Great Pyrenees, Crappy Movie

No, pretty sure it was a Great Pyrenees.

Anyway, I have to disagree with the OP here. I thought this movie had all the makings of a true classic; somewhat surprisingly, there really was nothing wrong with it, and it stands out as better than most of the other "Buddies" movies. The one thing I disliked was that Ms. Stout was never redeemed in any way, like Gus was. I doubt that the makers would disagree with the notion that there is good in everyone, and of all films, a Christmas story ought to suggest that. I'm no goodie-goodie by any stretch, but with characters such as her, I always have to imagine that there's some interesting history we're not seeing, something that makes them act the way they do. Not that there's really any excuse for the way she treated her girls. But all the same, I was waiting for something else besides the standard defeat of the villain. It would've been fairly easy to do. They deleted one of her most despicable scenes--but also another which aaaalmost seemed to be pointing in the direction I'm talking about. I mean, the way she acted around her dogcatcher boyfriend demonstrated that she isn't completely clueless about how to be be happy, relax, enjoy, and have fun. Her style and awesome green VW Beetle could suggest the same. So the fact that she basically remained miserable and made the girls' lives a living hell to the end, with no explanation as to why she insisted on being such a relentlessly, sometimes horrifically evil b!tch, kiiiinda bugged me. Nothing wrong with pure evil b!tches, I suppose, other than they sometimes seem more one-dimensional than necessary. Here I felt there had to be more that they weren't showing us. Of course, I was as usual thinking much more deeply into a kid's flick than likely intended. Anyway, having watched Despicable Me a couple nights earlier, I guess I've now had my fill of nasty girl's orphanage mistresses for a little while.

Other than for that, it was a touching and fun little movie with few glaring flaws. I'd definitely give it a chance, if anyone's wondering whether or not to try it. The other canine characters, while mostly stereotypes, were adorable. I loved Eddy, the Jack Russell (Elf) Terrier voiced by Richard Kind (not the first JRT character with that name, spelled differently!), and the street gang consisting of Rasta the Jamaican (Hungarian) Puli--my favorite, Haggis the Scottie (I have a 'Dogs Playing Poker' PC game with a Scottie by that name too, but he's black), and T-Money, the blinged-out gangsta Bulldog.

Definitely a Pyr.

I don't know Maremma but all of our Great Pyrenees have had colored ears, certainly by that age.