Funny thing....
My hubby and I were just (literally, less than 5minutes ago) looking at the Newf/Pyr mix boy. Crazy, eh? Currently, we live in CA near Sacramento, but are heading up to Coastal Washington at the end of the month to pick up a car (Explorer) from his parents, and drive back to Sacramento. We were just discussing, via email, the possibility of taking this boy home with us. I would love any additional information you have on him. If it seems like systems are a go, we would looove some help with transport, if possible.
Guess I should probably share a little bit of information on us as well, in hopes of ensuring a suitable match for him. We are in the process of moving to South Lake Tahoe, where my husband and I work at a Christian Camp. The camp sits on 33 acres, and has several streams, ponds, fields, trails, etc. We fell in love with Newfs about a year ago due to their personality, size, and love for water and outdoors. For the past few months, we've been looking for a dog of our own. Our dog will be a "working" dog, but not in the traditional manner. His job will be to walk to the office and hang out with dad every day, and hang around and get to meet visitors on the weekends during the winter and weekdays in the summer.
You mention that he has a weak back end. We would be fine with the medical issues and costs and such, but would he have a problem doing much walking (no more than a mile a day or so) in hilly areas, or in snow? Also, how does he respond to strangers or noise? Does he do well off leash without many distractions (he is part Pyr!)? And, does he like cats? (We've recently been adopted been adopted by a stray cat, who gets along great with dogs, but has become a yappy little member of the family)
Sorry for the overinflux of information, but I would love to know more about him. He has the same eyes as my dog growing up, and that just pulls on my heart strings like crazy.