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Hello Carole and Cubby!!!!
We have been keeping Newfie VERY busy! One thing
is for sure....he LOVES the water. As soon as we turned down the drive
way to go to the lake at my mother's house he started whining and
prancing like I have never seen him and when I opened the car door all I
saw was his tail go by. He went straight for the water and only came
out for brief rests for the next three hours. He had a blast, it didn't
matter how far out I threw his buoy, he would bring in it and whine at
me to throw it again. What a treat that was, he is too much fun.
We
have also been going to events hosted by our regional newfoundland club
and are interested in drafting. Newfie is so relaxed and eager to
please that within one hour of being at his first draft clinic he was
harnessed, hooked up to a wagon, and pulling it. I am just so amazed at
how adaptable he
is, he will do anything I ask him to. Occasionally he forgets his
manners and I have to give him a command more than once but that is the
exception, he is very well behaved. On the rare occasion that he has
been naughty he gives it away by slumping around and hanging his head
and then I have to try and figure out what he did....too funny. Last
incident involved eating pizza out of the garbage but it wasn't until he
passed some aluminum foil the next day that I realized what was going
on.
We are still working our way through obedience so that he can take
his CGC test and then we can get his therapy certification as well. We
have been distracted by all the fun in the water and drafting. I am
seriously considering working toward titles for him in both areas, there
are tests for water dog in September, I am quite confident that he
could accomplish the junior level by the end of the summer. The draft
test is in
October and the club has drafting classes every
Tuesday
night at a members home so I think we might have a chance at that as
well. We are going to our local library this weekend to discuss Newfie
becoming a volunteer for children to read to. With the hot weather it
will be nice to be indoors but still be working.
We just spent Memorial day at our camp in the
Adirondacks and he was
able to swim his heart out again and this time I had a brand new dog
dryer that worked very nicely. He got to ride on the pontoon boat but
all he really wanted to do was jump off of it. Dave and I are trying to
come up with some sort of ramp that will allow him to get on and off
the boat. It sits up high off the water and there is no way to get him
in the boat, he is too heavy. I have seen a few products on line, one
is a ladder but I think that is just an injury waiting to happen, and
the other is a ramp with foam on the underside of it. I think the ramp
would work nicely because that is what he uses to get in and out of our
vehicles, but to purchase one would cost $410.00. I know we can build
something similar we just have to find the proper materials. I am
attaching
some photos of our adventures with Newfie.
Best regards,
Angie and Newfie
