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It looks promising that we will be able to bring home the male Newfoundland (pictured below at age 7 months) later this week. He is now 16 months old and has been living with the breeder until now. The breeder is on the approved list by the National Newfoundland Club and we originally contacted her because she was having a litter of puppies in late November. She has decided to part with one of her own males, however, so we are planning to take him on a trial basis. He is fully grown and on the small side for a male Newfoundland at 120 lbs., but he is definitely still a puppy. We are pretty excited about taking home. He has been an outdoor dog and is not housebroken or obedience trained!!!

Deb/AGBF
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Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god......he's beautiful. It's just too hot down here in Texas for them, but I'd looooooove to have one. You're so lucky. Post more photos when you get him; I'll live vicariously.
 
Aww, how wonderful for your family, Deb! My parents neighbors and close friends have two darling Newfies--they are big, big darlings at 150 and 180 lbs., but they are wonderful animals and as sweet as can be. Your prospective pup is so cute!
 
awwww what a teddy bear of a pup :love: :bigsmile:


You will be a wonderful puppy parent Deb, and I hope the training is easy and fruitful! I can't wait to hear more ::)
 
Your dog is gorgeous! So cute!! I love dogs especially ones that look like teddy bears.
 
He's beautiful, Deb!
 
He is such a pretty boy! I hope you enjoy every minute w/him. Have patience -- as a kennel dog, he won't know about anything household-ish. My sister had a kennel-raised Shepherd & had to teach him not to put his paws on the stove while she had things cooking! It'll take him a little time to adjust but they're such lovers & great dogs, he'll be overjoyed to learn the ropes -- and give you plenty of laughs, big clown dogs.

Best thing for both of you is to get him into an obedience class asap. The good ones teach the PEOPLE more than the dog -- you learn how to communicate what you want. But you probably already know that!

Happy times ahead! Congratulations.

--- Laurie
 
He's gorgeous! I hope he's a great addition to your family!
 
JewelFreak|1294144092|2813891 said:
He is such a pretty boy! I hope you enjoy every minute w/him. Have patience -- as a kennel dog, he won't know about anything household-ish. My sister had a kennel-raised Shepherd & had to teach him not to put his paws on the stove while she had things cooking! It'll take him a little time to adjust but they're such lovers & great dogs, he'll be overjoyed to learn the ropes -- and give you plenty of laughs, big clown dogs.

Best thing for both of you is to get him into an obedience class asap. The good ones teach the PEOPLE more than the dog -- you learn how to communicate what you want. But you probably already know that!
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Laurie-The truth is, that although I consider myself an experienced dog owner, I really want to talk about all of this with other experienced dog owners! Not only do I think that there are things I still can learn, but I just do better when I am sharing a concern. Sometimes I have a concern that is too big for me to share, but luckily concerns about raising a new dog don't fall into that category! I am very open to discussing him. I adopted our Lab at age two, and he was very disoriented for a while, having accidents in the house and so forth, but he had been housebroken and was used to being with people. (He also, already, had the habit of biting people who came to the front door, so not everything learned is good!)

Deb/AGBF
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JewelFreak|1294144092|2813891 said:
Best thing for both of you is to get him into an obedience class asap. The good ones teach the PEOPLE more than the dog -- you learn how to communicate what you want. But you probably already know that!
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On the subject of obedience class, all I can say is that I have longed to have Biscuit (my Lab) back. It is hard to imagine regaining that level of communication with another dog. I remember once being in the vet's office. Biscuit started to bark, as he had a tendency to do, in a demanding way. He would just start in and keep barking until I did whatever he wanted: give him his food, stop talking to someone, whatever. It was an incessant, annoying, demanding bark. (Never mind that he couldn't bark anymore since he had had an operation to keep him from having his airwaves blocked and it had caused him to lose his bark.)

At any rate, I knew, instictively, what to do. Without stopping my conversation with the vet, I used the hand signals, minus the verbal commands, for "down" and "stay" and and he lay down on the vet's floor. Once he was in a submissive position , he automatically stopped being a pain in the neck!!!

I know the commands, but teaching them to another dog is going to be the trick!!!

Deb/AGBF
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Deb, I'm super excited for you...I was trying to see if I recognized the handler :) Do you mind sharing the new pup's registered name? If not, don't worry about it!

I'm encouraged that he's shown, at least. He should understand some basic commands -- though when working with treats he may not sit for you, but will rather stack himself thinking he's being baited :)

16 months is a tough age for any dog (especially if in-tact), but at least it's on the tail-end of adolescence! If you have a tough time with him in the beginning, just know that it will get better!
 
NewEnglandLady|1294155478|2813987 said:
Deb, I'm super excited for you...I was trying to see if I recognized the handler :) Do you mind sharing the new pup's registered name? If not, don't worry about it!

I'm encouraged that he's shown, at least. He should understand some basic commands -- though when working with treats he may not sit for you, but will rather stack himself thinking he's being baited :)

16 months is a tough age for any dog (especially if in-tact), but at least it's on the tail-end of adolescence! If you have a tough time with him in the beginning, just know that it will get better!
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He is rgistered as, "Mooncusser Red Sky At Nite", although he has been known as, "Griffin". I am sorry I lost the rest of what you posted in the other forum. I value your opinions, NEL!

