Very sorry to hear of your problems and I really hope you can perservere and see improvement in quality of life for your girl , we had a rescue that was about 7 come in and he had had a cruciate repair but had an infection in the bone it was a long haul but he came good finally and became happy which is most important . I breed newfies and am also on committee of the NSW Club . I dont know where your newfys came from but you do have redress on pups that go wrong through no fault of your own . Contact should always be firstly with the breeder , if you do not get satisfaction from them , then you can contact dogsnsw in NSW anyway . They have a committee now set up to deal with breeder complaints . Cruciates are becoming more common in all breeds from my research and may or may not be hereditary , theres no way of knowing , however the fact that the bones in your girl were not growing correctly seems to me to be something the breeder needs to know about .
The majority of giant breeds do not have these problems , the responsible breeders do test for anything hereditary that they can and use only sound dogs when breeding . No one wants to produce unsound dogs , we all do our very best to avoid that , but sometimes things go wrong no matter what . Personally I have had one cruciate repair in 28 years , I used the old method not TPLO and the other leg is still going strong on the bitch that is over 12 now , that doesnt mean i wont get one go tomorrow of course
As for someone saying they go to NZ to get a better newfy , that is quite amazing and I find the opposite to be true , most of the major NZ breeders have and do import from Australia . We have exported to NZ both dogs and semen and I get many requests for pups from there .
We sell very few dogs interstate , I like the people and their pups to be close so we can advise and help owners , and I really do feel this is best .
Dont give up on your girl yet , I can put you in touch with a vet who has newfies in this state if you want to discuss your girl with them .
