Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.


Messages - newf_owner

Pages: 1 [2] 3 4 ... 8
16
Newfoundland Discussions / Re: apparently an irish spotted
« on: September 25, 2009, 02:37:53 pm »
thanks, i love em!!! you know it is really really hard to keep his white legs clean, the front ones any way, since he drules it drips on to his legs and looks NASTY, i brush it off for the most part but the white there is never really WHITE, except for right after a bath

17
Newfoundland Discussions / Re: bark and bark and bark and more bark
« on: September 25, 2009, 02:36:06 pm »
oh yeah, he still barks, and his bark seems to be growing with his body (gettin much louder) its weird, he only does it to my boy friend, and my boy friend is at the pont right now that he doesnt like rota very much, and i think rota can tell that he doesnt like him so he just keeps on barking, when its just me, hes fine, i think he is amazing and perfect, but he will just stand like one foot away from my boy friend and just bark, and bark and bark and bark, i dont get it

18
General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / Re: 2nd trip to the dog park
« on: September 25, 2009, 02:34:01 pm »
wow thats awesome!!!!!! im glad they enjoyed it, the dog park can be amazing, my dogs dont have much room to run here at my house, the dog park gives them plenty of freedom!!

19
Newfoundland Discussions / Re: apparently an irish spotted
« on: September 18, 2009, 08:09:36 pm »
thank you

20
Newfoundland Discussions / Re: omg CHECK THIS OUT
« on: September 18, 2009, 08:07:36 pm »
yeah, he was more than damp though, he was literaly DRIPING WET, like he had just hoped out of the tub, i knew it would take longer than my smaller dog (cosby the australian shephard) but ive watched my other groomer do him (i use to live in wv, and i had my aussie done ther all the time) and they would put him up on a table and dry him with a hand dryer and he always looked AMAZING!! they would trim his feet and between his paw pads, i mean he was so clean when he came out, he smelled great... here all i got was my soaking wet dog back.. that i had to pay 60 bux for...

when i said trimed i meant like this


from this .....



to this



this...



to this



i think you get the point









i think newfies look GREAT when they are trimed properly, the cut gives them more shape to ther bodies and keeps them cleaner (no matting) thats what i meant... a groomer should know that, i should need to print pics from my computer and show them how to trim a dog

im afraid to do it myself because i dont really know what im doing, (i do have grooming scissors, they have rounded tips but im not to sure how to do what i want done)

21
well the vet told me that he didnt see any problems with him (he went yesterday) he watche him walk and said that he may just grow out of it, he felt his hips and checked for pain (which there was none) and i need to go back to do x rays in a few months, they said he should be a little older, there were 4 great danes there when we went, so i really trust the guy, its a shame though its an hour away from here, but rota will be going back to him from now on

22
Newfoundland Discussions / Re: omg CHECK THIS OUT
« on: September 16, 2009, 02:30:47 pm »
thanks, im lookin around, i want to find some one who can trim him properly as needed (ears, chest, back of legs) i wish i could find a newfie groomer.... or even a breeder in my area, im starging to see more and more newfs, but im not sure where there all coming from!!!

23
Newfoundland Discussions / Re: omg CHECK THIS OUT
« on: September 14, 2009, 08:45:24 pm »
im just wondering on average from a professional groomer, how long has it taken for some one to have there dog done, because it took my groomers 4 hours to give my dog a bath

which by my terms is unexceptable

24
Newfoundland Discussions / Re: omg CHECK THIS OUT
« on: September 14, 2009, 08:43:07 pm »
i wash him and brush him untill he is dry, ive done it every 3 weeks or so since ive gotten him and its never taken that long, instead of leaving my dog in a crate unattended while there up front flirting with the inventory manager they could have atleast tryed to brush him out, or even towle dryed him,

the manager was like "well it usualy takes 3 to 4 hours" and guess what? he was there 4 hours not even half way done,

