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After a very, very, very long time away from Newf Net...I'm back! So much has happened during this absence, but I won't bore anyone with details, just some pics of my two kiddos (one of whom is now officially a "little boy", and the other who is still up to monkeydoodlery and is sporting a set...

A couple of years ago I got my first shears (thinning and curved) in an effort to start grooming Miss M myself. I mastered feet and ears pretty quickly, but in the absence of a grooming table (and in the presence of a recalcitrant brattypants), wasn't able to *really* dedicate myself to learning...

I've recently added another Newf-related book to the little man's library: Beowulf of Maine (the other one in the collection being "Old Dog Cora and the Christmas Tree") This is a lovely book and it's become an instant favorite with Rowan. It's a very simple retelling of Beowulf, but all of...

Miss Fattypants is four! A sidenote: that adorable little Beagle is Casper, my sister-in-law's new foster. This day was his 6th day of freedom after having spent his first four and ahlf years getting experimented on by a pharmaceutical company. I'm a little in love. Random cuteness...

7 years ago, I pulled Maeby and her 3.5 week old siblings out of an abandoned car with the help of my brother, my then-boyfriend/now husband and my uncle. My brother and his wife Kelly took home one female, then I hand-reared the other two to health. I had been on the fence about keeping the...

Some of you remember my health crisis last fall, well...according to my most recent ultrasound, it looks as if my cancer may not only have NOT been taken care of with the surgeries and radiation treatment, but may have actually metastasized elsewhere. Most probably to my lymph nodes. We'll...

As many of you know, Mila is a naughty little monkeydoodle. Well, she's been up to more monkeydoodlery. In the past 2 days she's eaten the booties we have set out for people to put on their feet when we show our house (it's currently for sale), eaten a dirty diaper (yup. that happened), shredded...

So yesterday, I thought we had a CO2 leak because our detectors were going off. Naturally, I called 911 and they dispatched the Bristol-Kendall Fire Department to our house. Turns out we didn't have a CO2 leak, but we do have one bad detector that's making all of the others go off. Awesome...

Mila making foot long floogers in anticipation of her special dinner of grilled Mahi-Mahi. This was the ONLY decent pic I got of her, as she was too busy sassing me and busting out tricks in quick succession in hopes of scoring dinner in a more timely manner (lay down! sit up! paw! lay down! sit...

Because I'm a terrorist, apparently. :lol:

Is this face... capable of shredding/eating an entire week's worth of mail... shredding a child's dinosaur hat, a dirty diaper, eating a roll of toilet paper and digging 2 holes in the backyard all within the past 3 weeks? Frankly, I think she's been framed.

Is anyone going to be at the show in DeKalb, IL on April 6th or 7th? I'll be going there with my friends to help them make some local-ish English Mastiff breeder contacts and to get them some "hands-on" time with the breed. It'd be really great to see some Newf Netters there...

There's a *possibility* that Shawn and I will be making a major life change in the not-too-distant future, one that will involve moving into a rental situation...my biggest concern is (of course) getting anyone to agree to allowing a 130 pound dog into a rental home/condo. I know that a few...

Heeeeeeeeeeeeee's baaaack. Womp, womp. :grrr: http://www.amazon.com/Dog-Slobber-Stopper-Large/dp/B00BJT1FI2/ref=cm_rdp_product Not only do I encourage everyone to leave a scathing review (Jane, yours was, hands-down, the BEST. Thank you for your mastery of the written word!), most importantly...

Mila and Rowan, getting all up in each others' business.

I woke up at 5:20 this morning (10 minutes before my alarm was set to go off) to Mila stealthily (and by "stealthily" I mean as noisily and as gracelessly as is humanly possible) sneaking into the master bathroom, stealing a sponge out of the shower and attempting to eat it. ..... She's a...

A few pics from our hike last weekend and from my parents' country house today: Leading the way: Queen of the Fox River: "C'mon mama." On our way to Nana & Papa's house: Taking in the vast expanse and freedom of a life in the country: Putting up with her annoying "sister", Kyra:

I'm close friends with a wonderful couple with 2 small children (2 & 5) who lost their dog 2.5 years ago. Misfit was an American Bulldog that, at 7 years of age, attacked their then-2 year old without provocation. With the assistance of a rescue, they placed her into a loving new home about 35...

I posted this on FB a little while back, and thought some of you might get a chuckle out of this. (and let's face it, the ending is kind of sweet) Warning: there is a curse or two in the following "story". Edited to add: more than a curse or two. More like 6 or 16 :blush...

It's been nothing but go-go-go for Miss Mila these past couple of weeks... Waiting patiently for Santa: The end result of the Santa visit (so proud of my two babies!): http://www.burnsbatchelor.com/p722698511 Showing off one of her Secret Santa gifts, from the lovely RhodyNewf (thanks so...