October 10, 2014:  Hope (now Freyja) has been adopted!


Hope arrived in our care on May 21, 2014 and is currently on medical hold while we help her become a happy, healthy girl.


This 6 year old girl will need a lot of TLC and veterinary care to help her get healthy.  Donations can be made to Newf Friends by visiting our parent organization's donation page.  We are a division of HART -- when placing your donation specify that it is for the Newf Friends Fund (select this option from the drop down menu) and 100% of the donation will be directed to us.  A tax receipt will be issued for your kind donation.

Our veterinarian's notes describe Hope's condition:


Update:  Hope's pathology report came back with great news -- her enlarged lymph nodes are due to infection, not cancer!

Hope, June 1, ten days of treatment so far and much improved!

 A HUGE thank you to Bark Fur Joy Grooming Salon in Mississauga for doing an incredible job of cleaning up sweet gal Hope. She feels so much better already, and we will have no problem treating her skin issues now that all of her matted fur is gone!
Not only did Bark Fur Joy groom her for FREE, they also made a $200 DONATION to Hope's vet care and offered the use of their tub and blower whenever we need it! Such fabulous rescue supporters! Thank you so much Bark Fur Joy!

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** Hope's coat was beyond saving and she had to be clipped close at our request. Normally we don't trim Newfs so close but in this instance it was in her best interest so we can get a handle on her infections. Bark Fur Joy has done a fabulous job of grooming out several Newfs for us, including most recently Koda wo looked so handsome after his groom!

Hope on intake:

 Hi, it's been almost 2 and a half years since we adopted Maggie. She is doing great and we couldn't be happier to have her as part of our family. She is enjoying her long walks and playing with her brother!
We just spent a weekend at the cottage where she got to do one of her favourite things, wading in the lake! :)
She will soon be a big sister! Attached are some pics including some photos with baby to be! We love her so much!

June 30: I was adopted!


Meet Eva, a friendly and affectionate purebred landseer Newf.  This sweet girl is gentle and sensitive and is looking for a wonderful family to call her own.

Eva was born on Feb 22, 2009 and was purchased by a puppy producer at a year of age and used as a brood bitch producing newf-mix puppies since that time.   Over the last couple of years she has been bred at least 6 times.  Changes in her owner's living arrangement necessitated that Eva find a new home and she made her way to Newf Friends on May 16th.

Eva's days of breeding are now happily behind her and once she is cleaned up and vaccinated we will have her spayed.  She will be ready to join a new family and start her new life as a companion by mid-June.

Eva on intake -- in need of a good grooming!

 We are told Eva gets along well with other dogs and we will be testing her once her vaccines are completed.  Eva spent most of her days living outdoors although her owner tells us that she recently has been preferring to be indoors.  With a number of stressful changes in her household over a short period of time we were told that Eva seemed to go into a depression and had not been herself in the weeks leading up to her surrender to us.  Our hope is that moving into a loving foster home where she will get lots of attention and TLC will help her blossom into a happy girl.  So far she is proving herself to be very affectionate and is soaking up all the loving she is receiving.

Eva appears to be in good health with the exception of dry skin/coat.  With proper grooming and nutritious food we expect to see an improvement quickly.

Eva is being fostered in the Haliburton, ON area, her approved adopters will be required to pick her up in person. An adoption donation of $500 applies.

Someone needs to be groomed!

Koda on intake -- someone needed to be groomed!

Koda on intake -- someone needed to be groomed!

Cuteness overload!  Lovable pup Henry arrived on May 2 and is having a great time at his foster home.
Born  Nov 16/13,  Henry is just a young pup.  We are told that his dad was a St. Bernard
and that his mom was Newf-Bouvier mix.  He's cute as can be, and will definitely be a big fella' when he's full grown.

A typical young male giant breed puppy, Henry has loads and loads of energy and is a goofy, playful boy.  His owners were ill prepared for training and caring for a giant breed puppy and found themselves quickly overwhelmed by Henry's puppy antics.  With few rules, little structure and not enough stimulation in his life Henry found it hard to contain his enthusiasm and puppy energy.  His family made the decision to turn him over to us for training and adoption.
Henry is very bright, is eager to please and is a quick learner.  With proper exercise and stimulation, and a handler who provides consistency, structure and can teach him basic manners Henry will blossom into a wonderful boy.  Within hours of arriving at his foster home Henry was already doing an awesome job of following the rules and has settled in quickly.  He is making tremendous progress with crate training, leash manners and is proving himself to be a fantastic puppy.



Henry gets along well with the other dogs in his foster home and is a playful boy.  He's been out to events with his foster mom already and was wonderful meeting lots of new people and animals.  What a good boy!  He is ok with cats, although he does bark at them playfully.  He would be fine in a home with other pets. 
His surrendering family had young children and they report that Henry was very boisterous with the children and would clumsily knock them down and chase after them playfully.  This is not unusual for a young puppy who has not yet received adequate training - he's playing and just needs to learn how to play appropriately.   This behaviour will very easily be resolved and we feel that Henry could be placed in a home with dog-savvy children over the age of 10.

Henry's ideal family will have someone around much of the time to give him the attention and training he needs.  He is best suited to a family with previous giant breed experience.

Henry is UTD on vaccines.  Given his young age he has not yet been neutered.  He will be placed on a strictly enforced non-breeding contract with a neuter contract in place.  A partial refund ($100) of his adoption donation will be issued once his neuter is completed.  His neuter should be done after his growth plates have closed. 

Henry is being fostered in the Guelph area and his approved adopters will be required to pick him up in person.  An adoption donation of $700 applies - see note above regarding the partial refund after his neuter.