NEWFIE OWNERS!! HELP!

[happiday]

They don't know YOUR newf.  It's the same thing with skin babies, everyone thinks they are an expert just because it's a baby, and they were a baby once, so... 
Take it all with a 'grain of salt' and smile politely while you tune them out.  Your best advice will come from your vet and the fabulous people on this board who have raised Newfs.  Enjoy your baby!!  She is beautiful!!!

[GoldenPyrs]

I have Pyrs and a Golden, so no experience with Newfy's but you've received some great info from other BPO Newfy people.  I too have never had a puppy that was finished growing by 5-6 months.  My Pyrs haven't finished growing and filling out until they were between 2 1/2 & 3 yrs old.  Sounds like someone was misinformed, shall we say.  Enjoy your baby!

To Philip in VA, welcome to BPO and please post more pics and stories about River.  He's so handsome and he's well traveled, too!  What beautiful pics!   

[Duramax]

ive never even heard that before.. stop growing after they get their teeth?? that's new to me. and doesnt apply to any dog ive ever had either. heaven sakes max would be a foot shorter than he is right now!haha

know what's wierd? i had a dream that max was loosing more baby teeth last night.

[Newly Newfed]

I had never heard it either...and it didn't make much sense to me.  That's why I brought it here to get answers from the BPOers...

[Duramax]

well i would consider it an incorrect statement. especialy after reading what every one has posted, and the person who said that to you will find out soon enough when your newfie keeps growing...and growing..and growing....hah a!

[Nina]

Could you imagine if humans stopped growing after we lost our baby teeth? We would be tiny! I think this person was trying to be a know it all with you.

Nina

[Newfielover84]

Hey man i was reading your post and i figured i would respond even if you have gotten the information that you wanted... I have owned multiple newfies sense i have been 6 years old... Every newfie is different but i will tell you that your source is wayyyyyy wayyyy wrong..... It is not possible for your newfie to stop growing at the age of 5-6 months.... I just got another newfie pup last december and to me i thought she looked a lil smallier than my previous newfs. She was 22in and 62 lbs at 5 months but she looked the same as your pup... That being said i will now tell you that she is 102 lbs at 8 months and that newfs grow rapidly without you even noticing it.. Im absolutlely positive that your newfy will continue to grow and will keep growing until at least after the  2nd year. that is typically when newfs growing slows down. And the tooth thing has no relevance to when her body will stop growing. did you stop growing when you got your big teeth haha... No im sure you continued to grow. Good luck and continue to post more pics! 

[jesday]

Gosh, I guess you hit a nerve. I'm sure you can tell by the responses that the trainer is obviously seriously misguided. I think trainers in the business for many years are so focused on the training aspects they loose site of some of the basic characturistic s of the different breeds.

We had a trainer that insisted we did a baaaaad thing getting litter mates and if immediate action wasn't taken soon they would never bond with us and only prefer their own company. I was panicked as well. Not loved by my own Newfs.

Bwwaaaahhhhh. I was silly to worry. Newfies can't help growing into extremely huge dogs and they can't help loving everybody and they can't help loosing big gobs of hair and  giving slobbery wet kisses and getting wet with whatever water is available and getting into mischief and sleeping wherever you want to walk and ....... Sit back and enjoy your baby  

[TINKSMOM]

I would go to a different class. They don't seem to know much about dogs.

ALL dogs start getting their new adult teeth right around 14 weeks.

As far as growth, my vet told me "on average" take a dog's size and weight at 4 months and double it and that should be their approximate size as an adult. Of cours, Tink is surpassing this average, it is a good guesstimate.

FYI

[KatysTank]

Since this post was first posted in 2007. How big is Sierra now??

[Newly Newfed]

I forgot all about posting this!!  LOL!!  As usual, you were all correct - I had nothing to worry about.  Sierra is currently 26 1/2 inches tall and 89 lbs.  She looks like she is still filling out body-wise, but she is nice and lean and the vet is very happy with her waistline.  I have FINALLY stopped hearing people comment on how small my Newf is, and I love it!

I actually joined the dog training club where these trainers work, it's a large organization and I haven't trained with them since.  I ran into one of them and she said "Oh, you adopted another Newf!"  When I told her it was Sierra she seemed like she almost didn't believe me and she was like "That's little Sierra?"  I couldn't keep the smug, satisfied smile off my face!!!

[KatysTank]

Sierra is soo cute!

[Fumble]

well... fumble is just turning 3 July 20th and he's still growing... so i'm not sure the teeth falling out thing holds true to every dog... maybe with some it's a sign...
My breeder said they really aren't "full" grown until they are 3...

[Newly Newfed]

I actually had a good natured, albeit loud, debate over Sierra's size just yesterday with one of Jeff's friends.  He's one of those redneck backwoods types that is a know it all about EVERYTHING and most of his "knowledge" is full of ****.  I'm not that crazy about this guy, but he's been a very good friend to Jeff so I tolerate him.

Anyway, he mentioned he thought she'd be bigger and that led to me defending her size.  He said he had two female Newfs that were both the size of our friend's dog, Thunder.  Now Thunder is a Great Dane.  A Dane sized Newf???  Female???  I stuck with the facts:  Average size for a female according to the breed standard...he said he doesn't care about no dang breed standard, it doesn't mean anything.  Ummm...ok, whatever.  He refused to believe that she was 26 inches, so we pulled out a tape measure to prove it.  Score one for Steph.  I stated all of the Newf club events I go to, Sierra is the same height as all of the other females.  He also said that there's no way she'll ever be strong enough "at her size" to pull a boat in from the water, so she'll never pass her water test.  Jeff and I both said she's already proven she can easily pull a boat to shore.  Twice.  Score two for Steph... 

Anyway, it went on like that for a while and finally we agreed to disagree.  He'll always believe he knows all there is to know about Newfs, and I'll always know he's an idiot.    The only thing he did say about Sierra that I agree with is that she's awful pretty.