Happiest New Year

Before January slips by, I just wanted to express my gratitude to all who have sent in well wishes, cards, greetings, and photos to help me enjoy my holiday season. It's been an impressive January here weather wise. Almost spring like! So I haven't been locked in because of blizzards and ice making me attend to this "thank you".

Little Mally has a few snow flakes on her to help remind me that it is winter!

Nothing much to report. No show news or stock news (up-coming litters) to report. The little ones that were here before Christmas have all left and many sending in some kind of progress report and some with photos. I'm always impressed on how much love is showered on these little ones. I cannot be more impressed and more grateful of that love. 

Dennis,

Masha has settled into her new home with her new family and is very happy.  We are very pleased with her. Attached is a photo.

Sincerely,

Irene & Thomas

Dear Dennis, Holiday greetings to you and yours. I am happy to report that Panda, now six, is thriving in Mid Coast Maine. There have been occasional road trips to Boston and Vermont. Vermont is preferable to the city. Every day he brings us joy and happiness. May the New Year bring you peace, Judy , Bob, and Panda Stephan 

Hi Dennis,

I have been meaning to send you some pictures of Deets for the last few weeks, but clearly lack of sleep has affected my memory! Your Christmas card was the perfect reminder.

Deets is an absolute sweetheart...and smart as a whip! He started puppy kindergarten just a week after we brought him home, and despite being the youngest in class - by several weeks - he's been at the top of his class since his first day. (Until last week when he fell in love with Milly, the Mexican street dog who, until that class, had been too shy to play or pay him any attention!)

I also get stopped on the streets every day by people who just can't get over how adorable he is! "He looks just like a teddy bear" is the big one I get. And he does!

So thank you again!

Happy Holidays,

Alex

Hi Dennis! Wanted to wish you a merry Christmas and let you know that Randi is doing great!!! She is so smart she know sits, shake, lay down and roll over. And comes when she wants to! (That ones a work in progress!) thank you again for the opportunity to have this love bug in our lives!!

Have a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Elizabeth

Hi Dennis,

Thanks for your card and for the link and video. We enjoyed them all!

Maddie is a joy and settling in very well, I think. She’s now officially Kiara Dolley Madison All Fired Up. We hope you approve. She demonstrates the fired-up part fairly often! She is doing well on the house-training and now asking to go out, but we have a nest of rooms and aren’t giving her the freedom to just go off-leash yet. She’s slept through the night a couple of times now so we hope that becomes more of a regular thing. We enjoy introducing her and the breed to many people who haven’t met a TT before. She’s getting lots of exposure to other dogs and puppies and to as many experiences as we can manage in this weather. Puppy training and play dates will be a frequent part of her life for a while.

Merry Christmas to you and a Happy 2017!

Linda and Al and Maddie

Hi Dennis,

Ralphie is doing great and has made himself

right at home! The two dogs cuddle at night. Thank you so much. He is perfect!

Lisa Grainger

Hi Dennis-

Thought I’d give a quick New Year update that Nimbus has grown into just such a fine young doggy! He’s super-social, more than anything loves playing with other dogs in our local park. We took him on an eighteen day road trip in August when he was six months old, and he was a perfect traveling companion, taking long hours in the car in stride, and then ready for all sorts of adventures in nature and with crowds of people. I’m attaching a few photos of him in play/gladiator mode with some of his friends in our park.

Thanks so much for this amazing little guy!

Steve and Alicia

Hello Dennis,

Charlie is thriving and getting bigger so quickly. I adore this very perceptive puppy!  

I am thinking to delay neutering him until he is at least 9 months old, and wanted to get your thoughts on this. I have read from several sources that TTs mature late and waiting to neuter/spay until they are at least 9 months old is wise, for their bone development and overall health. 

Could you let me know your thoughts on this topic? 

Thank you for the sweetest puppy ever! 

Photos to follow, soon.

Best wishes for the New Year, 

Martha

Dad and his grand-dog...such love!

Mary Beth

Hi Dennis,

Thought you might enjoy a photo of Baxter getting ready to enjoy an evening in the hotel in Manhattan.....

Janet

Chance has been with us for 3 months (he is 2 years old) and now seems comfortable enough to flaunt the TT male pin-up pose...

Laura














And a lovely parting shot of Ava and Ozzie.

More later...

Merry, Merry, Merry 2016

It's that time year again. The time we set aside to enjoy our family, our friends, and our furry friends too! Concerts, plays, parties, shopping, festival celebrations with tree lightings and carolers fill up the calendar days counting down to total exhaustion. Hopefully throughout all of that you find some moments to just reflect, get inspired, and find personal peace in all the holiday happenings.











Great show news from Travis Brock --Doris (Kiara Promethean Fire At Terpsichorean) has earned a major at the Albany Kennel Club show. And what a beauty she is! Thank you Travis, Miles, and Jane for raising such a wonderful girl who greets everyone she meets with wags and licks and shows herself off so artfully.

