Lokacin da yawancin dabbobin daji irin su bears da wolf har yanzu suna zaune a cikin Pyrenees a tsakiyar zamanai, an yi amfani da manyan karnukan tsaunukan Pyrenean a matsayin masu kare manyan garken shanu. Godiya ga dogon gashi mai tsayi, wanda yake da juriya na yanayi, sun dace da aikin kare dabbobi a cikin matsanancin yanayi na Pyrenees mai tsayi. Don tsira a cikin duels masu ban mamaki a wasu lokuta tare da Wolves ko bears. Makiyayan suka sa masu ƙwanƙolin ƙwanƙwasa.
Sau da yawa sukan bar biyu daga cikin waɗannan dabbobi su kaɗai tare da garken, da sanin cewa ɗaya daga cikin karnuka masu zaman kansu, jajirtattu, da ƙwararrun karnuka yana kan tsaro koyaushe yayin da ɗayan ke hutawa. A farkon karni na 15, an kuma yi amfani da karnuka da kuma kiwo a matsayin masu gadi a katangar Pyrenees, misali a Château de Lordes. Kotun Louis XIV kuma ta ƙawata kanta tare da kasancewar kare dutsen Pyrenean.