Deb
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Ah, got it. I don't think I've met Suzanne in person, but I've definitely talked with her over email--in fact, before we got Bo she had a young adult named Turner that we were considering. She serves on the Board of Directors for our newf club (Newf Club of New England) and knows Byron's breeder well (who's also on that board). She's definitely well-respected, which eases my mind! I opened my big mouth too soon, I'm super excited now.
 
You know the drill well, then, Deb, from your lab! NEL is a better source than I am, but I don't think Newfies are quite as dying to please & cooperate as labs are, so teaching him commands may take a tad more patience. The compensation, though, is that they are a lot more laid back & calm. You will know how to handle it.

I predict you'll fall in love again. So glad you found a good breeder -- that's where your biggest help should come from! I will never ever stop being grateful to the breeders of my first Siberian, who not only helped w/my myriad questions for years, but got me interested in showing them. They are some of the people I admire most of anyone in my life. Amazing where dogs can lead us!

--- Laurie
 
Ohhhh, DEB!!! Congratulations! He's beautiful, and I'm just SO excited for you and your family! :appl: :bigsmile:
 
Okay, this is so strange I had to post...a friend and previous coworker of mine just decided that she and her husband would love to get a newf pup and reached out to Suzanne this morning. She called me not 5 minutes ago to tell me all of this and I just thought it was such a coincidence. Apparently 2011 is the year of the newf!
 
I'm so excited for you, Deb! He's a beautiful boy, and I bet you are going to fall head over heels for him!
Congratulations.
 
Congrats Deb, I hope he works out for you. I know you said you're taking him on a trial basis and it appears the breeder won't be using him as a stud, so I think it would be a good idea for her to neuter him, if she hasn't already done so, before you take him home. I'm just thinking that in addition to the environmental changes and learning curve he'll have adapting to being a household companion, it would be good to have the minor ouchy associated with his former life. Sending you best wishes for you, your family, and your new fur baby.
 
How exciting!

We adopted a dog from a breeder as well who was older and had not been housetrained. I regret to say that she was never totally trained in the years we had her either :blackeye: But I think we should have been more strict in the housetraining aspect (we were dealing with other behavioural issues that really made it impossible to house train in ernest). Anyways, I am sure you will have better luck, but it will take time!
 
Oh, he's a beauty!

I must say, you are very brave taking on a 120lb adolescent male that has had no training though...

I've fostered dogs that big, but they were house trained. The largest feral (just how I refer to dogs that have never lived in a home before) I've fostered was 80lbs and it was very very challenging. I imagine the breeder will be there to support and help you through the adjustment though, so that is great. If the breeder is done showing him, hopefully he is neutered - he could mark your counter tops! :cheeky:

Post pics asap!
 
Such a pretty boy! My dad has had two newfs, and they are just the most loveable dogs I've ever played with :) such fun dogs, I think you'll really enjoy Griffin (love his name, too!)
 
He is gorgeous! His chest marking looks like a heart from the angle hehe.

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OMG....What an absolutely beautiful boy! Congratulations on the new addition to your family. We too adopted our first golden on a trial basis as my husband has allergies. However, after two weeks I was so attached that I told my husband that if he was allergic he would just have to take a pill. LOL. Thankfully, everything was fine. I'm so excited for you. Although it is a challenge training a new pooch, it does bring such joy. Good luck. I hope everything works out for you. Please post more pictures soon!
 
Today my daughter and I did some major shopping. We are leaving early tomorrow morning in order to drive to the breeder's place in Massachusetts tomorrow. We will get to meet Griffin and play with him. We plan to spend a night in a hotel, then drive back with him on Thursday. We are hoping Griffin does not get carsick, but are trying to be prepared for the worst. The owner of the local pet supply store, who is a gem and who helped me a lot with my Lab, Biscuit, suggested one of us wear a smock or a raincoat and that we carry a jug of water; Bounty paper towels; and plastic bags in case we need to do clean-ups. He also recommended soft classical music to soothe the dog and, if we take a crate, that one of us put one of our old garments in it so that the dog gets used to the new scent.

Deb/AGBF
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It's Thursday evening and we just got in with Griffin. I haven't eaten since breakfast and am filthy. The car is still not completely unpacked. I just had to log in and let everyone know that we had him home. He is far more beautiful and his temperament is far better than I ever dreamed! I am still unutterably exhausted! He is very calm, but engaged in one act of civil disobedience that had my daughter and me at a standstill when we stopped to let him relieve himself once on the drive home. We absolutely couldn't get him to get back in the Jeep! He just stopped about 10 feet short of it and sat tight and wouldn't budge! It was pretty funny!

More later!

Deb/AGBF
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Oh what fun! Can't wait to hear more & see pics! Hope you get a good night's sleep & a hot bath!

--- Laurie
 
I just took some pictures of Griffin in the snow. The snow made for some problems...lots of flakes blocking the glass and making white dots and streaks. Nonetheless, I have pictures. So I am starrting a new thread with them!

Deb/AGBF
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