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    Calming

    Hi all! I'm going to post some pictures of Teddy soon. He just turned a year old. I think he'll end up being a little on the smaller end. He only weighs 85 pounds and is about 25 inches at the shoulder. But that's okay. I'll love him the same no matter what. And hopefully a smaller Teddy...
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    Bored Newfie

    I need some tips. Teddy is REALLY bored and he is starting to act out. Problem is that the vet told me to keep his activity light because of the OCD in his shoulder. Anyone have any tips on ways to keep him stimulated? I won't be able to afford the surgery until mid or late september. The...
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    Ocd

    Today I was told that Teddy has OCD in one joint. The vet xrayed ALL his other joints for free to see if there were any other problems. He said it seems to be a pretty mild case but will require surgery. Unfortunately the ortho vet is out on vacation until the end of next week so the vet I...
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    Water Loving

    It's no surprise how much our furry companions how much our dogs love water. And I mean LOVE. I've actually used water as a reward while training Teddy because he loves it so much. But I think it's funny how shocking this is to others. The other day I was out all day doing some training for...
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    Attention Whore

    Hello everyone! I have't been on here in a while. The last few months have been CRAZY busy. Just thought I'd check in and let everyone know how Teddy is doing. He's 10 months old now and weighs probably about 85 pounds. Recently he's been growing quite a bit. I've loosened up his collar 3...
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    Not too serious... I hope

    Teddy is 9 months old now and throughout his life he has gotten random episodes of diarrhea. It's completely random, so I don't know if it's an allergy or if he's getting into something. Poor little guy. Can stress cause this in dogs? Today a work crew was outside my house removing gravel...
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    Little man

    Hi all, So I know that my little guy isn't going to grow as fast as others because I have him on an all life stages food instead of a puppy food, thanks to many of your suggestions. I'm just worried that maybe he is growing a little too slow. At 6 months he only weighs about 55 pounds. When...
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    Funny habbit

    So in order to keep Teddy from over heating and panting all night, i've been letting him sleep outside the kennel with a bowl of water out. With summer coming, I think the bowl will evolve into a 5 gallon bucket! But I've noticed some funny habits. He doesn't know what to do with all this...
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    Heavy breathing while sleeping

    Hey there!! Sorry I haven't been on here much lately to keep everyone up to date on Teddy. He's 6 months old now and is doing great. He's starting to get some growing pains though, poor little guy. Anyway, does anyone else have a dog that pants nonstop while sleeping? Letting him out to...
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    Raised dishes

    Hi all, Was just wondering what everyone thought about raised dishes. I've heard from many people that they help and I've heard from others that they don't do anything at all. My little guy is still too young for this (15 weeks and 25 pounds), but I just thought I'd ask for the future. Thanks
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    Northern Nevada/ California?

    Does anyone else live in this area? I live in Reno and I'm starting to think that there aren't any other newfoundlands fort puppy to meet/play with.
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    Bath tub

    I gave teddy a bath yesterday and ever since the. He has been obsessed with the bath tub. He keeps climbing in and looking for all the water. Took a picture for you guys.
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    Puppy food

    Hello all, I was wondering what everyone thinks about "all life stages" type foods. I have a baby newf, and I was thinking about putting him on costco's food. There is no large breed food though, so I'd have to supliment some things. What are everyone's thoughts?
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    He's hungry!

    I just wanted to share this. I think this is the most adorable picture that I've taken of Teddy so far!
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    Help a new owner out? Please??

    Hi all, So Teddy is now 9 weeks old and until last night had been sleeping through the night. I'm trying to think about the things that were different last night. I'm going to cut out water sooner in the evening so that he (in theory) won't have to pee quite so often. I was also thinking...
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