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Last Sunday I went to the water rescue training not only with my dog, but also with my baby and husband. It went very well, since our 3 1/2 months old baby just laid down under the parasol, and eventually fell asleep while wet dogs were barking and running all around him. A few pics of this...

Hi everybody, I've been away for a while, well...sorry for that but I was quite busy preparing for the last member of our family. Well it is not a newf, but it is a puppy... ;) Meet Alexander! if you want to see more look at our space: http://johnornella.spaces.live.com/...

Do you want to have a look at my Christmas cards, postage pal, postcards and other products? Postage Pal Xmas Cards Xmas postcards Other newfy products: http://www.cafepress.com/dogartshop http://www.cafepress.com/newfyartshop

A swedish instructor has used one simple test to see which kind of treats are the most effective for one dog. The uses the so called 4 clover (excuse me if the translation is not correct). The 4 most important treats that are used for reinforcement are put in it: 1) food->cookies 2)hunting->ball...

Last weekend I participated at the 24th international meeting freiends of the newfoundland dog in Torcy France. There were 220 newfs participating, three days long. Ground work shows, water work shows, and lots lots of dogs. It was an amazing weekend! I took tons of pictures, and even selecting...

Some time ago I posted the link to the website of our club, the International Water Rescue Dog Academy, promising you that the english version would come soon. Well, It's there now!! And not only English, but also Italian and Finnish. So here it is: http://www.iwrda.be [ 05-29-2006, 07:04...

Some pics of our training today. I met Christine (C.Reich here on NN),she cane to watch the training, and I am very happy I met somebody else of NN!!! The complete album: http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2106182361 A couple of pics just to give an idea

Look what I received from a friend of mine!! She is following a painting course, but I think she is a natural: and this is the picture she used for it: [ 04-22-2006, 01:52 PM: Message edited by: Ornella ]

We went for a long weekend to the Ardennes in Belgium, to get some rest and enjoy the woods. You can see the pics on our album: Weekend Ardennes

Well guy's I am so happy I'd scream it out... Our training season started yesterday!!! After 6 months on non activity (well in the water of course), the weather started getting better, it is still cold (10-12 degrees celsius), but we couldn't wait anymore. The dogs started doing crazy when close...

Hi everybody, first of all I am not a breeder, but I am very interested in the newfoundland breed and I would like to see that the breed improves. This week I got the chance to look closely at my dog's pedigree (thanks to the database Capri posted), and started to discovered strange things like...

HI everybody, I almost finished it, the new website of our water rescue club, and I wanted to show it to all of you NN'ers. It is now only in Dutch but the english version will be ready soon too. So if you want to have a look: International Water Rescue Dog Academy

Hi everybody, sometimes ago I set up a shop to help dog associations in Holland, like the associations that trains service dogs. Well, I changed lots of designs, and I thought you folks would like them! So have a look at the Dog Art Shop [ 02-17-2006, 02:33 PM: Message edited by: Ornella ]

Three days a week Yuma is at home alone because we have to work, so the first thing I do when I come home is to take him out for a walk. We ususally go to a small like in the neighbourhood, he loves it. But unfortunately in the winter it is already dark when I come home, but this doesn't stop us...

HI everybody, and happy new year to you all, even if a little bit late!! We spent our Christmas holiday in Italy first at my mother's place and then with friends. This is the picture album if you want to have a look at it: Foto album In the pictures you can see my mother's dog called Mia, the...

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Well, as if it wasn't enough what Yuma already went through, now he is injured. His back his giving him lots of trouble. I don't know exactly how he did it, maybe playing, but now he lays down the whole day and standing up is very painful, and also walking gives him trouble. On monday morning...

Thank you again Annie for organizing all this!! Yuma got his present form Capri, and loved it!! I will post pics soon. Together with Yuma's present came a present for me and I couldn't wait until xmas to open it... Capri got me a scarf made of newfy hair!!!! :D :D It is the most...

Today I discovered something simply amazing, that enlarges the already huge love for this breed. Dog Water Therapy. It is german, it is an alternative to dolfin therapy, this time with dogs, and of course newfies and landseers. They help children with this kind of therapy. Well, I have to...

Unfortunately the cold season has arrived, and even if the dogs don't have problems going in the water, we humans do have, and we stopped training in the water. But the dogs need excercise, they need a "job" for the winter. Since draft work is prohibited in Holland, agility is out of the...