Recent content by NinaA

The Fourth will always be a sad day at our house. A year ago Moonlight passed out several times before we could get her to the ER. Huge tumor on heart. Tests confirmed. She went from a happy, silly girl to hardly able to move in a matter of minutes. She only lasted another month. I was...

There are quite a few really experienced people here, and I have a rescue question for you regarding our new Kentucky Porch Dog, Daisy. She's a medium sized ultimate mix (per a DNA test) and we've had her six months. She is absolutely wonderful. She came to us very well trained and beautifully...

ALERT. Do not buy or give your dogs any rawhide from Walmart. It has been found to contain formaldehyde.

I was becoming concerned about the appearance of so many posts about beloved Newfs crossing the rainbow bridge. It seemed like just one after another, including my Moonlight, who I somehow accepted as getting old but never thought about her leaving me, or at least she would leave me when I was...

Does anyone know what is going on with the Newfoundland Dog Owners forum on Facebook? It's just gone and I can find out anything.

We lasted almost two weeks being dogless. It was absolutely awful, so I got on the net and found what looked and sounded like a mini-Newf up for adoption by our local Humane Society. Upon arrival, though, the poor dog was a train wreck, growling fiercely and a fence jumper. She had been...

We've decided we're going to start looking for a rescue or a rehome Newf. This dogless business is beyond bearable. I knew we wouldn't last long.

MOONLIGHT July 1, 2004 - August 6, 2016 Her apple green eyes captured my heart. She was born on a farm in the middle of a corn field in Iowa, thus the name Moonlight Graham (from "Field of Dreams" one of my husband's favorite movies - his compensation for giving up his turn to "have a dog of...

Guess I should post on the Rainbow Bridge, but I'm not sure I'm ready to talk about it extensively. We took Moonlight yesterday morning to cross the Bridge. So many things going on. She was exhausted and laboring to breathe, then couldn't get up. Stayed up with her three nights and decided...

We celebrated Moonlight's 12th birthday on Friday, July 1. It has been a wonderful 12 years. She is unlike any other Newf I have had or have heard about. Smart and a problem solver. Funny and a sneaky girl. Adorable and wicked, sometimes all at once. Good, really good. Our vet's office...

How did you do? Had a sick husband and couldn't go.

Is anybody treating for kidney problems. Moonlight simply refuses to eat the prescription food and I can't blame her. She also, I think, likes the idea of all the things we are trying to convince her she should eat it. Spoiled rotten? Probably.

I feel so awful. I missed all this somehow. Poor Leonard. I can't even imagine your sorrow. So many of us followed you from the beginning. We looked on with joy and amusement as you were smitten by Snuffles the Newfoundland. So many of us remembered when it happened to us. Over the years...

Hey. Looks like Ginny is showing one of her boys at Westminster. 18 GCH Turftides Breezing Up At Bear N Mind CD RA CGCA CGC Breed: Newfoundland Sex: Dog AKC: WS 41397403 Date of Birth: June 04, 2012 Breeder: Ginny Lengel & Wendy Hayman Sire: GCH Bear N Mind Maritime Traveler CD Dam...

This is something that seems to be mentioned a lot here. Moonlight is my third really old Newfoundland. I find that the more you have these precious Seniors, the more you want to spoil them. Didn't even realize this until just recently when I turned the ceiling fan on in the family room, even...