Post brief intro's for new members.......

[N2N Mags Dad]

Hi guys, New2Newfs said most of it. We also get involved with wood, car, and garden projects. More projects started than finished. We like slalom skiing and wakeboarding on water, but won't consider snow especially after what reportedly happened to MJ. Got hooked on indoor go-cart racing last year. Got unhooked fast after running-up nearly $300 in track fees one month. N2N subsequently cut-up my racing license.

Now I've found newf-net and I'm cured. ( Umm, go-carts are less expensive...never mind... I didn't say that...)

Basically, at work, I'm a professional shopper. I lead a small band of yahoos responsible for securing a continuous supply of aromatic stuff derived from roots, barks, berries and an assortment of other obscure cultivated crops. Kind of interesting, actually. Spend a lot of time wondering about weird weather patterns on all four corners of the earth.

Love these newfs and these days I really enjoy the personalities and sincerity of all of my newf net friends!

[ 04-30-2004, 10:57 PM: Message edited by: N2N Mags Dad ]

 

[newf?]

Hello Everyone I'm one of the newbies Maria. It's great to read about everyone. I live on a 10 acre hobby farm (as most of you know)with a whole mess of humans and critters

Let's see if I can get them straight:
My husband Mike and we have been married for almost 3 yrs, my stepson Aaron who is turning 12 on the 12th of May (Happy Golden B'day!) my son Chris who is turning 12 in July (heaven help me) my daughter Melanie and she is 7 and my beautiful baby Johnny who is 19 mon. Well okay they all are beautiful if you ask me Well on to the critters. There's the kitty we got with the house Annie. (Isn't that cool? A house with a kitty included??

) Then there's Willie our Cockapoo? sp? I personally have never heard of that breed but my dh insists it exists. I just think it's a x between a Cocker Spaniel sp? and a poodle. But anyway back on subject, and my beautiful new baby newf Lourdes. Oh and about 25 chickens (sorry I lost count of them things

) and I think that's it. Have I forgotten anyone I don't think so.

It's nice to meet you all

 

[M_Meidinger]

Hi all

My name is Mary. My husband Dave and I have been married for 11 years and have three daughters, Michaela (9), Jill (7) and Hannah (3). Dave is an electrician's apprentice and is about to take his Journeyman's test on May 12th. I am a stay at home mom.
We have a grey Newf, Deacon, who will be 2 years old at the end of May. We originally were looking for a Landseer, but got too anxious and once we saw Deacon, could not resist him! We also have two cats, Blitzen and Nala. We will be adding a hamster to the family, but Michaela has to wait until dad gets a job again. I am not overly fond of small critters (I much prefer Newfs), but she has been wearing us down. We are giving in.
We are also from Minnesota. Just got back from the Timberwolves game. On to round 2! Go Wolves!

 

[Strshine7]

Well, Hello To All

Welcome, Welcome, Welcome !!!

Let's see here...Don and I (Rena) have been married for 35 years.(Lets just say we are in our early fifties) We live in beautiful Plymouth, Michigan. We have two grown children a daughter Angela and her hubby Matt and a son Don, and six grandchildren (all from my daughter) Amanda 14, Amber 13, Cory 12, Kelly 11 and the Dynamic duo twins Maggie and Mattie who will be 3 in four days.
As far as critters we have Two wonderful Newfs Bailee (black) who will be three in July and Cocoa Puff (brown) who just turned one in April. We also have a Shih-tzu Gracie who is six years old. We also have three birds all of which we raised from little bitty babies (before feathers)
A 13 yr old Cinnamom Cockatiel (Pookie Bird), African Gray 7 yr old (Gracie Bird) and a Blue Front Amazon 5 yrs old (TJ). We also have a Guinie Pig 3 yr old Squeekers and a hampster named Babe. We also have some fish in the pond during the summer in the garage in the winter LOL.
I think our house is the ARK!!! Couldn't imagine life without any of them though.
This wore me out just thinking about it all BYE for now!!

 

[suckling]

Hi!

My wife Cheryl and I will have been married for 27 years in June. I am a University Professor and Department Head. Cheryl is a full-time homemaker, raising our 4 daughters - the oldest and youngest celebrate their 26th and 11th birthdays this month.

We've had dogs all of our married lives (up to 3 at once), but did not get our first Newf until Fall 2000. Gracie will be 4 next month. After our first Italina Greyhound died, we got our male Newf Brig, who is almost 2 1/2 now. Our second IG died last year, so we just have the two Newfs. The Newfoundland is definitely our breed now! Gracie and Brig are our first "show dogs", but we consider ourselves to be amateur handlers. Gracie just needs her majors to finish her championship - we plan to try hard to finish her this summer.

