They are easily some of the most beautiful chaz dogs. Saffie is beyond gorgeous. There's something in her look reminiscent of a saluki.. and maybe Papillion, as well.
I was wondering what kind of tree it was too and did some searching.
I think it is a bald cypress, a young one. It was a small tree but the leaves look the same.
In dutch it is called a 'swamp cypress', which makes sense because my whole feet where underwater when I was standing there.