Introducing Holly to Guinny

Let me introduce you to Holly and her day with Guinny. They are as different in some ways as day and night, but in other ways they are the same. They were born in the same year and only one day apart. They are both very loving, but a little hyper. I'm sure that they will both calm way down when they get out of the puppy stage.

Holly is the small long haired Dachshund and at the time of this picture she weighed all of 3 pounds. Dachshunds are excellent hunters and seem to be able to find anything that you to try hide from them Training can be a problem, but if you stay with it, they do learn. They are also great snugglers and make very devoted companions.

 Now Holly is one of a kind and she has an owner that really loves her. My granddaughter Sarah has a very special place for Holly in her room complete with a blue fuzzy oval chair that Holly uses as a bed most of the time. The first time I walked into Sarah's room and saw Holly with her blanket, soft bed and watching television I thought boy what a life.

                               
As you can see in the picture Holly is very small and since this was March of 2008 Sarah had her in a cute little coat. Of course, Guinny had a ton of hair so she didn't need one. I was really amazed that the two girls got along really good and played well.

Of course now Guinny weighes in at 129 pounds and I think Holly is around 11. Needless to say they don't play much together anymore.

Sarah is so proud of her little Holly just as I'm proud of my Guinny. Any dog lover would know what I am talking about and I hope you enjoyed this bit of information.

Let me introduce you to my Guinny. Her picture is listed on the front page of this blog. Right now she is a 21 month old Newfoundland and the love of my life. At the present she weighs in at 129 pounds and her coloring is black and white or otherwise known as a Landseer.

Her special markings got their name from Sr. Edwin Henry Landseer (7 March 1802 – 1 October 1873) who was an English painter, well known for his paintings of animals—particularly horses, dogs and stags.

So popular and influential were Landseer's paintings of dogs in the service of humanity that the name Landseer came to be the official name for the variety of Newfoundland dog that, rather than being black or mostly black, features a mix of both black and white; it was this variety Landseer popularized in his paintings celebrating Newfoundlands as water rescue dogs, most notably Off to the Rescue (1827), A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society (1838), and Saved (1856), which combines Victorian constructions of childhood with the appealing idea of noble animals devoted to humankind—a devotion indicated, in Saved, by the fact the dog has rescued the child without any apparent human direction or intervention. You can view this picture by clicking here Saved.

Somehow at 21 months I have problems with picturing her trying to rescue me right now. Like I said earlier, she is the love of my life but still my BIG baby.