In February, we tried our hand at breeding Gracie, but it didn't take. The stud dog owners have agreed to repeat the breeding attempt in the Fall. Newfnetters have been a great source of information and advice as we try our hand at this new venture within Newfdom.

Phil

 

[zipthedog2000]

hi all and welcome to NN this is a great place to learn laugh and cry iam cindy and over 45yrs old not married at this time have 2 boys 27 and 31 yrs old iam a truck driver i live in fresno ca i have 1 newf name mandy she is 19 moms old and 1 great pyrenees name zip hes 18 mons old lost my last newf sara 3 yrs ago she was 8 yrs that was very hard to lost her but have 2 good kiks to come home to well guess iam done ps its nice to see and hear about all of u god bless be well zip

 

[Colin_Louw]

Well I did a little intro when I originally joined this extremely interesting forum but I guess I need to expand slightly - so here goes and I can prattle on!
Firstly based just North of Johannesburg in South Africa. Live here with the lady I courted for the last 36 years and married to for 28, Shirley, have 2 boys sorta grown up (well they think so !) aged 22 and 24, and have always been a BIG dog lover.
First one was a cross English Mastiff St Bernhard was a 190 pounder, he passed at age 13 and a half, also had a Bouvier, Sheba who spanned him and our first Newfie, Bismarck. Sheba got cancer at 11 and that was sooo sad and then last year Bismarck also had something similar - we were devastated as it came from nowhere without warning! He was still in the peak of health although he was on his way to 13 then.
In the meantime we had "inherited" a little English Hunting hound who has more energy than is conceivably possible, Tyler and she is sort of helping with our newest Newfie Merlin who just turned 6 months yesterday.
We are still learning what the newest addition's character is all about and hopefully he is going to stop growing at the current rate really soon! As I mentioned elsewhere he has passed the 100lb mark and is built a bit like a brick outhouse and is a really solid pup - ask Tyler when they play and she runs into him!
I can't seem to get the avatar to work consistently, but did post some pics to the pics forum.

 

[Pete]

I've been married for about 6 months to Natalie, the love of my life. We've bought a fixer upper, and it seems that I have become more the fixer than I intended I am a mechanical engineer, and Natalie is a CAD Engineer. We have one pup, Gus, our basset hound. He is the funniest thing, makes us laugh at least once a day.

Right now I am newfless, but that is about to change We are picking up our pup next weekend. His name is Gandalf, a grey and white landseer. Not all that common, and certainly not to the standard, but I never had any show intentions anyhow

I have a bunch of hobbies, too many in all reality. There isn't enough time in the year to get to them all. And that was before I got hitched Anyhow, a short list: fishing, backpacking, camping, woodworking, restoring and customizing cars, and photography.

Pete

 

[Sound Bay Newfs]

I have been married for 18 yrs and have twin boys that are now at the wonderful age of 15!

I have a female newf, Rory, and three labs. AJ is a 11 1/2 yr old black, and Chloe that is soon to be 8 yrs old. She is a yellow lab. And then there is Gaby that is 5 yr old female black lab. All the dogs get along great, except when Chloe is trying to be the bossy "mom" to Rory!

This is such a great board and I am glad I found it. I feel like everyone here is my extended family!!

 

[ROM Newf]

Hi!
My name is Linda and hubby of 34 years is Walt. We have 2 grown kids, Stacy & Geal, a granddaughter (our son's significant other's daughter), and a grandson due in July. Walt works for the Dept of the Navy and is also a commercial lobsterman. I'm an elementary school librarian.
We got our first Newf in 1984 and have been hooked since then. Stacy and I have shown and bred Newfs since 1988. Presently we've got 5 Newfs- Vicki (almost 9 years old), Summit (8 1/2 yrs old), Cassie (3 1/2 yrs), Dale (3 yrs), and Amy (3 yrs).
Hobbies, in addition to the dogs, are reading, knitting, crocheting, sewing, and gardening.
Lately I've been just a lurker. I usually become more active in the summer when I've got more time.
NN is a great place and the people here are terrific!

 

[Kodiak]

My husband and I have been married 23 years (2nd marriage for both). Between us we had 6 children, which includes two sets of twins. We each lost one single son Scott and Keith. Lisa and Laura are married and have given us 3 beautiful grandchildren Kim, Nick and Alex.

Chris and Bryan both are married but no children yet. After owning a golden for 10 years, we are now the proud "mom and dad" to our newfy furkids, Kodi 3 yrs old (from a rescued litter) and Riley 2 yrs old, whom we got at 10 mths of age. Just like potato chips, you can't have just one! Hobbies are knitting, gardening and taking pictures of the "boys"!

