making this team what it is. I love how you described each pup. And saying their names, yes, even my two cats Teddy and Naomi (both 13) notice when I say their names. If I say one's name, I have to say the other's name also. Thank you for this video!

I took in a dog that I was told was spayed and found out she wasn't when I caught her with my boy a few hours after bringing her home. She had a litter of 10, kept 2 of the boys and got her fixed. I've raised littermates before since I take in strays that the shelters refuse to take. I've never had problems before but all this recent talk about littermate syndrome has me feeling a bit paranoid about it with these 2. It's nice to hear from someone who also has experience of raising a lot of dogs together. Puts me at ease. I currently have 4 dogs, which is the smallest amount I've had at one time in my life, so I don't know why I was even worrying about it to begin with.

Only those that have a GREAT PYRENEES - which I have .... a small female and she is the best dog I ever had ! Love your pack!

Such a good video!! 👏🏼Really cool to learn more about each Guardian and their personality. I have always loved how you greet all of the animals on the farm with their names and treat them as individuals. That is incredibly special and so important ❤Your ALL IN love, care and respect for these beautiful dogs and all of your animals never ceases to amaze me and is such a joy to witness. Thank you for all you do for them 🙏🏼

Thank you so much. So many videos on littermate syndrome and not enough of these ones.

Love your videos! Our pack is also littermates and parents, females not spayed. Same experience as you, no problems!!! Glad to hear like minded opinions!!

Beautiful pups! We have 4 GPs. Our oldest has the same parents as our 2 youngest (brother & sister litter mates). Our middle girl is a rehome. ❤️. They all get along really well. I have learned to pick up on their cues to head off potential scuffles.

Thanks, you give them so much love & it surely shows in their personalities.💜

Our Great Pyrenean littermate sisters fought to the death after turning 15 months of age. A tragic, heartbreaking memory for me.

It's funny how people make generalizations about dogs when there are so many variables. I've had packs of dogs who loved each other and on whom I could rely completely. I've had a couple dogs who were really out to murder each other. The breed makes a huge difference. Life experience (the dogs') makes a huge difference. I had two male dogs between whom things could get ugly in narrow spaces. I finally separated them mostly. They scraped, but neither ever really hurt the other. I like the way you present your opinion and experiences. Personally, I wouldn't hesitate to adopt siblings. Watching my Akbash and my Aussie together every day -- and having watched all my other dogs over the years -- most of the time my dogs are just happy to belong to a pack, particularly my huskies. My Akbash loves me, but the "person" she's really happy to see when we come back is the Aussie. Your pack is wonderful and I love watching them. And you're totally right; you can't fool dogs. P.S. Bear my Akbash is also a mind reader AND she smiles. She's my best friend.

Geweldig zoals je omgaat met je dieren. Zoveel liefde, dat verdient ieder dier (in mijn opinie). Helaas hebben wij hier te weinig ruimte, om zo te kunnen leven....maar wat zou ik dat graag willen. ❤❤❤ lots of love from 🇱🇺 .

its awesome to cam throw your video, i really enjoyed the pack and the way you describe each one of the, will done, keep on posting video specially how do you spend time with your pack

Amazing to watch! Thank you for sharing 😊

Great video! Loved learning about all of them!

Loved watching your show. Such a happy peaceful warm feeling show! Loved it!

Thank you for this! We are bringing home two female siblings next week and we have absolutely been bullied on different fb groups. I so appreciate you bringing a balanced view.

I loved learning about each one of your gorgeous GPs!! You are really living a beautiful life! ❤ Thank you for sharing it with all of us!🥰

Hello from IL - I'd echo your comments on some the "dog groups" in social media. Too many are very mean when people are honestly just there to ask for advice and encouragement. Too much use of the words "always" and "never" when in my opinion, a lot of it boils down to "knowing your dog." We have had 2 dogs at a time for about 32 years and generally have observed that our dogs have done best when we have a neutered male and a neutered female. We have had 2 neutered males at the same time and that went well. We currently have a 10 year old neutered female Lab and a 3 year old neutered female 3/4 Pyr/ 1/4 Anatolian - both we took as "rehomes." The Pyr mix does really well with following commands indoors, but not as well outdoors - we are working on that. The Pyr mix is larger and younger than the Lab and she can play a little rough and has attacked her sister when my wife gets home and they start running to jockey for position to greet her first (at least that what it appears to me they are doing). We have 4 acres fenced in and they do well together playing outside. We're still working on the excitement and attacking problem also. The Pyr mix came to us after twice being in homes where she was attacked by another dog. She does well with other dogs "off property." We enjoy following your dogs.

