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Great pictures! 

Well, it was a pretty good weekend! Unfortunately we found out he has Giardia  But, he's on medication and I think it's getting better. He did REALLY well in his crate the first night, but the second night was terrible! He cried almost ALLL night long But, last night was a little better, so hopefully it will get better with each night.

I forgot how much I do not love the puppy stage! LOL I think he's so cute and cuddly, but I'm such a worrier, I'm constantly taking him outside and making sure he's not into trouble LOL

Which, I was going to ask, how long did it take for your newfs to be completely potty trained??

So far, he had 3 small pee accidents in the house and has yet to go in his crate *knock on wood*

I so understand about not loving the puppy stage-especially the first few nights.  Sophie was the same- fine the first night, then cried for a week straight.  After that, she loved her crate though, so don't worry, probably just a few more sleepless nights!  He is adorable by the way!

UGH!!!  Almost all our leaves are gone and it looks like November already.  Winter wouldn't be so bad if it didn't last forever.  I was looking at pictures from May and there was still snow on the ground and summer didn't really start til July here- it's so unfair!  Anyone from a warmer place want to trade for the winter?

I am so sorry.

If your yard is fenced put her outside for 8-10-12 hours a day  She's got a lot of pent up energy and that will help her burn it off.  Remember a tired puppy is a good puppy.  As for food- put it away!!!!!!!!  Some dogs will always steal food from the countertops but they can't steal it if its not there. If she is getting in the trash its because she can- secure the trash can or don't put wonderful stuff in there like leftovers, empty cans etc.  In my house anything that might be of interest does NOT go in the trash can- it is bagged and put on top of the fridge until the trash is emptied. Training will definitely help but she needs to burn off some puppy energy and the human body is not built to be that active so taking a walk a day isn't going to do it. 

As always, thanks everyone for advice and encouragement.  As for putting temptations out of the way- I do.  Our counters are empty, the trash is lidded securely in the kitchen (she sneaks upstairs to get into the bathroom wastebin) etc.  However, it's when I have food out for a minute to make something that she will try to get it.  I guess I will put her out when we make dinner/eat but it feels like isolating her from the rest of the family We do have a fenced yard and when she's out there she either destroys ANYTHING she can find, including, a wooden lawn chair, the door frame, three welcome mats, part of the fence...OR she sleeps! 
Patrick, do you think I should take her for more than one walk a day?  We take all the dogs for a 45 min walk daily. I don't want to overstress her bones, etc. but will make time for more exercise if you think she needs it.
Thanks again.

I am at my wit's end with Sophie.  She is 9 months old now and is showing no signs of settling down.  I know that big dogs take longer to mature but she is just over the top.  She doesn't seem to be learning any of the rules of our house.  She grabs food off tables and counters, grabs food from me and the baby, constantly bothers the other animals, jumps all over me, is still "play" biting and mouthing, growls and pulls on walks... the list goes on and on.  No training seems to help.  The prong I use for walking her worked for about a week- now she has almost pulled me over twice. 
We have a trainer coming to the house on Monday to give us some advice but do any of you have any advice for me?  Are Leo pups generally like this?  Binky (our Pyr) had a few moments of hyper but generally settled down by 6 months.  Sophie literally looks for trouble- if I put something down, she grabs it, if I take it away, she'll bother one of the dogs, if I remove her from the dogs, she'll get into the trash, etc.
She gets a nice long walk every day although, I am starting to dread walking with her.  We have a big yard that she runs around in and plenty of bones and toys to chew on.  I give her a ton of attention and she is rarely by herself.  I don't know what more I can do! She is so sweet and good when she's good but most of the time she's not! Thanks for letting me complain and any advice/ideas to tire her out would be great!

Too cute!  We have four of those but Binky (also a Pyr) takes the cake on snoring too!

Congrats- he's adorable!