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The Trailer for our movie "Snow Newfs" rJMJNmwWadI Last summer before the temperature soared, Katie & Louie got to visit their grandparents' house. Since their own yard is sloped and not very big they really appreciate having room to run and play. I love this video (shot by Gary and edited by...

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I just looked back to see the date of my last thread and it was from Sept of 2009 when Katie had just completed Rally Obedience Advanced and Louie had just started it. NN is addictive to me and I knew if I was going to complete my long list of adoption related projects I was going to have to go...

Saturday was a great day for our family at an AKC dog show in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Louie competed for the first time in Advanced Rally Obedience and earned his first leg toward his RA title. Katie also competed in Advanced Rally and qualified for the third time, so she now has her Rally...

Although Katie and Louie are both on the high energy end of the spectrum for a relatively low energy breed, they sometimes temporarily become couch potatoes. It's as if they decide that it is just impossible for them to peel their great mass away from where it appears to have melted into the...

I don't like to use shampoo which contains sodium lauryl sulfate, parabens or any other nasty chemicals on our precious Newfies. I've been searching for a safe alternative for some time now and just found these products yesterday. I ordered the conditioning shampoo and the spray on...

No, we did NOT get another Newf puppy! We are just the lucky aunty and uncle :D Although I will admit that we both were heartbroken when Remy went home with his parents. He had us wrapped around his puppy paw so quickly. This weekend our friends Maija and Jason came to visit us. They drove all...

Yesterday Louie and I went on two therapy jobs. First we went to Easter Seals to visit the children that are residents there. It was Louie's first time at this facility and was a bit more challenging than his first therapy jobs because there were other dogs around this time. Since Louie is an...

Last August Gary and I made a tool out of scrap lumber to train Louie in the proper stance for conformation. (See old thread here) A few days ago I received an email from the apparent patent holder/creator of a similar tool who told me her lawyer would be contacting me for posting on my blog...

I've been away from Newf.net lately because Gary and I were in Hawaii for 10 days and it took me awhile to catch up on all my chores when we got back. I missed you guys :sunflower: Here is a link to our Hawaii pictures if you are interested...

Tonight Louie, at just 16 months old, made his first dog therapy visits. We visited the Good Shepherd Nursing Home and the Arkansas Hospice Inpatient Center. He was as good as gold at both facilities. I am so proud of our puppy. He brought so much joy into people's lives tonight. At least 5...

My little cousin Adison volunteered to be the first passenger in Katie's wagon. Both girls seems to thoroughly enjoy themselves judging by the big smile on Adison's face and Katie's wagging tail. Here's the movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGrRGxPN7yo

Louie with our cousin Adison. Louie adores her and wanted to kiss her all day. He is ready for a little girl of his very own. I told him next year his dream will finally come true. :dance01: My sweeties :heart:

Louie decided to follow in his father and big sister's footsteps yesterday by passing his therapy dog test. Not only did he earn his Rally Novice title on Saturday he also became a certified therapy dog. :dance01: I am so proud of our 14 month old baby boy. He is such a sweetheart; I know he...

Three qualifications! Louie went into the Rally ring for the third time yesterday. And he qualified again!!! He got a score of 93 and earned fourth place. Most importantly, he earned his Rally Novice Title. We are so proud of our little Newf puppy. Me and Louie with his new Title ribbon...

Many thanks to my cousin Reid and his wife Angela for being brave enough to come to our house for dinner. Although Katie and Louie meet children all the time on our walks we don't have many small visitors come to our home. I warned Reid that they would likely be quite wild for the first five...

Are any of you familiar with Sue Ailsby's Training Levels? A friend of mine recently introduced them to me and I have decided to incorporate them into Katie and Louie's training. Here is the link if you want to check it out: http://www.dragonflyllama.com/%20DOGS/%20Dog1/levels.html It's all...

Bucca and his parents came over for brunch Sunday. Louie was especially delighted to have another Newfie to play with. Bucca was so calm and patient with our sometimes annoyingly persistent puppy. Bucca did seem to thoroughly enjoy when Louie cleaned his ears. That makes sense because Louie is a...

For my friends with new puppies... Probably the most important exercise we learned in puppy class was the Flip. The Flip teaches your puppy many critical things: 1) that you are the alpha, 2) that you can be trusted to keep them safe when they are in vulnerable positions and 3) that it's nice...

I am in shock...but it's the good kind :) Katie went into the Rally Advanced ring for the first time ever in competition today. She had to do a jump which she just recently learned and only does in practice about 50% of the time. If your dog doesn't do the jump you are automatically...