Hey everyone! I thought I would post up with a thread on my two trouble makers, Holly and Loki. Holly is a five year old Greater Swiss Mountain dog and Loki is a two year old Entlebucher Sennenhund. They aren't Huskies but they are snow-loving breeds, two of the four Swiss breeds. Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs were bread to pull carts uphill in deep snow in the Swiss mountains, and the Entlebucher Sennenhunds were used as herding dogs in snow. As such, they are both very strong for their size-Swiss mountains dogs can pull about 700 pounds and the Entles have a record of about 300 pounds (I believe).

Holly is a fairly large dog (over a hundred pounds) and throws her weight around whenever she can. She is the gaurd dog, the loud mouth, and the one that is scared of pretty much anything that moves. She is usually the one that tears into the trash can while we are gone or pulls food off of the counter when my family isn't looking.



Loki is a clown. He is the one that will make you laugh at the completely wrong time. he loves to sit on the sofa and watch my family while we are watching tv. He loves to play tug of war whenever he can get one of us to play it with him and he is always determined to win. He is a smaller dog (about 60 pounds) but is built like a tank. Unfortunately he has some problems with his joints due to previous injuries, but he is still one of the most active and animated dogs I have ever known.



Sorry for the crappy cell phone pictures...I will try and get some better pictures in a little while!

They are so super cute! My upstairs neighbor had a Swiss Mt dog and she was beautiful. I love the Bernese Mt dogs too. A good friend of mine has one and he's the most adorable dog ever! A big cuddly bear

... and welcome to the forum!

What sweet hearts. I love the mountian dogs. I look forward to seeing more of your two.

I love those dogs they seem nice. Hope to see more pictures soon

Your pair of pups are cute!

Haha just like any other snow breed they love the comfort of a sofa. Lovely pics of lovely pups

Haha yeah. Unfortunately we got rid of that chair, so he has now taken over a black recliner that was never meant for dogs...but he makes it work!

Holly reminds me of a Saint Bernard with short hair. A colleague of mine breeds Saint Bernards down in C Springs and would put the puppies in a basket and show them around her office. Seems like a good relaxation strategy at the dental office!

Loki may be like my Gunny. I'm still learning his fun personality.