In response to Cameron (and Kai and Samm!), I am attaching some photos of our new sweetie, Nilla. We got our other dog, Shadow, as a dropped pup, and he has turned into an "interesting" dog. Our property was burgled a couple months ago (thieves went through our vehicles and made off with a few things) and he did not bark. I needed an alert dog on the property, and found her at a local rescue, after a little searching.
Here she is with Shadow:
She is part Great Pyrenees and part Lab, and a real sweetheart. She is about a year and a few months old.
In the doghouse (it's obviously not done yet...):
She is exactly what I wanted in a dog--she is very alert to what is going on around the area, and will bark if something is going on. The good thing is she does not nuisance bark--she just lets me know something is up with two or three barks, and again if the status changes.
Here's Shadow giving her a kiss, and the two of them after some hard playing:
I took her with me on my weekend excursion to Airstream of Arkansas this past weekend, and she did GREAT! Everyone liked her.
Thanks for letting me share our sweetie with you!
Susan