Welcome to Talisman Great Pyrenees website! We are located in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. My name is Dale and I am a member of the Great Pyrenees Club of America (GPCA). "Unpaid kennel help" includes my husband, David. Our daughter, Sara "escaped" to New York to study voice.

I chose the kennel prefix TALISMAN because the Great Pyrenees is an ancient livestock guardian breed that originates in France. I wanted to use a French word that Americans could pronounce even if we cannot say it as beautifully as the French. A talisman is defined as something that brings good luck or protects the possessor from evil. I think Pyrs aptly fit this definition. As companions, these dogs bring great joy into our lives and certainly let no harm come to us.