I love this video, You are an inspiration! Your lifestyle amazing ! you have given me encouragement.

I love your beautiful pack, and how you know each personality and love them all.

They are just perfect! Such gentle lovers they are. I have a 5 month old pup. Just amazingly sweet he is. Carefree. I just love him to death. Thank you for the vedio , your advise is very helpful.

Thus is amazing thank you so much. I am animal communicator so I hearing this and watching you are is so magical xxx

This is the best doggy video I’ve watched. Your dogs are beautiful. You are such a wonderful owner.

Thanks for the business card! Love the dogs and alpacas. A coworker told me you raised Llamas, thus my comments on Is your Momma a Llama book🤠 God Bless!! Nice to meet Dave too!

This was wonderful! ❤

These pups are just to wonderful! I have 2 and would love to get more but I just can't at this point in my live. Thanks so much for sharing.

I know! I had no idea people got so crazy about it.

I thoroughly enjoyed this VIDEO..I absolutely am a DOG LOVER. Your fur baby pack are awesome and all the characteristics and work that they do. It's amazing. I had a Newfoundland lab mix he looked just like your dogs but he was black with a white chest. His name was Fabio. The sweetest smartest big baby but he guarded the property. And was he a runner my goodness. I miss him. But looking at your dog's remind me of him so much the same sweet face and those ears and beautiful big brown eyes. I learned a lot it was a wonderful video thank you so much. The world is taking on a weird turn and it's heartwarming to see something so loving and down to earth. Thumbs up to you and your daughter.

I've seen things go very wrong with siblings. I think it depends on the breed, upbringing, and most of all how strong of a leader the owner is.

Interspecies attachments ❤so cute!!

great video!! we have three male sibs. they are all in tact and they are all over a year old and they get along wonderfully. we do spend a lot of time with them each day and we have a large 31 ac. property for them so i am sure that is a big part of why we have had no problems with our dogs. thanks for posting. may god bless you and your family!

Thank you for posting this video. We adopted two beautiful pyrenees sisters this spring and we love them both so much, but, I was warned that I was asking for trouble because they are littermates. I haven't had a single issue and they love each other so much. The idea that I would have to give one of them up has been so upsetting to me. The more I read about"littermate syndrome" the more frightened I was of the future. Thank you for confirming that keeping them both is the right thing. Oh and I always called them by their names and noticed how quickly they knew who I was talking to. They are so amazing. I love them so much.

This was so wholesome ❤ made my heart happy

OMG, they are gorgeous!!

Hi, we just watched this video on litter mates. Our 3 ... Ezekiel, 4 years. Glory and Ruth, 20 months. They are all from same mother. Glory and Ruth and a boy were in that litter. Sure there has been a couple squabbles, but it's been good. The 3 are very loving, protective, I wish they were a bit more cuddly, but.. they also do very well with the other dogs. Esther, 6+ year old German Shepherd, Judah, 11 month old Mc Nab/Heeler, and Hannah, 5 months old Newfoundland puppy.

So thankful for this video. I need a pack of dogs here and am looking into puppies. It was stressful trying to figure out how to get them in 6 month intervals. Also the fact that you have them all in a small double wide as we are camper living right now.Do they wander a lot? I have 60 acres so plenty of room to run but no fences, a little worried about that.

Awesome video and absolutely beautiful dogs! Thanks for making this video, I’ve seen the same thing in livestock guardian groups people insist you cannot raise siblings together. The groups act like there’s only one way to raise these dogs and I disagree, everyone’s situation is different. Thanks for your point of view!