they could have cut his nails, and cleaned his ears while he was waiting to dry, but since i work there and i happen to know they had no other dogs to do and they were just sitting up front reall really makes me mad, he was hungry he needed to go to the bathroom and they give him "water" from a bottle which he has never had and prolly didnt even know how to drink from it

ive seen them do newfs for customers that were covered in mats that the girl had to shave and he was in and out in about 3 hours

just the fact that they didnt do well with my dog

and like i said hes not that big yet

25
Newfoundland Discussions / Re: omg CHECK THIS OUT
« on: September 14, 2009, 05:33:08 pm »
how long does it usualy take your dogs at the groomer? im having the worst of luck with my dog

i took him to the groomers at my work, since they seem to know what there doing, and i droped him off at 9:30 and told them i worked at 12 id be back around 11, to get him, they said ok, i went to eat then went back to work it was 10:30 and they said oh well he is still very we,

to make a long story short, it was 1:30 and my dog was soaking wet and in one of there crates in the back, they had a dryer on him but it didnt apear to do any good, and i was really really mad, i paid 60 bux, FOR A BATH, i was like hes been here for 4 hours, and hes still soaking wet, he hasnt been brushed or had his ears cleaned and his nails done and the tooth bursh service (thats whats included in the package i paid for) and they were like well if you wanted an "express" you could have paid for it, and i was like i shouldnt have to pay extra for you to do your job, (this was the grooming salon manager btw) and so i took my dog, soaking wet and took him home and my boy friend towle dryed him (which took like 15 mins or so) and brushed him out myself...

when i wash him at home, it takes me 20 minutes give or take to get him washed and out of the tub and 20 to 30 minutes of brushing and towle drying to get him dry,

they had him for 4 hours and he was still wet

is this normal?

i didnt want my dog there in a crate for that long he hadnt been to the bathroom and he hadnt eatin his lunch, and they acted like it was perfectly normal for him to take that long (hes not to big yet, about 60lbs, around 24inches at the shoulder)

ehhhh.....

26
thank you

27
Newfoundland Discussions / Re: omg CHECK THIS OUT
« on: September 12, 2009, 07:13:10 am »
im seriously just wondering how she got that much hair off at one time?? i bursh my newfie, and i get like 3 or 4 handfulls off, and i KNOW there is much more that needs to come off, because its all over my carpet, little fur balls, and on my pants as he passes by, i use a wire slicker brush, and i have a rake but it never really takes any thing off,

how'd she do it??

rota is going to get groomed today for his first time,

oh and you know how you can have your dogs trimed? like you can take a little from the ears, and the chest and back of legs? to help keep shape? and stop matting, when i mentioned to them that i wanted him to get trimed, they looked at me like i was crazy,


28
Newfoundland Discussions / omg CHECK THIS OUT
« on: September 10, 2009, 05:07:52 pm »
i was lookin around doin a lil reading and i came across this

look at the pics of all the fur!!!!

wow!!!! ITS ANOTHER DOG


http://nessahappens.blogspot.com/2008/05/do-newfoundland-dogs-shed.html

29
General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / Re: First trip to the dog park
« on: September 09, 2009, 02:56:09 pm »
yeah you should check the one out where they can swim, there is one here like that, its at the bay, its called quiet waters (for any one in maryland)

its pretty cool

30
General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / Re: First trip to the dog park
« on: September 08, 2009, 05:55:04 pm »
the very first time i took rota he was kinda shy and held his tail down, he didnt really want to play, only to walk around in the grass, NOW, hes a crazy running hopping dog toy stealing machine!!!!!! though hes really clumsy and he trips and goes tumbling through the grass and he can never catch the other dogs, he actually has a strange attraction to yellow labs, its weird, he always follows them, (there usualy different dogs, its a popular breed here)

but, my other dog cosby, my aussie i started taking  as soon as he turned 4 months i took him once a week every week... sadly, his experience wasnt the best, alot of dogs would bully him, he was attacked by a french bull dog, that literaly hung off his leg after i grabed him, and a german shephard, now hes not so social, i think it scared him, he doesnt like other dogs to well,


Pages: 1 [2] 3 4 ... 8