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I am so sorry for the loss of both your dogs and what your family is going through.........

I have one ..... "newfoundlands on patrol" and it shows them as if they are patrolling a beach....

Sure, I get annoyed by things people do at dog parks, but that's no different to anything in life. I do hate kids running around screaming (I just leave if that happens). I think that toys in dog parks are pretty much fair game (I bring toys but they ONLY come out if we're the only ones there, too much potential for conflict). Jumping up and barking don't bother me unless they're excessive - I always wear clothes I am prepared to get dirty to the dog park :p I have to agree here. We tend to chill out and enjoy. If it gets too full on, we just leave ;)

You can teach your dog to take out a life vest and/or tube or line and they do not have to go near the swimmer. Also you do not send your dog alone. The rercuer person stays with the dog or nearby for the dogs safety. I am trying to teach my dog to take out a line at present........Still a little confusing. When we were at a beginners water session last weekend ( newfie club), our katy was very worried when another dog growled at her, She thought she was not allowed in the water anymore. But after some ebncouragement from hubby in wet-suit she was happy again. We will keep on training, we love it

Ditto go and see a specialist. I work in A Radiology Department and the amount of months people have wasted in a wait and see situation is incredible. get it seen to. know what is wrong and deal with the problem. MRI's do no harm and will give nearly always the answer. Or at least have an ultrasound to get the ball rolling. I have also had multiple injuries from horse related accidents or just bad luck. We also had kelpies. my dogs have just had to slow down and do a lot of stuff that was high energy and a little more confined. you can start on some long lead recalls with in your yard and make them perfect and on to some recalls within the yard to make them perfect. if you still have to pass on your dog, you will give a dog with a great recall to someone else. There are so many training and tricks you can teach that require limited movement on your behalf. Try to think laterally and find different ways to do things. Make it fun for both of you.

Well I have just finished my second block in Melbourne, with my soft dog.....no-one made me put any equipment on her, she found it very tiring, but got over it in a day. And I found all the information I was given incredibly informative. I come from R+ and P- training, but I saw some methods used with the check chain, which were definitely something I will keep in my "tool-box". I watched NDTF trainers working different dogs around the kennels, dogs that were there for training and I would have been happy had they been my dogs, if my dogs had needed training. Our golden rule there was for dogs never to have contact, everyone reiterated that every time. It would not matter which facility trained who, where. You will always be able to tell stories of good or bad examples. I just wanted to learn more, because I had a problem dog in the past and because I now volunteer at out kennel Club. I think NDTF is a good starting point, a spring board to make you look even further and learn more. I just have to get all those assessments out of the way And you will get heaps of those Fuzzy, I have done 12 and still have a few to go LOL.......Plus I have to be a movie maker with a few takes Good luck with your course, if you are open minded and willing to learn, you will get a lot out of it. I have never read so many books in 6 months as I have the last 6 months. they tell you you can get all the info out of the info given, but you also get a lot of suggestions on books that will blow your mind. I am loving it

My newfs catch mice in the barn......HUGE entertainment and they are like bulldozers when they spot one. Knees beware.......They kill and spit. Our Border Collie taught them and they all know how

Annabelle looking scary........Or maybe a Colgate ad Might as well show off Tessa's teeth And Kate's Badddd look LOL And a baby Kate

I will add some newfie puppies

This is just always sad :(

And bag of 1000ml normal Saline 0.9% (or Hartmanns) costs at the most $5.00-$8.00, IV line about the same. I am sure vets would not pay much more than we do at our Private Radiology Practice. And all the Aneasthetic drugs are not that expensive either except Ketamine. It is not as if vets have to pay those huge Insurance fees Aneasthetists pay.

Erik is used to being smaller than everyone else. He is pretty comfortable with this role and handles big dogs well, but he really hates being excluded. Heaven forbid a dog should play with Kivi but not him at the same time. He's very outspoken, and he is very strong willed as well. JoeK pretty much described him to a T except for the fear thing. He does get frightened and easily unsettled, but he's still a youngster. He has some growing up to do yet. MY friends dog seems a little fearful at times..very comfortable in his own home environment with six other dogs. he tries to be in charge there

One of my friends has a Valhund....it always amazes me how tough he behaves and how strong minded/willed he is. Until, he is off leash with my dogs. I think he hates the fact they are so big and ignore him. he is also very food orientated. Great little tracking dog and very good at obedience when he want to be, but if he is in one of his "moods", he does his own thing

I also have four dogs, two from puppy and two rescues, of which one, Annabelle, was a people/dog aggressive dog. She (3.5) we really worked at from 14 months to make her more social. But i would never expect her to have to tolerate rude dogs. And she is now really easy going with other dogs, even some friendly rude dogs, she just won't tolerate aggressive dogs, so I keep a close eye on her always. My newfie pup, Katy(1.5) I worked hard at socialising from eight weeks on, because I want her to be a therapy dog. But again I would not put her near aggressive dogs or the super rude as a pup. But every friendly dog i could find we would let her meet and even some even tempered dogs. Now she has become the friendliest dog I know. And she is very happy and tolerant of rude young dogs at our Beginner class, where i use her as a Demo dog. But I do not expect her to have to be put in front of an aggressive dog. She is however very polite. Always lowers her head, ears back and definitely puts on a soft friendly face. This way she has been accepted by dogs ( the older bitches mostly, who hate rude dogs) at our Kennel Club, who on average we know are not very social and friendly with a lot of dogs, but good with her. Tessa (4), our Golden retriever cross border collie on the other hand was a rescue as a five week old pup ( missed some of her critical period with her litter mates). We also socialised her a lot, but she has never been super friendly. She is good with polite dogs and very tolerant of young puppies. But she has no time for rude adolescents. On leash with us she is perfect. But quite snappy, (never full fight) at any bossy/rude dogs. Totally different, but easy to be around with other dogs, just not friendly. Now Lukey (3.5) our new Newfie Rescue, is a very timid, to men, sweet boy, who even though a full male an very soft and polite dog. All other dogs seem to like him. he did not lead a good life previously and we have no idea at his training. But he is good with other dogs, even the young unruly ones. He seems to like happy forward dogs. Of course we avoid aggressive dogs. But I also wonder if it could be breed orientated too. Not really wanting to say which or what breeds are friendlier or not, but just noticing at our Kennel Club that there seem to be some differences.