Great video,!

Thank you, I just got two males and already have an older male I’m so grateful to find someone with positive thoughts.

I have a brother and sister, no fighting or bullying. They are great white Pyrenees English mastiff mix. I rescued them out of a puppy mill at the age of ten months. Now they are six years old

Thank you !

I just got 3 Great Pyrenees. A mother, son and daughter. We've had issues with our chickens disappearing, and then finding pieces of them later; so they are in their chicken run until we can get them some protection :( We already have two rescue mutts that would be chicken eaters if I gave them the opportunity. I love my animals like you do. We are hoping that these new dogs will be the answer that we are looking for. I absolutely love your vlog so I subscribed.

Great video... we have 3 GP's and normally all is calm, and they share the same parents but from different litters, even though they are all born in January. Storm is Soon 6 , ICE 5 and Bear 2. Storm is the problem and he used to pick on ICE until ICE was older than 2 years old and he now picks on Bear. Bear holds his own but if I'm not there to stop clashes I'm thinking they might have an all-out slugfest. Storm's aggression at times isn't a pleasure to be around... I just wish they got along like your clan :).

SO ADORABLE!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I have a whole pack as well. They are small breed. But i see the hate you saw about owning more than one from the same pack… they all know there names and get plenty of one on one contact. You have a beautiful pack so glad I found this videos. Dont feel so alone now.

So beautiful family with dogs

i have a mother&daughter pair right now but have been wanting to raise a family of them. i didn't know people were doing it.

great dogs

You are amazing! God bless you....rather he has!

I miss your videos!!!

An impressive pack!

Thanks for sharing your experiences on this topic, there is such an incredible amount of nonsense out there about dog genders and how they get along. It's baffling how some people think dogs operate! As though a pack of dogs will naturally all kill each other until there's only one male and one female left, or something 😂. I've done a lot of rescue work and there's quite a common notion in that community that many dogs (especially if they have behaviour problems already) can only live with certain genders, which honestly does nothing but spread misinformation and throw impediments in the way of finding homes for dogs who desperately need them! It's definitely, in my opinion, just another one of the many excuses people come up with to absolve themselves of the responsibility of properly training and socialising their dogs.

Loved it!

Now what could all the fuss be about the same gender? Or siblings? I don't want the answer because I don't care. I have three males that live together just fine. There was some pecking order when my youngest LGD was a year-ish old with the 5 year old Great Pyrenees Border Collie mix but they settled that by one dog being over the front of the property and the other being over the back. We have 48 acres with no fencing that is connected to tons of private uninhabited land that they roam.They do come together when they decide to do so. I've had the older who is brilliant 6.5 yrs and the young one is 2.5 yrs. They do a remarkable job of keeping our land free of predators, even the big birds, they also guard their people!! I have 11 yr old rescue Chihuahua that we got when he was 7. He has no problem bossing off that young Pyrenees when necessary. He is a spectacular good dog, a great companion and in all the years we've had him he's never naughty!!! So they are all male and they are all living together just fine!!! LOVE Pyrenees then again that mix of Border Collie isn't a slouch either!! You have beautiful dogs!!

Love the biblical names!

We found two puppies dropped off. They were about 6-8 weeks old. Terrier mix. Females. They played all the time and grew up with our gentle lab/doberman male on a farm. All the space they could wish for. When they reached about 4-5 months, they began to fight. I mean, fighting to blood. If we weren't around, we would see them later with blood and scabs. At about 6 months we had them spayed. We left one on the farm and I took the other to mine. It looked like a perfect situation initially, that mine could go out to the farm when I wanted to travel. However, even after spaying, when the pups are together they will fight. The only solution is to crate one and let the other run, then alternate. AS soon as they make eye contact they start with hackles up, growl, then attack. If there is a solution to this, I'd love to know how to help them get along. We don't want to rehome either.

