Trying something a bit traditional, not entirely 100% right but close -- well, with a couple of exceptions where instead of the puppy as part of the pattern, SD plunked little bear doggo's fuzzy butt down on a woolen rug. Then again, it probably isn't very familiar with this art style as it's (a) local and (b) long-lost but making a comeback. Of course, in my grandmother's day this wasn't art, it was necessity if you did not want to freeze your feet off on cold hardwood floors. 

Newfoundland Hooked Rugs

Twillingate Museum exhibits/hooked-mats/

Obviously not what I was aiming for. But it is a bi-coloured Newfoundland puppy sitting on a handcrafted hooked wool mat. Also I'm not sure what's up with the brown ones, it's only fairly recently these pooches came in any colour that wasn't basic black.

And yes, they have been mistaken for bears. Nutbeem Kennels was just a walk up the hilltop from where I lived and the pups -- adults too sometimes -- would sneak out for a ramble in the woods. Pretty sure they scared more than one berry-picking tourist who didn't know there weren't any bears on this part of the island and had never met a Newfoundland face to slobbering muzzle. Boy do those dogs ever drool, especially on a hot summer day! Mom got to keeping plenty of water on hand, because we never knew when they might show up at our door begging a drink and lots of ear scritches. Beauties!