We’ve had a couple of Great Pyrenees, and have one now about three years old. Sweetest dogs we’ve ever had. Our current GP is about 100 lbs and thinks she’s a lap dog. She doesn’t slobber very much (not like our daughter’s family’s Saint Bernard). But you’re right about the shedding. Even so, I wouldn’t trade her for anything.
Only marginally related: We in the US pronounce it BAY-toven. The late Karl Haas, who was host of the classical music radio program “Adventures in Good Music,” and a native German, pronounced it BEET-hoffen. Much more like the way it was spelled.
List of enemies? When Calvin is president, he can give it to the FBI. They’ll take care of them.