newfsie

Yes it was awesome to see Gilbert, you are so smart

I totally agree....my newfs are fit, i did not lock them up and keep them away from others. i have had newfs since I got married and have only had one with Rheumatoid Arthritis, which was bad luck.We go for long walks/ and allow our dogs to climb. we do agility, i must admit I do not do a lot of jumping by choice. But my dogs romp and play and swim twice a day in our dams at least by choice and also swim in the River. I meet so many newfies, who hardly move and are huffing and puffing after a short walk. i love to see newfies do Zoomies..........

I am 53...........And when i was a kid we has GSD's, three and one mongrel. Our dogs were fed food/veggies that my mother cooked for them and raw bones and meat. Not so different from the diet I have used for my own dogs since the eighties, except i cook even less. i just blanche my veggies for the dogs. Our GSD's lived to be 14, 15 and 12. the twelve year old had cancer and when diagnosed was PTS. the rest were hardly ever at the vet and very sound. Our dogs had been imported from the USA in the early 1970's and were the working line GSD's. Their pups were not popular, because of the way they stacked straighter. But the RAAF and Police were interested in them. Our mongrel lived to be 17, she was a greyhound lab cross that my Dad rescued at a greyhound track. I am not sure why so many dogs spend so much time at the vet nowadays. "touch wood" mine are not frequently at the vet. Just for check-ups and one ear issue in the past four years. Our new newf rescue does however have lymphoma and sadly is untreatable, he is only nine. As kids we took our dogs everywhere off leash, yes the GSD's went everywhere with two girls. I would have to ask my parents if they were vaccinated every year. I do know they had their Rabies shots in the USA and were in Quarantine for three month near Sydney somewhere. Maybe their immunity was also better, as was ours, because we roamed everywhere.

We had a working kelpie called Nugget. he was a good little work dog and never really did anything wrong. but he never really bonded with either of us. he belonged more to our other dogs. he was very obedient and did all that was asked. but he only came for a cuddle/pet occasionally. We did not train him and I think it was his original upbringing that caused this. We had him as a very polite inside dog and he adored our newfies. we always made the joke that he was our newfie's dog. we used to say Zack is Mike's dog, Abbey mine and Nugget belonged to Abbey and Zack. he led a good life and mourned both Abbey and Zack when they passed. But got on well with the next pack. he was an adorable senior to our newfie Pup, Katy and only passed away this year at sixteen. Still missed, but I was not devastated as I was with my other dogs...........I would never have passed him on. Once I commit to a dog it is for life. add on........If however Nugget had met one of our friends and bonded with that person and they would have wanted him and I knew them well enough to feel it was for his benifit, i might have considered it. But I would have had to know the person really well.

I bought a cross.......Golden Retreiver cross Border Collie. the people selling the pups told us they were charging money for the puppies, so that they could have the money to desex the two parents. Whom according to them had accidentally mated....BS......They has quite a few litters after, and some ended up at the pound and dog rescue . That said Tessa is a delightful clever and very healthy dog. We have and are enjoying her intelligence and trainability. She keeps our newfies active and we adore her My other three are purebreds and two are from a reputable breeder, even though one came to us as a rescue via the Breeder, who keeps contact with her pups where possible. my third newf is also a rescue. Pure breds can also end up in rescue sadly. it is good to know that some breeders are heavily involved with rescue of their breed. i adore them all

I agree, we don't feed chocolate at all any more, but I always wondered why Josh had no issues

I always wondered why our first newfy had no issues with all the chocolate he used to eat in the eighties, before we knew it could be poisonous. Now I know He only ever shared Dairy Milk and Mars bars with hubby and he weighed over 50kg Here is the link http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/10/...art-interactive

Try three newfs in Spring.......And one nine year old who loves to slobber. I love mine to bits.....BUT

I also have pet insurance for the dogs, but about two years ago I paid out $3500 for one of our horse, who went down with colic.....he is well now and I am not at all regretful. It would also depend on your financial situation. I also think the pets well being needs to be considered. Some pets do not deal with treatment/confinement/pain. For those you might have to consider it is not in their best interest and only for our own interst, because we want them to be with us for so much longer. I think it is a individual case each time.

beautiful pictures

Great.....look like pointers or foxhounds crossed with bloodhounds to me...just what we need, another designer breed used by 'the good 'ole boys' of the world. A registry was formed in the USA in the 1980's.........They are very similar to the Coon Hound, not a new designer breed and used for hunting. Quite an amazing hunting dog

Wqhen you walk around with newfs you always get pics taken. Some people ask, some just take.......I just don't worry about it

Newfies do need to be kept fit and yes they do like to be exercised and are not layabouts And you can do obedience ( trial) with them. And mine love agility Yes the same goes for us.Yes I do have four huge dogs and yes they are inside dogs and a clean house. And no I do not have a destroyed backyard. And you can have a bar-b-q at my place and the dogs are loose and you are not bothered by them

