Gwendy

Dear Gwendy, I am SO honored to meet you beautiful girl! How fitting that your guardian and best friend chose a picture of you in your "working gear!!" As a lab mom, I know what a joy you guys are just being "labs!" But you, dear Gwendy, are truly special...using all of your incredible senses, as well as your love, loyalty and devotion, to guide your companion through life's potential perils. Your beauty, your intelligence and your loyalty leaves me in awe!! How incredibly fortunate your human is to have you in this world. You are truly a gift and a treasure to covet EVERY day!!Congratulations to you Gwenyth. Today we honor you as our MOST deserving Dog of the Day! You are simply magnificent!

Gwendy, I'm so honoured to have met you, too. You really are a good & clever girl. I agree that you are one of the most deserving Dogs of the Day ever. :)

Hey, this is ONE OF OUR OWN today. I know whose Gwendy shares her life with, so I'm going to make this a quiz...let's see who is the first person who can come up with the name of our member at Pet Talk.

And congratulations Gwendy on being the receipiant of your well deserved honor.

Oh no!! Rachel, please a hint! I feel so rude for not knowing...I think I do, but! Help!

That's so neat that you're a guide dog, Gwendy! I wish I could see more guide dogs working, but I never do. Let's see more GSD, Golden and Lab guide dogs as DOTD!

Sandra, Here's a Hint...she participated with us for only a short time, but she must have made an impression because she was one of the members that people were "looking for" a while back.

Another hint: Her user name may make you think she's a guy.

Gwendy,

You are so beautiful! I love your kind, intelligent eyes ... they have just a hint of the mischevious in them! How wonderful that you share your special talents with your two-legger as her guide dog. You truly are deserving of DOTD!

Catwoman

Gwendy, I think you are so special and I am honored to meet you. I am touched by all working dogs, but you have a look of importance in your face, just like you truly know you have a job to do, and that is being the eyes of your person who can't see. You are wonderful, special and so important. Thank that owner of yours for giving me the opportunity to see you.

Rachel...I'm stumped...I honestly don't know who owns Gwendy :( I feel like a bad person by not knowing.

Gwendy:
What a beautiful and clever girl you are. And you look like you take your job very seriously.
Congratulations on your very well deserved title of DOTD. Hugs and kisses to you from Alicia. :D

Sweet, wonderful Gwendy-
If ever there was a deserving Dog of the Day, it's you.
Guide dogs like yourself are very, very special creatures and deserve our respect and admiration.
Congratulations, sweetie! :)

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Originally posted by RachelJ:
<STRONG>Hey, this is ONE OF OUR OWN today. I know whose Gwendy shares her life with, so I'm going to make this a quiz...let's see who is the first person who can come up with the name of our member at Pet Talk.

And congratulations Gwendy on being the receipiant of your well deserved honor.</STRONG>

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I know who it was! :D Benniegoogle!!! :) Congrats on Dog of the Day, Gwendy!!!

Gwendy, you are beautiful both outside and inside!! What a precious pup you are for your Mom. Without you, life would be more difficult than it is for her. Congrats to you for being Dog of the Day!!

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I know who it was! :D Benniegoogle!!! :) Congrats on Dog of the Day, Gwendy!!!</STRONG>

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Yes, you are correct-o-mundo. http://plauder-smilies.de/party/luxhello.gif

Gwendy, you are fabulous. What a beautiful coat you have and that face is absolutely priceless. You are a perfect DOTD. Congratulations.
MH Mama
& Ricky....
.....& Miss Lucy :)

How cute! Love the bandana! :) :D :) :D

Hey Gang ~ Cinder & Smokey here ~

Dad found "benniegoogle's" old post and sent her an e-mail telling about Gwendy being Dog of the Day. He asked her to come back and post on the Board, too.

She's got a really neat web site at:
http://sassbenschatzgwenme2.homestead.com/.

Let's all hope she drops in and sez hello! :D

Gwendy, you are one gorgous girl, Congradulations on being the sweetest, most precious, loving, beautiful Dog of the Day.

Hey Gang ~ Take a look at this ~

Dad just got a reply from "benniegoogle" aka Karen Ann. We hope she doesn't mind having it posted here :eek: !