And she has more credits to her name now. Jane reports that she's earned her Canine Good Citizen award.




Doris (previously known as Little Fat Girl - currently referred to as Little Missy) received her Canine Good Citizen AKC title yesterday 11/25/16 at the Holyoke Kennel Club Dog Show. She is a lovable, lively little girl who bring a smile to my face and joy to my heart. Thank you Dennis Gunsher for breeding happy dogs and Travis Brock for letting me play with her.

Jane


















It's always good to hear how everyone is doing. Catching up and knowing how the wee Kiara's that have left here are doing is always heart-warming and appreciated. Whether a quick up-date, simply a photo or a card, I enjoy hearing about them. I especially love to hear that birthdays get celebrated.

Happy 8th birthday Mallomar!! Best dog ever!!

Michele




















Happy third birthday to Miles Davis! Our little love brings us joy every day! ❤️❤️


Patricia & Tim

Happy 3rd birthday to Lark and her brother Miles Davis Gartland.

Laura








Looks like brothers met up in class together. Triscuit and Baxter have fun and catch up. Nice to see the bros maturing.

Dennis,
Thought you would want to know that Baxter and Triscuit were in the obedience class, and thoroughly enjoyed being together! Baxter is in the left, Triscuit on the right, both only willing to sit for a picture after being exhausted from class!(and looking a tad disheveled!)
Hope all is well!
Janet









Happy Thanksgiving, Uncle Dennis!

Imagine…I am 13 1/2 years young…feeling fit and full of hugs and licks! 

Bob, Lisa, & Om

Hi Dennis!  

Mel has settled in beautifully and clearly feels right at home in the mountains...must be getting back to her ancestral roots :  )  She's an unbelievable trail dog...literally ran circles around us at 13,000 feet. We're so in love!  Thank you for gracing us with this amazing dog.  She helped ease the transition to our new home and is such a sweet part of our family.  

Please fee free to use this picture for your website...and we have lots more if you'd like.  She's my new obsession.

Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Know that you have made our family richer.

Regina et al

This is one stunning photo of Mel taken by Regina. It should make a calendar or something. I can hear John Denver..."Rocky Mountain high..."

Mel surveying all that reminds her of Tibet.


And another excellent photo clicked by the talented 
--and probably very lucky-- Mike McLoughlin 
of Sadie in the leaves.

The beautiful Sadie (CH Kiara Harlem Song ) 
sunning herself on a beautiful --unseasonably warm-- November day.

From high up in the Rockies to the Florida coast...  Debbie and Jim take the crew on a sunset cruise. They won't be seeing any New England weather in this Florida setting. We in the chilling Northeast are envious.

Anxiously waiting for their sunset cruise!

Debbie




















And even in this season of merriment, I want to help say good-bye to a wonderful companion. The Burlile's made a wonderful home for one of the wee ones that left here many years ago. I have dozens of photos throughout the years showing the love showered on this special package of love. Ali, you will be missed...but the wonderful memories will help soothe the pain of loosing you. 

It's such a compassionate act to see her to the rainbow bridge. Thank you.

Dennis, 

We put our pup down this afternoon.  I was very proud of my brood--they all insisted on being present... as I'm  sure you know,  there's little that's harder to do than say goodbye to a family member who still woke up at 5 every morning,  pain and all,  and went to sniff the kids' bedroom doors to see if they were there...cancer sucks ...but what joy she brought us,  and hopefully,  we to her. 

Are you still breeding?  Once this sorrow abates, well, who knows... 

Thanks for sending Ali to us. 

Charles Burlile,  et al

For several years now I have put together a YouTube video celebrating the Tibetan Terrier. Thanking everyone who has sent in the many inspiring photos throughout the year. I only wish all of them could be used. Just watching it makes me smile. I hope you find it warming and celebratory as well.

You can also see this on the YouTube site. Cut and paste this:

https://youtu.be/J0FOklKTOTI

in the YouTube search box or you may be able to find it with it's title "Tibetan Terrier Kiara Holiday Tidings 2016".

Again, wishing everyone 

the merriest...the happiest

...the peacefullest Holiday Season...

and the happiest New Year!

Open the card!

More later...

Leaves Are Falling 2016

It's been a year since these little Cooper/Passion pups got to don their Halloween icons to show themselves off. And thanks to Jane, they got a lot of exposure. The above card is just a small sample of Jane's passion and love her boy, Cooper, and all that he can accomplish. Center-top is Doris, known in the show ring as Kiara Promethean Fire At Terpsichorean. She is pictured below at camp.

Doris made a splash at the Bay Colony Tibetan Terrier Club Specialty weekend. On Friday under respected judge Timothy Robbins she earned a major! Very proud of her --and of course her very accomplished handler and human-Dad, Travis Brock.


And here at Kiara she has new 1/2 brothers and sisters. Passion and Lightning are proud parents of a new bunch of babies. Dad did his work a while ago; but Mom is a dutiful, diligent care-giver, and as always taking her job very seriously.

