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Sadly I lost my two black newfs last summer to cancer, Manda lived to 10 years old and Rosita only 8,5 years old, I wish I could have had them for a lot longer. After that I started to search for an other newf, I was looking for either a young rehome or a puppy and was ready to go anywhere in...

pOGZhDOGNEM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOGZhDOGNEM My Blondi had a TTA-surgery on her right knee to fix a partial torn cruciate 5 months ago and this was her first competition of any kind for a long time. Blondi was really slow throughout the routine and we really need to practice a lot to...

Some pictures that a friend took of her and mine newfs running. Blondi and her half-brother Pontus warming up. Getting ready for the first run. From left Manda, Rosita, Pontus, Aatu and Blondi. Pontus NO! Ok, the rest can come as well.. Second try Ready, steady, GO...

A picture of Blondi a few days after she finished her water rescue champion title. Only three newfs have gained this title in our country, my oldest newf Manda was the first newfoundland who got this title in '05 and now Blondi became the third water rescue champion newf, I'm so proud of them...

A friend of mine has a 7-months old male puppy, Pontus, with mild aortic stenosis (doppler at 13 weeks 2,7 m/s), Pontus seems to be a "natural" what comes to water work, is it ok to let him swim and maybe even let him do some water work excercises like pulling a boat? Any thoughts on or...

Spring is finally here, there isn't much ice left in the sea and the sun was shining, so we took our newfs and went to the sea to let the dogs enjoy the water and take some pics. Aatu's and Pontus owner took all of them. My sweet old girl Manda Mr Pontus Hyde (6 months) Dr Pontus Jekyll...

Blondi, my big and goofy, 2 y.o. newfie girl doing her Kung Fu fighting routine. The choreography wasn't great, but Blondi has her special Kung Fu skills that both the audience and the judges seemed to enjoy :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsAtZOYuNJU Manda, my soon to be 9 y.o. newfie girl...

A few pics from a canine freestyle competition. I did our "Rain Dance"- routine with Manda and a kung fu-routine with Blondi.

My newfie girls had a playdate with a friends newfie boys last week and my friend took some nice action shots of the gang playing. The whole gang Manda 8 years 9 months old and Pontus 6 months old playing tug Pontus running, he's really athletic Blondi is Pontus half-sister, and she's...

A few pics of newfs enjoying the winter wonderland. Rosita, Hiski, Manda, Blondi and Hemppa. A romp in the woods It was a lot easier to follow the path Blondi and Hiski playing Manda and Blondi playing tug It's good to have a newf or two with you while cross-country skiing, they are...

Link to Manda's newest canine freestyle routine: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v412/johanand/caninefreestyle/?action=view&current=sadetanssivahto_0001.flv We still need to practice a lot and make the last parts music shorter, but propably this is going to be the routine we are doing in...

Aatu's owner took these pics last week. I really love how they look when running, so I couldn't decide which pics to post. Ready, steady... GO! Blondi and Manda GO! Aatu and Rosita looks quite scary in this picture. And the winner was Blondi, Aatu became second...

A few pics of Manda and me doing our canine freestyle routine with "Bare Necessities" from Disney's Jungle Book. The next day we qualified with this routine into the Finnish team, so we are heading to Denmark in November to participate in Nordic championships in canine freestyle. I've...

Some pictures of Blondi (16 months) and Manda (8 years), washed and groomed for Finnish newf specialty. My sweet little girl Blondi's dark side And her other side Head shot Front view Manda Manda again I really love here friendly expression ;) Manda relaxing Manda and little...

I'm really proud of my little Blondi, who got her third first prize in open class and moved to winners class at the age of 16 months. Water tests are open for all breeds here in Finland and Blondi became not only the youngest newf to enter winners class, but probably the youngest dog of all...

Blondi was in her first obedience trial last monday. She did first a nice down stay with 9,5 points out of 10. Here's a link to Blondi's performance (without the down stay). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPvT7HAg3Jc Blondi had a quite nice eye contact with me during the heelwork and her...

We had canine freestyle competition here last weekend. I did a short troll routine with Blondi. Blondi is only 11 months old so she doesn't know a lot of tricks, but her tail was wagging the whole time and she kept contact with me continuously, so I'm more than happy with her performance...

I got some show pics of Blondi, they are from January, so Blondi is 9 months old in theese. Shown by the lousiest handler in the world (that's me) We really need to practise on this stacking thing A proud owner The judge was Barbara Gallicchio from Italy. Blondi got a quite nice...

We were on our cottage by the sea last weekend, and I took some pics (with my mobile phone , poor picture quality) and videos of Blondi while we were walking on ice. A video clip of Blondi running on ice and doing a recall. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx10Wzbr71c

My mom's friend is the niece of a famous Finnish breeder Taava-Maija Jääskeläinen (kennel Taaran), who started breeding newfs in 1953. She is considerated to be one of the breeders who contributed most to the survival of the landseer newfoundland in Europe after World War II. I got some old...