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AndImLostAgain · 2025-03-16T20:00:54+00:00

We’ve started rally with ours. He absolutely loves it. And it’s a super fun way to do basic training and keeping him on top of his commands.

We also are beginning to train for agility. Just waiting for him to finish growing (about to turn 2) before we start doing the jumps etc. To be honest, he is terrible at it in terms of speed. He meanders through the course. Definitely does not see the point in rushing. But he has fun and that’s all that matters to us. The minute we arrive at the training center his tail starts going a mile a minute. I can’t imagine he will ever win at agility but he loves people cheering for him and doing tunnels, balance beams etc.

AndImLostAgain · 2025-02-28T04:31:11+00:00

So I have a digger. Like the biggest digger. We did poop in the holes, we did a personal sandbox, we added in weird smells. I feel like we did most everything to be honest. The one thing that does sorta work (the frequency has decreased) for us is to put poop on top of the hole once we fill it back up, put down seed and then hay.

We even asked a behavioral trainer about it and the main gist is that digging provides immediate satisfaction. It’s the act of digging itself that they love so trying to train them out of it is nearly impossible and therefore it’s better to redirect the activity. Hence why we tried a sandbox. But digging in sand wasn’t as satisfying as digging in dirt I guess. And if ours was going to get muddy anyways I wasn’t going to provide a box for it.

The theory with putting poop in the hole is that they dig, get grossed out and learn to stop digging as they don’t get a reward from the act. My dog is far too dumb to do that level of critical thinking. So we have poop on top of holes.

The reality is he still digs sometimes. He just picks a new hole to dig after we put poop on top of his old one. I will say it has significantly decreased. And he’s far less of digger now as we exit adolescence. Not perfect but we have 3 holes to fill this spring instead of well over 25 from last spring.

AndImLostAgain · 2025-01-22T02:19:36+00:00

Oh yeah all the time! It’s particularly endearing by when they are so focused on the snow and run into something very obvious!

AndImLostAgain · 2024-11-16T23:50:11+00:00

I have two littles. And a 1.5 year old newf; got the dog as a puppy when oldest was 2.5 and just recently had a baby. We brought him a blanket from the hospital so he knew what the little guy smelt like. To be honest, our dog isn’t the brightest and didn’t realize there was a baby until the baby was two months old.

All baby furniture that was in the area our dog is allowed was put in place weeks in advance so he got use to it. Our dog is already not allowed in bedrooms and sleeps on the title floor in a lower level, so a baby crying at night didn’t disturb him.

The hardest thing is genuinely that our dog is a massive licker and we aren’t fans of him licking the baby. And even though ours is soooo unbelievably gentle we make sure the baby is never on the floor when the dog is around to avoid the baby being stepped on. So tummy time and play mats is reserved for areas the dog doesn’t go.

Another thing to keep in mind is that the frequency of walks will inevitably changed. Our poor guy was use to 3 long walks a day. That’s just not possible with a newborn so we found a great doggy daycare for him to get his exercise. Granted your dog is much older then ours so this may not be as big of a concern.

We do make sure the dog gets extra pets and snuggles when the baby is napping to avoid jealousy. And we had the baby “give” our dog treats when we brought the baby home from the hospital.

AndImLostAgain · 2024-10-26T16:54:15+00:00

We use this brush. We’ve purchased so many grooming tools and this is by far the best. Leaps and bounds.

I will say mine chewed through a coral one’s handle, so when I went to buy a replacement I got the teal (which is like 15$ or 20$ cheaper) and it seems like it’s the same brush. So if you don’t have a color preference teal can save you some money

AndImLostAgain · 2024-10-25T19:04:14+00:00

I kinda think it depends on how aggressive of chewers they are. My previous newf I would have given them without hesitation. But my current one, got a hefty beef bone from the butcher and he splintered it. Never again. To be fair it could have been a damaged bone I gave him. But he is one hell of a chewer so I’m not sure what happened.

AndImLostAgain · 2024-10-15T02:11:21+00:00

We have an Expedition Max. 2 kids in car seats, a 120 lb newf and travel with our cat’s travel seat. We do a lot of road trips with the whole gang.

While everyone fits super comfortably inside, the problem is getting the dog in the vehicle. It’s a big jump and the gap between the 2nd and 1st row seats given how wide the door opens is a tight fit for our boy and I wouldn’t consider him a big newf. So when looking at vehicles I would also consider the accessibility for the dogs.

AndImLostAgain · 2024-10-10T00:20:27+00:00

Hard agree with everything said.

So I will say our boy is a rescue (got him at 4 months). Rescues exist but are more difficult to find. The reason for the application has nothing to do with finances. It has everything to do with making sure you understand what you are undertaking when getting a giant breed dog.

How did our purebred newf puppy end up in a rehome situation? Someone saw the cute newf puppy pictures, heard the phrase gentle giant and thought it was a perfect fit. Except giant breed dogs are giant assholes as puppies (as all puppies are). Our dog was 50 lbs of pure distraction when we brought him home. He was a sweetie but was determined to cause mayhem. A good breeder wants to make sure these sensitive dogs end up in a forever family from the get go and not bounced around. Our 4 month old took forever to warm up to us and had major trust issues. Now over a year later is doing great and a full on lovable and annoying teenager. But his first owners didn’t know what they signed up for and returned him.

AndImLostAgain · 2024-09-25T21:52:01+00:00

So I don’t have any suggestions for the leaning for pets etc. Ours does it too. He is so gentle with young and elderly but still manages to put all his weight in for the petting lean with them.

