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Newfoundland Pictures / annabelle our rescue newf at the river again
« on: July 26, 2008, 08:56:21 am »
Just a picture to update on our great success story
We have had Annabelle for seven weeks now. It seems forever. She has passed the first part of her dog training classes. She now sits,stays,drops,heels,recalls and does off lead quite well. We are very proud of her. She has gained weight and feels about the right body weight now. She seems to have lost her timidity and shyness.No more toileting mistakes. And is back to what we expect of a newf, making friends with everyone.We have done a litle retrieving and she will now hold items in her mouth. I think she was told off for this, because initially she would not put anything in her mouth
ANDthe dogs stayed home for the first time( since we have owned Annabelle) inside alone, whilst we went to the movies. And the house survived, a whole five hours;D
We have had Annabelle for seven weeks now. It seems forever. She has passed the first part of her dog training classes. She now sits,stays,drops,heels,recalls and does off lead quite well. We are very proud of her. She has gained weight and feels about the right body weight now. She seems to have lost her timidity and shyness.No more toileting mistakes. And is back to what we expect of a newf, making friends with everyone.We have done a litle retrieving and she will now hold items in her mouth. I think she was told off for this, because initially she would not put anything in her mouth
ANDthe dogs stayed home for the first time( since we have owned Annabelle) inside alone, whilst we went to the movies. And the house survived, a whole five hours;D
And had been looking for a home for 3-4 months. So we drove the 600kms and picked her up. She was out of control and quite scared of my hubby, but with a lot of love and some "tough love" she has become such a doll. We took her to a trainer this weekend to test her for aggression, as she barks at all men. But he says she is just worried,very shy and not aggresive. Even when he pushed towards her and with his amazing one hour training session, made her a lot more confident and she was great with him and his male friend, whom he asked to approach her.He has shown us some methods and we are now going for weekly sessions. :)She will be socialized with people and dogs. She adores kids and is good with horses and dogs. Someone has been very hard on this dog. She is thin, weighing 39kgs, she will be about 50 when we have her up to weight. She is just the most cuddly dog. Just nuzzles in to you and she is lying on my feet right now.How can people do these things to dogs.
, grins