<p>Great pyrenean dogs affectionately called Patou in France.<br>The most long suffering of all guard dogs.<br>Jörg Krämer tells their eventful story; used for centuries to protect herds, a brief episode as a guard dog in palaces and castles, as a "lap dog" at the french royal court, become almost extinct due to the disappearance of bears and wolves. Their original role as guard dogs increased as the wolves returned.<br>Today they are spread all...