I liked this a lot :) Its a uniquely wholesome concept!
For me, the difficulty was probably a bit too steep from the beginning, and it took a few reloads to catch the dog's instruction on how to help.. and then figuring out that you had to take hold of the handle :P
I think it would have been great if you could pickup coins while hanging on to the sword as well.. and maybe a better way to deal with the money stealing gnomes >_<
But it was a very fun game either way