Lightning

Passion

Cannoli

Cannoli

Sue Meluzin also made it up to the Specialty weekend on Saturday. It was fun catching up and visiting. She brought the two beautiful girls she is currently showing, Cannoli, my Henry's sister, and Boo, a Q-Tip daughter. Both beautiful!

Boo.

Fall is here...the many leaves falling for my rake and mower/mulcher constantly keep me busy. Living next to the park pictured below offers plenty of them. 

Great getting news from many of you. Stories and thoughts I love sharing. Sometimes it's wonderful hearing how they are adjusting to their new lives, other times how they are maturing into wonderful companions. Harrowing emails about weathering through storms...like Willow and Jack, with Kathleen and Paul, who made it through Hurricane Matt on the north coast of Florida. Birthday celebrations! And then too receiving the saddest news of all.

Tim and I have decided to get FAQ cards made up... Hard to do our workout when we get stopped 50X! No he's not an Obama dog or miniature sheep dog... Yes he's hypo-allergenic..28 pds... Companion dogs to the Tibetan monks... NO! You can't have him... Sigh... Let's just go home and cuddle!

Patrica

Hi Dennis,

Hope you and the TTs are all doing well and had a nice summer! Just wanted to send you a note to update you on Bodhi on his first birthday. He is the sweetest little guy and, of course, has won over our hearts! Such a little love! Bodhi is such a happy guy and always spreads that happiness to those around him. He loves to greet everyone first thing in the morning, wagging his tail like crazy… he eagerly waits to  hear the girls wake up in the morning so he can run to say good morning. Such a wonderful way to start the day. He loves to play fetch, and the squeaky toy you sent home with him is still one of his favorites.  Just recently, he has noticed his reflection in the window at night and tries to get the “puppy in the window” to play by dropping his ball repeatedly at the window. It is very sweet. Everyone always remarks on how cute he is… and he certainly has the personality to go along with his cuteness.  Daisy is doing well too!

Best regards,

Kara & Dan Rice

Hey Dennis,

Mallomar is a Kiara pup. Best dog ever!! Mally will be 8 in November. Still acts like a puppy, the mushiest, funniest, smartest, craziest, terrorist, dog ever.

Michele

Hi Dennis, 

Triscuit is as cute as can be. We’re going to puppy class and learning a lot about how to train a puppy! She loves to take walks, 

she loves other dogs, she loves to eat, she is very sweet --except when she bites with those baby teeth! I know puppies bite. Do you have any suggestions? When she came back from staying with you she did not bite at all.

Hope you’re well. 

Anne

Hi Dennis, 

Hope all is well up north. Just wanted to share some pics of Tashi with you.  There is one with Party Girl.  There are some with his best friend Mac. Mac is a 3 month old St Bernard.

Tashi also graduates Puppy Kindergarten next week. He is so smart!! We are going to continue with classes. He truely loves class as much as we do. Well that's it for now. Enjoy the pictures!! 

Amy

Dennis,

Hope all is well!  Thought we would share this picture of Lula on a gorgeous day.

Mona

Willow at the villa we had-- just waiting for the hurricane to pass on by!

Kathleen

Dennis,

Don't know if you got this email. This was the first of two emails that I just sent.

We survived Hurricane Matthew! Our area Flagler Beach and St. Augustine got it the worst. We had to evacuate and went to our sister resort called Reunion west of Orlando for 5 days. We had a spacious 3 bedroom villa, power, and food! Like a mini vacation! Willow thought it was old times and we were on the road going to a dog show! 🚙 she had no problem settling in, but Jack was a nervous nelly the first day or so.

It has been constant cleanup for two weeks now---that is for Paul outside. We had some flooding in our backyard--but not in our house! Our house weathered it well. We even had dead fish in the backyard. The Storm serge washed away walkovers as well as dunes! Our Oak  trees really were beaten up-- looks like November in MA. The trees are all bare! Portions of the A1A road in Flagler Beach were also washed away. It's Beautiful weather now and most things are back to normal, as you can see with Jack and Willow. (Jack even gave me a smile in this photo!

Hope all is well with you and your TTs!

Kathleen

awwww... and NOW we celebrate Year 2 with this magnificent bundle of pure lovelovelove and JOY!! our lives are so much MORE complete because of this fluffy muffin of love... now curtsy and Say Goodnight, Gracie!

Joel and Neva
















Again I have to help say good-bye to a wonderful companion. Dorothy and Simon shared their NYC life for nearly 17 years. After a year of being old and having some issues, Simon went over the Rainbow Bridge. Our hearts break a little more when we've had that much time to become companions.

Simon almost 16 after a surgery he received from.

 Simon's paws will be hard to fill, but Benjamin is going to try. Still too wee to make Dorothy feel comforted for the loss. He'll be on his way as soon as he's old enough and ready!

Benjamin at 2 1/2 weeks.

 Love this photo of our Kiara celebrity TT, Miles. It's a great way to sign off. It's a great autumn shot!

More later...