[ 05-02-2004, 02:30 PM: Message edited by: NewfMom101 ]

 

[Maggiesmom]

Hi All!!! My name is Shawn and my hubby Chad & I have been married for 2 years this June 15th, we have one beautiful baby girl Katlin who just turned 1 on April 19th (she dressed as a newfy puppy this past halloween and that is my avatar!) We are happily owned by 3 newfs, Maggie our landseer is 3 yrs old, Tily our grey is 2 years old (they are 1/2 sisters same mom different dad) and JoJo our black who is 6 ish (she is a rescue and we arent positive on age) we also have 1 small grey tailess kitty cat named Destiny... That is our family and basically our life now!!! Since we've had Katlin between her and the puppers there isnt much time left over for other things but we do like to try to sneak in a motorcycle ride when we can!!!

 

[ettarp]

Hi everyone, Ive been reading all the posts for the last three nights. I Love Newfoundlands,and I always wanted one. Ive been thinking of adopting one for the past three years. Hubby and I have been married yrs. Long,isn't it!!!!!!!!We live in the country on 14ac. I have a tom cat (mosses) and a pet chicken (pretty girl), they come for walks with me just like a dog. Ive been on every web page I can find on Newfoundlands, reading all the info on them and thats all I think about. thanks for letting me share with you, ettarp

 

[ettarp]

Hi, again, ps we have been married 46 years. it was left out of my post. ettarp

 

[Giddyuppy]

Originally posted by ettarp:
Hi, again, ps we have been married 46 years. it was left out of my post. ettarp

Did ya feel guilty? How WONDERFUL!!!! Ya just don't see that many years anymore!

Glad to see yer jumpin' right in with yer posting!

Chickens are pretty cool pets!!! They really ARE SMART!!! (At least MINE were! )

Enjoy!

 

[BoundlessNewfs]

Nice to meet you, ettarp! Hope you find that special newfie soon, so you can start sharing pics and stories with us. Come to think of it, you could probably share all kinds of those already. Post some pics of your chicken and kitty. We like all kinds of critters.

 

[Hideyoureyes]

I'm still new here I guess, though I don't post every much. I read all the replies on this topic and everyone seems so nice!

My name is Dana, I'm 21. Not married, no husband, no kids etc etc etc. I live wiht my dogs in Northern California, Maple - basset hound, Fey - Mix, Kip - rabbit, Mowz - cat. I lost my Newfie mix 2 1/2 years ago to cancer. I've been waiting and looking for a landseer for over a year.
I studied to be a web designer but then realized I didn't like computers so now I'm only a web person as a hobbie. I'm a dog trainer now and I also make short films about wild animals. My new project is about a family of ducks (since is spring and all), it's pretty sad so far as some of the babbies were killed by nature...
Someday I would like to film wolves, wild horses and animals in Africa, Australia and teh sea etc etc.

When I do get my Landseer puppy I am for sure going to put working titles on him. I would also like to show him so for those of you who show, groom, judge, train etc anything you can tell me, tips, advice anything would be great! I am still learning about the wonderful world of Newfoundlands!

[ 05-04-2004, 05:55 PM: Message edited by: Dana ]

 

[Zatara and Merrick's Mom]

Hello everyone. I live in northern Indiana with my hubby of 19 years, our 18 yo daughter (who is on summer break from her freshman year at college) and our 17yo son (a jr in high school). Also sharing our small house are numerous animal companions:

Zatara the Newf
Grizz the Pomeranian
Spazz/Smudges/Purrcival the kitties
Sam the quaker parakeet
Chewie the hamster
Valpo the snake
several nameless fish

Yes, the fur is flying in our household!

 

[clark kellogg]

Hi everyone,

It's so fun to read about everyone. My wife Sam and I have been married 11 years. We're expecting our first baby in less than two months.
We have one newf, Hallie. She's our second. Hallie's two years old and a bundle of energy. We also have an 11 year old chocolate lab named Cody.
We live in Wisconsin. I really enjoy newfnet, and don't get here as often as I'd like. It's a great resource. Thanks

 

[estotlar]

Hi everyone.

We're Eric and Kim (30's), our daughter Quincy (2.5) and our brand new son Teague (34 days). We're new newf parents as of Friday evening to an almost 9 month old female named Stella. We live in the suburbs of Chicago where I (Eric) work in administration at a neurosurgery hospital. Kim is a health care consultant who turned into a stay at home mom when our daughter was born. We've been married almost 4 years.

Our first newf experiences came via MJ (alexmaddie) who is getting married in a few short weeks to my old roommate, Al. Anyone who has met Maddie knows why we decided on a newf as a playmate/guardian for our kids.