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Newfoundland Discussions / SoCal Newfs In Need Of A New Home?
« on: February 25, 2010, 05:28:41 pm »
Hey Everyone,

We are looking for a Newfoundland and we we live in SoCal (near the SouthBay of L.A.).  Does anyone know of a Newf who might be in need of a new home?  I have no problem contacting the Newf Club here in the area and I've heard good things about them, but I thought I'd put out feelers here first.

I've been here on BPO for awhile (not a frequent poster, but I am a frequent lurker) and we had to let our beloved Ebony last Oct.  Gut wrenching.  Both of our kids have special needs and she was AMAZING with both of them (even our Cairn terrier misses her!!).  Our daughter is on the autism spectrum and continues to struggle everyday w/out her precious Ebony by her side.  Any help or ideas (that don't cost $2000) would be GREATLY appreciated!

Gigi

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Newfoundland Discussions / My Ebony Is Losing Her Backside-SO Sad
« on: October 17, 2009, 04:10:59 pm »
Hi All......

Very sad today because our Newf, Ebony, is losing the use of her back legs.  Her left leg is the worst but her right leg isn't doing very well either.  She's pretty much having to pull her body up to stand from her shoulders and sometimes she can get her back legs to to cooperate and many times her legs drag behind her.  It's heartbreaking.

We LOVE our Ebony.  She's basically a therapy dog for our nine year old daughter who has autism and she's brilliant w/ our son who has T21.

I don't know what to do from here.  I took her to a vet about a month ago when she started limping and after $375, which included remadyl and a doggie "narcotic" for the pain, we didn't see much of a difference.  The vet wanted to do a sedated x-ray on her hips but we can't afford another $400 just to see what may or may not be happening.

Knew you guys here would understand.... .

Sad in SoCal,

Gigi

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Newfoundland Discussions / Inside vs. Outside Sleepers: An Informal Poll
« on: August 04, 2008, 09:52:53 pm »
Do most of the Newfs here sleep inside or outside?  Just curious.....I'm the kind of person who loves the company of my Newf so having her in our bedroom at night is not an intrusion from my point of view.  (course I'm the kind of person who also had two Westies & a Cairn sleep on the bed with us and I thought that was just fine).

Just wondered what other folks do......

Gigi

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Newfoundland Discussions / Re: Any L.A. Newfs Here??
« on: August 04, 2008, 09:46:39 pm »
Thanks Jaime,

We just settled on a house today so hopefully we'll be there w/ in a couple of weeks. 

I've always loved the photos of Bear so it will be so fun to meet him in person!

Ebony never was impressed w/ the cold temps of Puget Sound (only going in under diress and a strong tug from the lead) so I will be very interested to see how she responds to the hopefully-warmer-waters of SoCal.

Yeah for new friends!

Gigi

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Newfoundland Discussions / Re: Thank you so much, BPO'ers!
« on: August 02, 2008, 11:29:49 pm »
So you know it's true love when.....the dried slobber on your arm only solidifies in your mind that you made the right decision.....

Congratulation s!

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Newfoundland Discussions / Any L.A. Newfs Here??
« on: August 02, 2008, 11:13:44 pm »
Hi Everyone.....w e're moving to L.A. in the next couple of weeks and were wondering if there are any Newfs in the Redondo Beach/Torrance area??  If so, we'd love to meet you and your humans!

Ebony is about 6 years old (we rescued her so we're not exactly sure how old she is) and she's a petite Newf-only 107lbs.  She's super friendly and is a mama's girl.

We're looking forward to our big move and hope to meet some fellow Newfs on the beach sometime soon!!

Gigi

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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / Doggies In Tacoma--Clean Up!!
« on: February 11, 2008, 12:24:48 pm »
I just took our Newf to a "do it yourself" doggie bathing place last week in Tacoma, WA and I thought I'd let everyone here know about it. It's called "Shampooch" on 6th Avenue...just west of downtown Tacoma and it's very reasonable:  Only $20 for a Newf!!  (compared to over $80 at a national pet retailer/grooming shop), with the prices going down from there.....

Anyway, they provide the blowers, the towels, the shampoo and grooming supplies. I think it's a great deal!

