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Newfoundland Discussions / My Newfie Suzy Q vrs. my psycho attack duck Dewey!
« on: May 05, 2010, 02:27:03 pm »
It is a good thing Newfie's are gentle!  ;D
http://thelyricalwoodshed.blogspot.com/2010/04/newfoundland-dog-vs-rouen-duck.html  Even at the very end Dewey tries to get Suzy Q! 

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Newfoundland Discussions / Why don't my responses show up sometimes?
« on: March 26, 2009, 02:50:07 am »
I responded to Bear's post this morning and last night, and both don't show up.  Then the one on fur, I tried 2 times, and they aren't there. 

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Newfoundland Discussions / You all were right!
« on: March 25, 2009, 04:27:31 pm »
My "little" Suzy Q gained over 7lbs in just 20 days!  So now she is 39 lbs at 4.5 months roughly. lol  So according to the food chart on dogfood, I have been shorting her 1 cup of food a day.  No wonder she was acting up!  ::)

My little baby is growing up. :'(

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Behavior, Housebreaking, Obedience / How to stop my newf from pulling on her leash and other puppy behaviors?
« on: March 22, 2009, 01:05:18 pm »
Okay I admit I have a very smart dog, is in obedience training and doing great.  But one thing that is frustrating me is that she really pulls on the lease. The instructor says just to stop walking and stand still , until she stops and then start walking again. Is there anything else to do?  She is only 4 mo. old and she is so strong that she can almost pull me and I am not skinny by any means. lol

Then this weekend we discovered her protective bark, the deep one, I am sure she will shake the ground when she gets bigger.  But anyway she encountered a St Bernard. and she acted scared of it and wanted to protect me from it.  Now my trainer said that the dog (the st. bern)is having problems with aggression, plus the owner said that she is a therapy dog, not certified though :o.  So I don't know if my puppy was acting protective of me or was actually scared herself.  Any ideas?  I wasn't scared of the dog,  he was so cute and loved me petting him.  But this is the only time she really reacted this way to another dog, normally she wants to meet every dog and person she sees, very NOT shy or scared at all.

Okay same day, after my class is a class of 2   really aggressive terriers(same family)( I didn't know at the time) and when they walked one of their dogs by another one, that dog went wild and basically wanted to eat that other dog.  When Suzy Q saw this, she got all excited and started to bark and pull on my lease. 

Today was just a frustrating day in training class, there are 3 shar pei's owned by 3 related families and they are also having aggression problems with all of them.  So the families take up all the time in our class with their problems that we barely get anything else done.

Thanks for listening to my vent.  Any tips on what to do with any of this other than maybe taking a Xanax before class?  ::)

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Newfoundland Discussions / My Suzy Q is starting to like to be snuggled
« on: March 18, 2009, 07:15:04 am »
When she was younger it seemed like maybe there was just too much to explore, she just wouldn't let me hold her maybe she didn't want to stay still and was doing that bite thing when I wanted to pet her.

She is just over 4 mo. old and a lot of her teeth have come in, and seems to not need to chew so much or be as nippy.  Plus she comes up to me and wants attention now. ;D  Which I totally love!  I thought it was me or something. ::) I want to add more pictures, but I keep getting an error message that the photos are too big.  But they are on my blog!

She also had her first steak bone.  I took it away when it got too little but boy was she in heaven. 

Then she has also discovered my koi pond with the waterfall and fish.  Boy am I in trouble :o  She thinks she is in Disney World or something! haha 

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Newfoundland Discussions / Hi I am a Newbie with a Newfie
« on: March 10, 2009, 12:26:50 am »
I am so excited to find this message board! I love all the pictures and advice.  I just wanted to say I just got my Newfie about 1 1/2 months ago, and each day I fall more and more in love with her! It seems like they keep their puppy eyes into adulthood.  ;D  How do you keep from spoiling those puppy eyes?  ::)  Is it even possible? haha!  Boy am I in trouble!
I just love how she greets me with that sideways wag of the tail! Do your Newfie's make a lot of vocalizations?  When Suzy Q is going down the steps, she is like woof woof grr all the way down. Then her whining sounds when she is frustrated is like a baby's gurgles.  It is so adorable!
Well anyway just wanted to say HI!

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Newfoundland Discussions / People scared of my puppy just because she going to be a big Newfie
« on: March 08, 2009, 02:32:45 pm »
My vet recommended that I take my puppy to puppy socialization classes, which I agree is a good thing. The only thing in my area are obedience classes at a petstore chain. So I signed up and I have all puppies in my class.

Three of the puppies are SharPei mixes (all in the same family, dogs and people), and a doberman and poodle mix.  Well everyone is afraid to let the puppies play.  Even though the trainer tells us the normal stuff and the stuff to watch out for, nobody will let my puppy play with theirs, or they will start and if I puppy just stands over the other dog, they get all nervous and pull their dog away. 

What gets me is that one of the guys of a Shar Pei tells me today that I need to get a handle on my dog because she will only get bigger and I won't be able to control her. Well that is why I am taking classes, so I am doing the right thing.  My dog IS rambunctious and not shy at all, but only wants to play, she knows her commands well.  She is gentle with my other older dog (10yrs. old)  (but he doesn't' want to play either), my 3 guinea pigs, and a cockatiel. She isn't aggressive in any way.

I talked to my trainer privately and he said there was nothing wrong with my dog, in fact he said she is very friendly. He even offered to bring in his dog to play with my puppy because he also agrees it is important to learn how to play with other dogs.  But he can't tell owners to let their dogs off their leashes because of the store's policy.  These people won't even let them play while holding on to them with the leases. This guy even told me that he doesn't believe that big dogs with spike collars should be allowed in the store.  ::)

A tech at my vet's office gave me her business card to set up a play date with her 2 golden retrievers. She knows my dog and how friendly and how good the breed usually is.

So is this a common thing for dog owners of big dogs face?  Do many people just assume that a big dog is dangerous?

Here is my blog that has pictures of my dogs and other stuff.  http://psychoflowers.blogspot.com/

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