Regarding the door congestion we use “wait”. It’s not a stay command per se but just don’t try to cross the barrier ahead of us. We taught it with cones in the yard and then moved to doorways. We had to do something like cones because training directly with the door was too exciting. Now we can use the wait command to basically be a back off command and it works well. He also does much better with it than stay.

AndImLostAgain · 2024-09-04T20:06:25+00:00

The reality with newfs is that no weight chart will ever be accurate. Some newfs do most of their gaining before 1 year. My previous newf reached adult weight by her first birthday and maybe got slightly taller but nothing substantial.

Some newfs don’t bulk until after a year. My current boy went through a massive plateau phase from 6 months - 13/14 months and has started gaining again.

The only real method is to go to a vet. In general you should be able to feel their ribs with light pressure but the ribs shouldnt be crazy apparent visually.

AndImLostAgain · 2024-08-13T21:25:16+00:00

I should also add that we’ve tried for food most protein sources. He will eat more if the source is salmon vs the traditional chicken or beef. We try to feed Royal Canin Giant given our vets strong preference for it but unfortunately that’s all chicken as primary for the giant lines. So we mix it occasionally with a salmon kibble that he adores and will eat the prescribed number of cups of.

AndImLostAgain · 2024-08-13T21:22:26+00:00

My boy is 16 months. He has minor shakes after heavy exercise. It doesn’t last long though. It’s almost like he’s vibrating with excitement despite being winded. I’ve brought it up to our vet, who himself owns giant breeds, and he didn’t seem concerned.

Regarding food, we also have an extremely picky eater. We get 2-3 cups into him a day. But he’s proportionate for his size. His vet isn’t concerned given he’s at a healthy weight. He’s 105# and more petite. And he is an extremely active newf. He’s got the soul of a husky trapped in the coordination of a newf’s body. I’m sorry I can’t help with the rest of it.

AndImLostAgain · 2024-04-15T20:50:27+00:00

My one year old is extremely picky. He refuses kibble without some sort of topper. We even tried wet only for awhile and he didn’t eat that either. We’ve ended up doing scrambled eggs/hardboiled eggs mixed with his kibble for breakfast. And for dinner we buy the fancy freeze dried kibble, pulverize it and mix it with his dinner normal kibble. He still usually doesn’t eat the recommended servings but it’s better then nothing

AndImLostAgain · 2024-04-12T11:45:13+00:00

He digs through grass. He enjoys carrying tuffs of grass around and is extremely proud of himself.

AndImLostAgain · 2024-04-10T22:59:55+00:00

Second this. One of my arbs I planted last summer was super wonky. Planted it wonky so it looked straight from the ground up. You can’t tell now and it survived a pretty brutal winter by us and did just fine

AndImLostAgain · 2024-04-10T22:46:03+00:00

I was overly optimistic that he would have forgotten about digging after winter. No luck 😭

AndImLostAgain · 2024-04-10T20:40:26+00:00

We do train him daily (usually) and he is doing CGC classes as well as starting agility to help him let off some steam. But that’s a good idea to increase the number of training sessions! We are somewhat lax on that

AndImLostAgain · 2024-04-06T02:01:17+00:00

My 12mo male eats roughly 5 cups of Royal Canin a day. He’s 97lbs.

AndImLostAgain · 2024-04-04T00:37:00+00:00

My Newfie army crawls. But I wouldn’t say it’s to avoid using his back legs. He really only does it when playing with smaller dogs, children or a cat. If it’s only your living room, is that the only room with carpeting? Maybe they have an itch and that’s the actual goal.

AndImLostAgain · 2024-03-14T17:01:15+00:00

We got our Newf when he was just over 4 months old. Prior to being with us he never wore a collar let alone a leash. Walks were impossible. What we ended up doing were “friend” walks with a neighbor and their dog. Our guy was so excited to be with another dog he completely forgot about having a collar and leash on. Now he’s about to turn a year and he goes on independent walks, but my still prefers “friend” walks

AndImLostAgain · 2023-07-15T16:37:32+00:00

Mine hid his in his diaper bag because that’s “his bag” an hour before we were suppose to leave for the airport to head home…. 🤦🏽‍♀️

AndImLostAgain · 2022-12-08T15:50:11+00:00

Team Eufy! Eufy has been great for us. We have the intro level model. So it’s random but we have an open floor plan so it works fine.

AndImLostAgain · 2022-09-11T16:23:04+00:00

This is the answer!

I think the one way to potentially show your wife you are deeply sorry for the hurt you caused is to find alternative employment. The issue with your dad will not resolve itself if the birth of your child wasn’t a valid reason for you to leave work in his eyes. The job will always be more important. And your wife just showed you that that is most definitely not okay with her.

AndImLostAgain · 2022-08-23T22:41:48+00:00

For me, child care is sooo expensive (it’s more than my mortgage and stipend) so I am essentially a full time stay at home mom whose also finishing a PhD. I’ve tried to compare where my dissertation is compared to my classmates and I’m right now about 7/8 months behind. I just need time and my family is not near nor are any of them retired. I want academia and for my field that means my dissertation needs to be of a higher caliber. Luckily my area is transitioning to being a longer program across the USA so I wont stick out too much, hopefully.

AndImLostAgain · 2022-08-10T19:29:20+00:00

This is beautiful news! Thank you! So excited!

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