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Thursday, November 08, 2012

Kate - Our New Puppy!


Here is Kate (Lady Katherine of Caledonia Manor), our sweet new puppy.  She is a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, which is a rare breed, (different than the Bernese Mountain Dog).  Swissies are very sweet, loyal, gentle, hardly shed and DON'T drool!!!!  That is a huge plus!  They were used in Switzerland to pull carts and haul fire wood, thus their nick-name of "the poor man's horse."  They were used as working dogs until vehicles became more popular putting most of the dogs out of work.  They recently began breeding Swissies again in the late 1980's and now today are becoming more popular because of their gentle, quiet, and sweet nature.

Kate (14 weeks old) loves to romp and play in the leaves.  Don't let her sweet looks fool you, she can get quite wound up chasing leaves and our feet!!!  Yikes!

 Yes, Lydia loves her too!

 Pretty girl!

 Gracie has been researching and studying this breed for over a year and by God's grace we were able to find an amazing show puppy for her.

Whispering Pines "Cowgirls Don't Cry" - Kate
(She was one of the "Country Songs" litter!)

 Ch Big Hunk of Whispering Pines - Riley
(Kate's Father)

Ch TreeNsea's Sure Better for Alkli - Reba
(Kate's Mother)

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow! Looks like a great dog! I haven't heard of that breed before, but I like! :D

Sarah Lee said...

Great photos of your cute new dog!
Thanks for dropping by our blog, Amber! Hope that your autumn has been joyful as you serve the Lord. May you be blessed as you count your blessings this month! Ps 9:1

Shiloh Strang said...

Lovely! Will you be breeding her?

Sarah, How do you know the Smiths?

~Shiloh

Amber said...

Yes we will be breeding her after she becomes a champion at dog shows.

Thank you for all your sweet comments!
~Gracie

Eden said...

What a beautiful dog! :)

Laura Earl said...

She's beautiful!