I love your videos! I’m curious what you feed your dogs? I use to make my own dog food, but started adding kibble and now both are having skin issues. I top the kibble with steak, because I thought they might be having a chicken problem. I buy Diamond dog food, it’s rated as a good kibble, but I’m seriously thinking I should go back to home made food. Love to know your option? 💕🙏🏼💕

Such a beautiful life, i have 2 their great dogs

hello! i am a first time owner and and sister and i are getting 2 dogs one for her, and one for me next week. and when we go to malls/travel should we also separate them or could we put them in the same stroller? and how long could the pups socialize with eachother?

Hi there, I adopted a male Pyreness Arti. He is a 1 year. I love him but I am having lots of problems with his eating habbit because he is very picky as of the last month. I have days when he refuses to eat. I have tried all thoughts of things, adding Salmon Oil, tried different kibble, cooked home food,etc. He eats at first and than rejects it. I am very worried because of his weight. Is there anything I can do? What do you feed yours? I have two other dogs, Bella, a pyrenees mix. She is 11 years old (developed cancer) and Ronnie, a 12 year old female. She is a collie mixture. He is also extremely timid, Scared of everyting. Please advice.

I just recieved 2 littermate male shepherds. At 8 week weigh in they were a whopping 20 lbs. Currently 26 lb after only 10 weeks. They are definately beautiful and loving. They enjoy human touch everywhere for soothing. The only issue were having is the constant fighting and bitting each other indoors and definately always outdoors. We've separated them in training, however, they are drawn right back into the same behavior. When we take them outside of our home, it's the only time they act perfectly and without a fight. As well as bedtime and nap time they snuggle without fighting. Would you have any guidance for us to change the dynamic? I'm never giving up on them but I sure would appreciate some help.

I recently just rescued two female husky aussie pups and im worried abtout littermate syndrome since they do fight quite a lot (biting) and they get anxious when they arent together.

Well said esp re litter mates❤

I got 5 pit🎉bulls i kept from my 1st litter, and they are good together or alone

Right on! I also had a pair also … I do dog videos also ♥

how do people even say not to have dogs of the same gender. Do they expect you to never have more than two dogs?

Well, my adult and puppy Akbash, when I call them it’s » what is in for us » lol

Pyrenean females tend to be mostly good together, unneutered males will fight more often than not and seriously fight. Females tend to be fine as long as there's a top dog.

i still want one of those dogs but i wouldn't have the energy and time to look after them. great video though

thank you for the information.. ive owned littermates.. im getting littermates again lol

I have two a brother and sister we had her tubes tied and he will have him neutered at two . They are fine. I agree 💯

Hi Do you have any Akbash puppy?

Your very cool

I am considering 2 female littermates right now

Do you have puppies for sale?

The reason you did not experience a horrible situation is because you're dealing with live stock guardians which actually work better as a pack then individual but this is not the case with a lot of other breeds. I raise pitbulls and I keep my pack together at all times but I learned my lesson a long time ago about having same-sex pairs raised together that are of the same age group and also having siblings from the same litter. For my particular breed this is a horrible idea. They will eventually start having problems after the one-year mark. This is generally when problems start rising if you're going to have them. They become their adult selves and they change and sometimes they change in a way that causes them to have conflict which in my experience happens the most when two dogs are similar in personality and their place in the hierarchy. The more evenly matched that they feel the more that they are going to want to figure out who is who. If one is obviously submissive towards the other one then more than likely they're going to be fine because they know their place in the pack. But if you notice that it's not obvious where they are in the hierarchy ladder then more than likely they are not seeing it as obvious also and you need to watch for those signs to come up. It isn't that there is always going to be a problem but there is a high probability of having one and that probability goes up with dogs with a higher prey drive. You can reduce your chances of having problems by making sure that your dogs have individual time spent with the humans away from the home experiencing things together. But it needs to be equally both dogs spending alone time separately and it should be frequently during that first year for sure. This is the true socialization definition and not the kind where you meet every dog you see. It's just about getting your pup out in public letting them see new sights smell new smells and hear weird but new sounds. This is generally how to have a good dog in any situation along with training them to know their boundaries and limitations so that they know what they are and are not to do. This is a good start to reduce your chances of having problems if you already got a pair of Litter mates or just got two dogs within the same time frame, Of the same age. It's not always just litter mates.