Hi Phred,
Thanks for your note about Gwendy being Dog of the Day! I check the site every day, so was aware of her recent honor! She's quite pleased with herself, knowing she made it on Dog of the Day when her dachshunds brothers & sisters (Ben, Gunther, Sassie & Schatzie) have not yet been so honored! LOL!
I am known as "Google"... the Audrey in my email addy is in memory of my first guide dog, a lovely yellow lab. She and I trained together in '85, and she sadly passed away in '94.
Her successor Merlin, a wonderful black lab, walked with me as my guide from '91-98, when
he sadly developed cancer of the throat and was forced to retire. He passed away only a
short few weeks after his diagnosis.
Gwendy is Merlin's successor, and a wonderful guide and companion. She brings great joy into my life, and seems to take pride in her role as one of the "elite"... a guide dog for the blind. I'm so honored that she has been chosen as "Dog of the Day", and I printed out the page to put in her keepsake album.
Thanks again, and I'll try and visit Pet Talk more often... my work schedule does keep me quite busy, and I don't get near as much time to spend cruising the net as I'd like! LOL!
Take care.

Google
Check out my websites!
Google's Gang & Graphics http://sassbenschatzgwenme2.homestead.com/
LabraDox Land http://geocities.com/benniegoogle/index.html
A Dog To Guide Me http://geocities.com/benniegoogle/dogtoguideme.html

Thank you Cinder and Phred. Google, please forgive me! I loved reading about your beloved line of guide labs. A treasure, each and every one I'm sure! Hearing from you, and about Gwendy, every now and again would be wonderful. But regardless, please know that you will always have a loving "dog family" here and Gwendy will forever be remembered as our friend and very special Dog of the Day!

Gwendy, when I saw your face as DOTD, I was like, "I know that doggy!". Your Beeniegoogle's Guide Doggy!!! Congratulations on being our FIRST Guide Dog as Dog of the Day!!! As ShepherdLover said, I wish I could see more working Guide Dogs like you, beautiful Gwendy!!!! :) :D

Here's the archive link to Google's Guide Dog "Gwendy" ~

"Gwendy" on August 8, 2001

Keep your Mom safe, Gwendy! :D

OH YES! Of course! Thank you dear Phred for jogging this waning memory! Karen Ann, I totally remember looking at your website some time back and fell head over heels with Gwendy! And cried like a baby too. How fantastic that Gwnedy is DOTD! So elegant and proud! Please, please keep in touch with your old friends here on Pet Talk. And Rach..Geez, I am IMPRESSED!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Karen, I kind of had an advantage because I met Karen Ann while surfing the dog albums at PhotoPoint, even before I started with Pet Talk. She had some marvelous albums there about her guide dogs and pet dogs and her life in general. When Benniegoogle popped up at Pet Talk, I knew who she was immediately, and it didn't take me long to figure out that Gwendy was hers.

Oh, my dear wonderful Pet Talk friends! Thank you all for your sincere thoughts and caring words! I so appreciate all of you and the love that comes across in your posts. Thanks especially to Cinder, Smokes & Phred, for alerting me of the chatter going on here regarding Gwendy's honor as DOTD!! I apologize for not getting here sooner... I have a good excuse for once! LOL! Darndest weirdest things happenin' around these parts lately! We had a tornado touch down in a town just about 30 miles north of where I live on Thursday. Mind you, upstate NY has seen nothing remotely resembling a tornado for as long as I can recall, and I'm gettin' up there now (the big FOUR OH in October... UGH!). We lost power for a day, and the phones are still screwy. So, I wasn't able to get online over the weekend, until late Sunday evening. Naturally, I'd already deleted Phred's message... and ya know how that goes, out of sight, out of mind! LOL! I just went in to check out DOTD (and that Hannah, btw... what a girl, eh?), and decided to scoot in and see what you all were talking about since I was here ages ago! I'm so glad I came in, and I promise to stop by much more frequently. I have a new addition to my family... Gunther, an 8 mth old red dapple doxie boy came to live with me, Gwen and the other 3 doxies, Bennie, Sassie & Schatzie last week. He's an absolute sweet pea, and fits right in with my silly gang. Oh, btw, for those of you who noted Gwendy's "serious" look... don't be so easily charmed, folks! She is the biggest goofiest girl I've ever met! LOL! She is a wonderful devoted guide, and her mischievious and enthusiastic personality only make her more special in my heart. I submitted her "serious" pic to show the well-trained guide dog side of her. Anyone who has visited our websites know that's only a small part of what makes her wonderful! Okay, enough babbling... I must get back to my enormous load of email that has accumulated during the phone outage. Thanks to all, again, and as Arnold said. "I'll be back"!! :D