Gigi

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Treatment & Preventative Meds / Re: ??How Do I Know WHAT It Is??
« on: September 02, 2007, 07:20:28 am »
First of all....THANK YOU, THANK YOU for all the responses!  It goes SO FAR knowing that I'm not in this alone on a holiday weekend, trying to figure out what's going on with Ebony.

My husband washed her hot spots (now up to three but they haven't gotten any bigger today) with hydrogen peroxide and applied Solarcaine early this afternoon. So far so good.  She's not digging at herself and spent most of the afternoon lying next to the house on the back porch.  Tonight she seems a little perkier this evening.  She didn't eat at all yesterday but she did have some dinner tonight.  She's been drinking water pretty good.

I hear you COMPLETELY on staying AHEAD on the flea issue.  I am currently looking for DE (does anyone know if Home Depot carries the non-pool kind that's okay for pets?).

Thanks everyone.  My goal here is that someday I can be the one with an encouraging word or some well spoken knowledge to help someone else!

Gigi & Ebony

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Treatment & Preventative Meds / ??How Do I Know WHAT It Is??
« on: September 01, 2007, 08:18:04 am »
Since yesterday afternoon (Fri. 8/31), our Newf, Ebony, has lost CHUNKS of fur off her backside because she has been chewing herself RAW.  Last night there was one "hot spot" on her rump, now tonight we can see another couple developing.  We're really worried. 

Question:  how do I know IF it's fleas? I'm assuming it is and that she's digging at the bites.  How do I know if it's worms??

After a too-long hiatus from using Frontline, we did apply it last night, but after reading a bunch of posts here I'm reminded that it's not an "instant cure".

We need some help and insight!  Thanks!

Gigi

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Medical Conditions & Diseases / Re: Natural Way To Deal With Worms?
« on: February 26, 2006, 09:24:41 pm »
Now would be a really good time to enlist to BPO a naturapathic vet who happens to own a big dog!

Maybe we could google "contraindicati ons of black walnut" and see what we can come up with.

Thanks for the info on onion.  I never knew that.  As for the garlic, Ebony is getting one TBS on her food in the morning and a TBS in the evening.  As of today, she hasn't eaten her a.m. food.  But she may be getting use to eating 2x a day again, and may not be hungry.  My cousin, for some reason, only feeds her dogs 1x a day so my dogs only were fed once a day at her house.

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I was talking with a breeder this afternoon (hoping she might be able to help with finding Ebony a foster home) and I learned that there are seven different medical screenings or "check off's" that people should be aware of when purchasing a Newf.  They include OFA, heart, patella, kidney....and three others that I can't think of off the top of my head.  That was very interesting to me...I didn't realize Newfs had the potential for the variety of medical problems.

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Helpful Groups & Dogs in Need / Re: Help! My Newf Needs A New Home
« on: February 26, 2006, 01:28:02 am »
Thanks so much.  We're thinking it's going to be about two months.

Ebony gets along with other dogs...having lived with terriers.  She isn't an alpha but she doesn't like being provoked by other dogs.  The situation she was in had a male that could be rather agressive at times with Ebony in particular.

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Medical Conditions & Diseases / Re: Natural Way To Deal With Worms?
« on: February 25, 2006, 02:56:47 am »
Thanks Melissakins!!  Huge help!

My husband and I were just trying to figure out the biochemical benefits of garlic in the digestive tract. What you found makes sense.

She's not presenting as a clinially sick dog (altered bitch to be specific) at this point so we'll start dosing her big time with garlic.

Thanks for the research!

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Medical Conditions & Diseases / Re: Natural Way To Deal With Worms?
« on: February 25, 2006, 02:38:56 am »
Ya, the first thing we thought about was garlic, but does it destroy the worms and their eggs inside the digestive tract?

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Medical Conditions & Diseases / Natural Way To Deal With Worms?
« on: February 25, 2006, 02:24:16 am »
Came home this evening and found that Ebony had made a "mistake" in the house.  Turns out her poo was rife with little white worms...about the size of a grain of rice.  So I'm glad I saw it..now we know what we're dealing with.

I searched the archives here but couldn't find anything on dealing with homeopathicall y or naturally, with herbs, vitamins or naturally occuring antiobitics. 

Any ideas?  Taking her to the vet is not a problem, I just don't want to strip her body of her natural immunities while getting rid of the parasite.

Definitely want to get this solved quickly so she can be healthy and also....so we can find her a foster family for her.

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