No we stayed with the same one all along....She was not the most forward, but she was very interested and retrieved a small toy and followed a ball each time. She lured really easily into a sit and drop. the others were also very friendly, but I thought one was too pushy and a bit of a bully. We spent hours just observing the litter interact with everything and everyone. It was such a huge education for us. We thoroughly enjoyed it. the pups at week five were kept in an indoor outdoor pen, where they were outside by choice with some older pups. their parent were also both there as was another couple of bitches Young and not the dams of any pups). it was just amazing to see the interaction of all the dogs. We have had a few newfie pups before and even from the same breeder, but her socialization/rearing has changed and I can tell with the pups. Katy is just such an polite dog with other dogs and that is not our teaching, but the other dogs, both older pups and adult dogs. And to follow on she has had our girls keep her in check and has been at our Obedience Club since eight weeks to meet other vaccinated dogs. i made certain choices this time and stuck with them and i am extremely happy with the results To add, I want to do water rescue with my dog and we will start water training this Summer. Both her parents are very friendly and steady, but have no water rescue record. Retrieving was very important to us, it had to be natural to the pup

My newfie loves agility, she will never have the speed, but she loves the tunnels and the seesaw. Doesn't mind the heights either

I lived in the NT and we always used metho....Interesting though

In the newfie world there are also several colours Allowed Black, black and white and brown.......greys, brown and white (unlike the black and white landseers) are not accepted in the showring. and I have even seen a brindle ( sorry no pic)

For our last puppy we selected her with the Volhard system.......we saw the puppies three times. At week 5,6 and seven. i was very lucky as I had pick of the litter and was allowed that much time to pick. We first saw the pups at four weeks, but that was to early to interact. I was also lucky in that the pup came from a four puppy litter, which was well socialized with lots of other of the breeders dogs from four weeks on. Katy has been the most amazing puppy to train and deal with. She is very happy, has such confidence and is very polite with other dogs. Confident and polite with people and just a joy to own. I think it is very important to pick your pup and to have it well socialized early and that can only be done by the breeder at that very early age. i wish you good luck in your selection. here is a link PS our breeder did help with the conformation selection as she was much more experienced, but I am very interested in training, so I chose the Volhard system http://www.workingdogs.com/testing_volhard.htm

Last year we went to Little Austinmer beach for our newfie day (18 newfies)......We had a great day there and the dogs loved it. There were even some rock pools for our then puppy newfie to play in. Our big dogs loved the beach I thought it was fabulous and we had no drama at all. a day on the beach

I am so sorry for your loss.........We are never prepared for such sudden losses. I too lost one of my dogs so sudden, by just a visit to the vet and them finding a very advanced Ovarian Cancer. there is no easy way. the only thing no one can take away from you are the memories. Another sweet Angel for Rainbow bridge. I feel for you, take care

Two of my dogs have had acupuncture and they are very relaxed during that........I must admit that it is a lot to do with who does things to the dog and how relaxed some owners are. But some breeds are more relaxed. I just know that at our NSW newfie days most dogs are off lead, dogs have never met one another before ( or only at a previous newfie day) and everyone seems to cruise Including my Border Collie cross

Why don't you try to contact some newfie people....mine are extremely relaxed in new environments in and around lots of people. But i am just north of the Vic border (near Albury). Have met some very chilled out newfies at Newfie days near Melbourne

I thought timothy hay was rye hay........Just like alfalfa hay is lucerne hay I lived in the USA and we had Quarter horses there as we have here now. And I am sure it looks the same. But I could be wrong

I too have bitches (3) living together and I did have one bitch trying to kill our other bitch when she first came here. I was lucky enough to have a good trainer help me through all our problems and we do not keep ours apart. And Annabelle did some really severe damage on Tessa in the early days. but we worked through this and have trained together at keeping the peace. Our trainer also told us that the biggest mistake we could make was to pull sides and to get angry at the more Alpha dog when a growling session occurs. So in the early days if the top female would growl at the lower Bitch we would actually tell off the lower bitch and make both of them come to us and do some very active off leash training.......together....... And as soon as they did what was asked we would reward. Of course this does not happen overnight and hubby and I did a lot of onleash and side by side training initially. Our trainer told us that a lot of bitch fights re-occur, because the owners take sides and reprimand the top dog very severely, only causing a larger rift. We have had peace at our place now for over two years. Annabelle came into our household dog and people aggressive. we never avoided anything and worked our way through all of it. I am not saying it will never happen again, but we have learned some methods to deal with it hopefully. I am lucky in the fact that hubby and I are both very involved with dog training and have had the most incredible dog trainer to help us..........

We had a working dog, which we got at the age of about four....We used a Turbo water pistol every time we caught him near the house and treats every time we saw him away from the house. he caught on pretty smartly. Mind you it would not work on a dog, who thought this would be fun