I love the way this was written. I have copied it. no use re-writing "Dominance is not aggression. Dominance is a desire to run things. The dominant dog wants to have everything his (or her) way. Aggression is the desire or intent to cause harm. The aggressive dog intends to hurt or damage another living being. Sometimes a dog may exhibit both dominance and aggression. Some may only show one of these attitudes. With any dog that has shown aggression be careful. If you are unsure of yourself, or the dog, please get help from someone with experience. Just like people, dominant dogs who are also aggressive like getting their own way and may resent efforts to control them. Dominant behavior in dogs is the natural result of their having no concept of equality. Every member of their social world is seen as being either higher or lower in rank than they are. This social world includes their immediate family (people, other dogs, cats, etc.) and any other dogs they meet casually. The more dominant a dog is by nature, the harder it will try for a high rank. Dominance appears to have a strong genetic factor. A puppy can be identified as being dominant at as young as two weeks old. A dominant dog is dominant forever. There are degrees of dominance, from not at all (submissive) to extremely dominant. How dominant a dog is may be influenced by its environment or "how it is raised."...........Copied "Dominant Dogs, Recognition By Catherine Waters " I have one dog who always splits any dogs or people in disagreement, she runs through or tries to redirect. She is very passive and is definitly not dominant, we call Katy our Peacemaker. She does it at home at the kennel Club and most dogs accept it from her Peacefully

I agree. I think most or at least many DOLers here would know of the hard work, concern and money I've put into my dog with his dietary isssues, and trying to fix them. He's a lean dog at the best of times, but when this first struck he was skinny - even though at the time he was being fed 2kg of chicken per day (plus all the rest of everything such as supplements etc). I've said before that back then I was fully expecting someone to yell out "don't you feed that dog?" when we were out and about on our walks. I also recall many many moons ago, when my girlfriend bought a horse. It was as skinny as all get out. She (my friend) was 14yo at the time and worked her butt off to earn the money necessary to feed her horse up well. It took a little while but then her horse bloomed. But before then she was the butt of a number of abusive calls from drivers passing by. I remember her being in sobbing tears out of the frustration in trying to get the horse right and the embarrassment that people thought she had done this to her horse. So +1 for the suggestion of just asking if the dog is ok without bringing down the RSPCA. Although sometimes I agree it is necessary, dobbing really is not the true Aussie way. Asking, and then if we can, bogging into help, is. We do horse rescue and in the early days when we bought a thin rough looking horse home we would get a visit from the RSPCA, three times in one year. But we always explained and gave them our vets name and there were no issues, they stopped visiting and even asked for help when they needed to rescue a horse. It never bothered me to explain. We recently also had a very thin dog, he was very sick with the dreaded Lymphoma. people asked and we explained. I think it is OK to be visited by people asking why? If you have an good explanation, it should not worry you in the least. And maybe this dog does need help

That was great, they look like they are having a blast

I have four dogs, who eat the same.....One is so shiny,even when she is dirty. One always looks like she still has her puppy coat and the other two are average, really shine after a shampoo. So I would put it down to genetics

I need heavy bowls for my newfies.....I found beautiful Glazed blue pottery or terra cotta plant bowls that did not have a hole. And the Nursery sold them cheap to me. We have head the a long time now and they keep the water cool and are to heavy to knock over. They do require a two handed lift though to refill

OMG that is just adorable....I love Bloodhounds and I love that happy face

On a positive note......My Annabelle had a skin pricking test done on her belly and it was found that she was allergic to wheat only. that meant just keeping wheat out of her diet and she is fine. Initially we tried to find the culprit ourselves, but the test was just the best thing we did. We only have the occasional mistake, when she finds a cookie or is fed a sausage ( they are full of wheat) or such by someone at the Kennel Club. But now everyone know and she is even brought some special treats by the people who like her. We allow people to feed Annabelle, because initially she was people and dog aggressive and part of her desensitisation was being fed by strangers, which she now has so many friends, who still feed her. I hope you can find the allergy causing problem and have a great time with your dog

Tessa's Happy face

(My poll didn't seem to work, but these were the options I had ) "How loyal were you to the breeder's suggestion on diet?" Very Loyal (kept puppy on breeder diet for entire lifespan/plan to) Somewhat Loyal (generally kept puppy on breeder's diet, but with some modifications/additions to suggested diet) I seem to fit in between, My diet is completely different, but I discussed with my breeder what I wanted to feed my dogs, RAW. and asked what she thought of it She was happy with the plan. She stated that she was quite positive about RAW, just found it too involved for her Kennel and number of dogs. I feed all the supplements she uses and also if i have any problems health-wise or otherwise, I always contact her. She is my Mentor on the Breed and I value her opinions. All my newf puppies have come from her and all my newf Rescues have come via her. Hardly Loyal (changed diet almost right away/open to and took diet suggestions from vets, pet retailers, other advertising)

Would be hard to tell with mine as they just love all newfies, even if unrelated. We go to newfie days and there are just no hassles And they do all seem to recognise the breeder, must be the early socialising

We seem to be people in general magnets. We have even had a wheelchair chasing us for a pet. My dogs love all people. And yes there is always the bear, you can put a saddle on it and pony comments