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An article I found on a news service about my first dog: From: NewsBank -- service provider for Portland Oregonian Archives [newslibrary@newsbank.com] Oregonian, The (Portland, OR) August 14, 1996 DOG BARKS FIRE ALARM, SAVING OLD CHURCH Author: J. TODD FOSTER - of the Oregonian Staff...

Taking him camping on the coast for his birthday! Ok, the kids can come too. D'Artagnan at the park

Yes kids and animals get abused every day and our neck of the woods is no exception (including two recent cases of infantcide). But sometimes it just blows you away how ignorant people can be. Bad Breeding Shot

I can't believe it! An he is a perfect gentleman, even outgrowning a few 'quirks' I thought he would never outgrow. Time for another! :D

I miss hanging out here, but SAR has been such a huge time commitment. D is doing great and has passed his first Wilderness Air Scent eval before his certification sign offs. He has really broke the barrier on the stereo type against him when he started. He is agile, confident and ambitious...

I have missed you all terribly, but SAR has been sucking the life out of me.....AND I LOVE IT! D'Artagnan is progressing admirably. He ripped a toe nail off a couple weeks ago, but other than that, not a hitch. He is now learning the recall/alert/refind after six weeks of very consistent run...

It's been boiling hot here and we are avoiding training most of the time. When I have to go, it's usually early AM to about noon. I have purchased a power inverter and household box fan for the van when D'Artagnan has to wait in it for his turn to train, but I worry about it shutting down...

Things are coming along so well. D'Artagnan loves the 'hide-and-seek' games and has progressed so rapidly. He can do a locate in 15 acres with no problem and is a natural on the recall. The state certification is 160 acres in four hours. The big obstacle is obedience, with particular...

D'Artagnan and I have started our training for Search and Rescue and after our first conditioning hike we both had sore feet. I talked to the other dog handlers in our group and the only foot protection for the dogs that they use is vasoline in the snow. This particular hike was a lot of hot...

They are ripe and yummy and D'Artagnan has discovered this. He is pulling them off by the bunch, green, red, flowers and all. He can't get enough! They happen to be in our training area which either makes for a handy training treat or a nightmare distraction! Are they ok? Should I limit...

Well I don't post in here too often, and was devistated to see it down, but now that its back, I will try to be more faithful! D'Artagnan and I applied to a local search and rescue organization. I have made it through the initial interview and the classroom and field orientation. Tonight...

We keep D'Artagnan with us always, in our slightly warm, very crowded 1200 sq ft house with six humans. After meeting his littermate who wintered mostly outside with her dad, his breeder was shocked at the lack of coat on our Newfie. I sometimes see other Newfies with nice hefty coats that...

Recently D'Artagnan and I joined a retriever group at a local swim hole. D'Artagnan quickly wore out his welcome when he kept 'rescuing' a four month old golden. I tried to stop him, but it was a cold, wet, rainy day and nobody but the dogs were actually in the water. It was funny because the...

Wasn't sure what catagory to put this under...since there is no "Keeping House with Your Newf" forum. Has anyone tried that automatic vacuum "Roomba" with a Newf in the house? It looks more like a floor sweeper so I don't expect real deep cleaning, but I wondered if anyone has tried it on pet...

I guess I should have posted here first instead of jumping in and posting our photos, but here we are anyway. I am a new (seven month old) newfie mom. D'Artagnan is a neutered male that was aquired when I promised my fiancee that I would find a dog that was the OPPOSITE personality of his...