<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by misamala00:
You've got some very sound advice by now, I would just like to express my point of view. I thing Buddy is just in the period when he's ranking himself in your pack. It's normal for most of the dogs, specially males. Maybe not so newf like, but newfs are dogs too!
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I think Mirjam's quote about is really important to remember.
We often hear that this behaviour or that behaviour is not very Newf-like, but as Mirjam has said above, they are first a dog and second a Newf.
Speaking from personal experience in owning a Newfie who at times (and especially when younger, as some of you will remember) has exhibited some behaviour that is definitely not very Newf-like. In fact, she still does exhibit behaviour that I HOPE isn't your typical Newf stuff - like at the moment we are going through some aggression behaviour towards other dogs.
Because there is such a specific blueprint of how a Newfie is supposed to act like, I have at times been quite worried about her behaviour that doesn't quite fit the prototype and it has sometimes made me doubt myself - what have I done wrong with Rory? Have I picked a 'bad dog'? Was the breeder bad?
But then most of the time I shake those thoughts out of my head and think, maybe it's just her personality. I think in the same way people have different personalities, dogs do too. And while they are all Newfies, and that links them in common, and they have a lot of behaviour traits in common, they can't all be lumped in the same basket, just like you can't say "all people of x race do this or that".
Anyway, you've been given some wonderful advice here in this thread and a lot of it I will be following myslef when Rory reverts from time to time back into her 'you can't tell me what to do' moments! I think ultimately what I'm trying to say is don't rule out that your pup is reacting to something you've inadvertantly done, but don't necessarily think that's it either. It could just be one of those things that you have little effect on. But hopefully you'll be able to take charge and change it!
Good luck,
Amy
You've got some very sound advice by now, I would just like to express my point of view. I thing Buddy is just in the period when he's ranking himself in your pack. It's normal for most of the dogs, specially males. Maybe not so newf like, but newfs are dogs too!
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I think Mirjam's quote about is really important to remember.
We often hear that this behaviour or that behaviour is not very Newf-like, but as Mirjam has said above, they are first a dog and second a Newf.
Speaking from personal experience in owning a Newfie who at times (and especially when younger, as some of you will remember) has exhibited some behaviour that is definitely not very Newf-like. In fact, she still does exhibit behaviour that I HOPE isn't your typical Newf stuff - like at the moment we are going through some aggression behaviour towards other dogs.
Because there is such a specific blueprint of how a Newfie is supposed to act like, I have at times been quite worried about her behaviour that doesn't quite fit the prototype and it has sometimes made me doubt myself - what have I done wrong with Rory? Have I picked a 'bad dog'? Was the breeder bad?
But then most of the time I shake those thoughts out of my head and think, maybe it's just her personality. I think in the same way people have different personalities, dogs do too. And while they are all Newfies, and that links them in common, and they have a lot of behaviour traits in common, they can't all be lumped in the same basket, just like you can't say "all people of x race do this or that".
Anyway, you've been given some wonderful advice here in this thread and a lot of it I will be following myslef when Rory reverts from time to time back into her 'you can't tell me what to do' moments! I think ultimately what I'm trying to say is don't rule out that your pup is reacting to something you've inadvertantly done, but don't necessarily think that's it either. It could just be one of those things that you have little effect on. But hopefully you'll be able to take charge and change it!
Good luck,
Amy
