Key facts
- Other names
- Chien de Montagne des Pyrénées Great Pyrenees Pyrenean Herding Dog
- Common nicknames
- Patou
- Origin
- France, Spain, Andorra
- Height
- Males
- Weight
- 55–75 kg (120–165 lb)
- Coat
- long, thick double coat
- Colour
- white, with or without patches of badger, wolf-grey or reddish tan on the head and up to a third of the body
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- dog breed
- Subclass of
- livestock guardian dog
- Country of origin
- Spain
- Image
- Pyrenean Mountain Dog 600.jpg
- Height
- 75
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- Commons category
- Pyrenean Mountain Dog
- Commons gallery
- Great Pyrenees
- catalog code
- 137
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Encyclopedic overview
Dog (domestic dog)
The Pyrenean Mountain Dog or Chien de Montagne des Pyrénées is a French breed of livestock guardian dog; in France it is commonly called the Patou. It originates from the eastern or French side of the Pyrenees Mountains that separate France and Spain and is recognised as a separate breed from the Mastín del Pirineo or Pyrenean Mastiff from the Spanish side of the mountains, to which it is closely related.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pyrenean Mountain Dog” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.