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    Happy Birthday Ursa Midnight - 12 years today!

    Ursa made it to 12! We've had her since she was 9 weeks old when she came to us as a free puppy. She was born 10 of 12 and the last two didn't survive. She didn't get all the newfy looks but she sure got the heart and soul. Born with a stubby tail and short hair she is often called a...
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    Study buddies and rescued love

    14 months ago Takota came HOME as a troubled 2 year old. 6 weeks ago Josh came HOME as a troubled 12 year old grandson (we raised him for about 5 of his first 8 years). I was a little concerned how Kota was going to handle a hyper preteen invading his home since I didn't know his history with...
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    Merry Christmas from the Va Gang

    TakotaHonaw, Bella Bear and Ursa Midnight Ursa looking so thrilled. lol Takota and Bella showing the Christmas spirit.
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    Happy Gotcha Day Tokota!

    One year ago today I first laid eyes on TakotaHonaw! Of course that wasn't his name them. He had a host of issues but thankfully none were health related. I saw him posted for adoption in a newf group on FB and couldn't get him off my mind even though I wasn't looking for another dog. My old...
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    Photo Challenge 286 - The many faces of newfs

    For this challenge I'm looking for pictures of faces of your fur babes. They can be funny, thoughtful, happy, silly anything that captures a moment or personality. Bella's "I'm listening mom" look. Ursa surveying her realm looking regal Takota's "Can we play some more?" look
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    TDI test PASSED!

    Bella Bear passed her TDI test with flying colors today! Well, technically we both passed but she really did the work. She was perfect today even when another newf came into the room for the test AND there was a newf puppy in the room. Since Bella rarely sees another newf (except the gang...
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    Bella Bear is 4 today!

    Our little Bella Bear is four years old today! (It's the day we picked as her birthday since we rescued her at 6 months old and don't know the exact day of birth). She has come a long way from the scared and scrawny girl we picked up 3.5 years ago with no training and little human interaction...
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    My sweet Bella Bear at Newfie Fun Day

    This is a picture that was taken at Newfie Fun Day of Bella and me. It so captures her loving spirit that our newfs have. I had no idea the photographer was even taking the picture but he captured the moment perfectly. We didn't win the kissing contest, but we still love each other this much.
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    New AKC Community Canine (CGCA)

    Bella Bear passed her CGCA test today with flying colors, she was perfect on all 10 items! You may now call her "Dreamchaser's Bella Bear, CGC,CGCA" We are so proud of our little girl for breezing through the test. Next month is Therapy Dog testing! (She would already have that except the last...
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    Takota's latest success

    Saturday I took TakotaHonaw to our newf clubs spring Fun Day. He did quite well for his first outing with lots going on all around him (and lots of people and dogs). Takota was great with people, getting lots of pets and remembering his manners almost every time to sit for petting. Even a few...
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    TakotaHonaw Big Brag today!

    Today we had the AC guy here for a check up. The last time he came we had only had Takota about 3 weeks and he was still basically untrained and very reactive to everything. Hubs came home early so I could focus on Takota as much as needed. When the guy got here, Kota and I went into the back...
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    Takota's first groomer visit

    Takota went for his first (since we got him in Nov) appointment with our groomer. We have worked hard on solving all his issues and today was a complete success! He even IGNORED 3 little yappy charging dogs on a flexi on the way out! That was a HUGE accomplishment for my dog reactive boy! And...
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    Big day for Takota (Brag)

    Today I took Takota to "meet" my groomer for the first time. We would have done this sooner but she was almost due when he came in November. We've been working hard on our manners around new dogs so this was a big test. Kota did great, greeted her nicely and held his sit, walked to the table...
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    Takota the Goofus Newfus

    Got a few good shots of Kota being his "goofus newfus" self this evening. He rarely gets in laps but daddy said ok. Once up there Kota said " Mom, get that camera busy" ! LOL Then I tried for a couple of head shots and got a lucky one in the batch. And my favorite "lucky" shot!
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    Takota off leash

    Takota's first time training off leash. He did very well even with the distractions. And my first successful video posted. lol /OE5S9pr2kno
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    Leave it times 2 fun

    Had some fun with the youngsters this morning. I decided to see how good Takota's (landseer) leave it was coming along. Bella has over 3 years of training with me so I knew she was solid but didn't know about Kota with only 5 months since we adopted him at 23 months. I think they both passed...
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    Weekend projects for the gang

    This is what I spent part of my weekend building. The things we do for our spoiled newfs. Both youngsters Bella and Kota seem to love the agility stuff so I decided we needed some at our house. I had built a high dog walk last year to help Bella get over her fear of one, now I added some fun...
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    New CGC! Bella Bear

    Dreamchaser's Bella Bear CGC! Wow, doesn't that sound good! She passed today with flying colors! We couldn't test at the same time for CGCA but she did all required for that too, so next testing will be that! Very proud mom of our "pocket" newf rescue girl. Great job Bella Bear!!! :dance01:
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    A few of my goofus newfus Takota

    TakotaHonaw, aka Kota, aka Goofus Newfus. Kota is just now learning how to play with toys and people at 2 years old. He's still scared silly of squeakies but is enjoying a ball and a rope these days. Just the past few days Kota has discovered that if you bring mom the ball, she makes it "go" so...
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    Ursa is 11

    Happy Birthday to my sweet Ursa Midnight! Almost 11 years ago I picked this sweet girl from pictures e-mailed to me offering free newfoundland puppies. She was the only one of 9 that was looking at the person holding the camera and I wanted a "people" dog. I sure got one. She is my funny looking...
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