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His name is Stetson ummm think his show name is Velvet Valiant???

Wadz have you seen the father, he is the most amazing creature I have ever seen

We have a black boy also coming from Krystalcove

So jealous that we have to wait another 3 weeks! But I guess it's what happens when you want a show quality pup. What colour Newfie are you getting? Hi Wadz where is your puppy from and what colour if you don't mind me asking? Hi Mish13 we are getting our little girl from Krystalcove and she will be a little black bitch. We are just a little excited about adding our new pup to our family :D I bet you are, I have spent some time with a breeder and her Newfs up her in Qld and I just love them drool and all. Cant wait to see photos of your new pup.

Oh so excited, really thought we would be in for a long wait, and just found out we can bring home our Newfoundland next week!!!!!

my last puppy had a bed in my room, I moved it to the living area during the day and when I took it to the bedroom at night he knew it meant sleep time. We did frequent toilet trips outside and when I was working he was in the laundry with a radio on, his favourite toy, water and bed, I only work 5 hour days so would spend my lunch break home with him, toileting etc... I would leave treats for him to find in the laundry, making it a happy place for him to go which all seems to me very similar to the crating method...The only difference is this time I have children, ie more left around for him to chew and a generally boisterous household... I guess my plan to start with will be to see how what I have done in the past works, If the kids value their belongings at all they WILL pick up after themselves (hmmm may get them housetrained in the process if Im lucky!!!) and have a place that the dog is happy too go/retreat and make the kids aware that if he goes there it means he wants a break and to leave him be

As I said this is a new concept to me, in the past when I have had pups they had a bed on the floor to sleep on, were regularly taken out side to toilet and were in a safe room if left unattended, Im confused as to whether all this talk of crate training means we did it wrong previously??? And if I chose not to crate train could I change my mind down the track??? Or if I crate trained and wasnt happy with this will the dog become too dependant on the crate??? Aaarrrggghhh so many questions!!!!! And as someone mentioned earlier I will be asking the breeders thoughts on this

Thanks everyone for the advice, we are waiting on a Newf puppy and the whole crate training thing is a new concept to me, in the past I have never had any issues with toilet training puppies etc, so was just curious as to what the benefits of it are

I guess my other question would be is it worth crate training a puppy that is is a giant breed, he will out grow crates very quickly

Do people leave the pup in the crate for long periods of time, ie while at work??

Hi, we are brining a new puppy home soon and have been reading alot of the posts in the puppy forums. Im just wondering if someone can explain to me what crates are actually for as Im a little confused as to whether its to teach puppy to sleep,or toilet train or if we would even need to bother with it... Last time I had a puppy I had never heard of this

The puppies I believe come with 6 weeks insurance and I'm pretty sure it is pet plan they use, have googled a few and the ones that cover everything incliding vaccinations and desexing are standing out to me. We are just waiting on puppies to finish all their health checks to find out if one will be available to us, and have just heard from another breeder who is expecting new arrivals any day now, so soon we will be off to do some more visiting

We are hopefully getting a Newfoundland puppy very soon, and am wondering who everyone recommends we insure through, the only difference I have really noticed is some provide cover for everyday thngs ie, vaccination etc while other do not

So excited, went to visit some amazingly beautiful Newfies and their babies today, fingers crossed in a couple of weeks one of them will be ours!!!

So exciting reading everybodies posts about picking up their new babies and here we are just as excited in the hope of being on a waiting list and fingers crossed finding a puppy in the near future

Hi all, not sure if Im in the right place to ask, Im looking for a newfoundland puppy in the near future and have contacted just about every breeder I can find, and alot have recommended attending "family days" to meet the breeders and their dogs, so just wondering if anyone could tell me where I might find out where and when these types of days are held?