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Congrats Nicole!!! If Special is anything like Onyx (who comes from the same rescue organization) I'm sure there'll be NO problems in convincing a certain someone into keeping her.  I wish I were closer to be able to help, but Upstate NY is just a tiny bit out of the way.  Onyx was our first foster - and yes, I'll proudly admit it, we're 'foster failures'.  Once hubby laid eyes on her, it was a matter of DAYS before he started asking me about adoption proceedings.  LOL  As I'm writing this, Onyx is sleeping in the kitchen snoring to beat the band!  Such a sweet girl.

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Newfoundland Discussions / Re: is my newfie mix on target
« on: December 06, 2006, 12:23:41 am »
A good quality ADULT food should be ok.  Everyone is right, you don't want to end up with joint problems.  Since Newfs and Saints are GIANT breeds, there isn't enough of what they need in a large breed food.  In my past experience, many of the breeders I've known have actually had their puppies on adult food when they go to their new homes to keep bones growing at a slower, steadier rate.  Arkyd sounds just about right for his age. 

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Behavior, Housebreaking, Obedience / Re: Dog eating poop....
« on: December 06, 2006, 12:12:29 am »
Good advice all around... keeping the yard picked up is essential.  I had a GSD that loved 'pupsicles'... the meat tenderizer did help (it's got to be Adolph's and nothing else) and you've got to be consistent with it.  I recently heard about the crushed pineapple, but alas, poor Moose has gone to the bridge so never got a chance to try it - he so loved his fruits and veggies, too!  As far as the cat box goes, keeping it out of sight, out of mind is good - cats DO excrete proteins that their bodies don't need, and that is why many dogs can't resist the litter box.  A friend of mine has a cocker mix who snacks and his skin and coat have been atrocious!  Recently she arranged it so that he can't get to the cat box and there have been remarkable improvements in both his skin and his coat - the only change she can think of is inaccessibilit y to the kitty krunchies (she uses clumping/multi cat formula) and we figure there's something in it that was giving the poor dog's skin a run for its money.

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Transporting & Traveling With Dogs / Transport help needed ASAP
« on: November 17, 2006, 01:02:43 pm »
Cross posting this for a friend of mine... can anyone help?  Contact Donna directly.  Thanks!



Please help! We've had no volunteers other than to Joplin! ANY help..even just part of a leg or if a different day is preferred, just let me know.
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Please crosspost to appropriate groups/lists....
 
Transport from KC, MO to Frisco, TX for a 10 month old Newfoundland, Sunday, November 19th, 2006
 
Going from rescue to screened forever home in Frisco, TX
Responsible Rescue: Autumn Acres - www.newfieresc ue.org OR
Rescue website: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/KS87.html
Coordinator: Donna Palen
Emergency #'s i.e. Run: 816-776-3022 / cell 928-458-0616
Coordinator email : dpalen@msn.com or donna @ autumnacres. org (no spaces though)

BREED: Young brown Newfoundland, 9-10 months old
VET RECORDS:  Yes
UTD ON SHOTS:  Yes
DEWORMED:  Yes
SPAYED/NEUTERED: YES!!!!
TEMPERAMENT: Sweet, but shy at first.
CRATE: Optional

Tentative schedule and itinerary:  (Date and times are VERY flexible.) If you have a better routing or any ideas, just send them to me and I'll consider it.  Thank you!

Sunday, November 19th
 
1. KC-Joplin, MO -FILLED
 
2. Joplin to Grand Lake Towne exit 283 in OK - 48 miles -1 hour
11:45pm-12:45pm - **NEEDED**
 
3. Grand Lake Towne to Tulsa, OK - 68 miles - 1 hour
1:00pm-2:00pm - **NEEDED**
 
4. Tulsa to Edmond, OK  - 94 miles - 1.5 hrs
2:10pm-3:40pm - **NEEDED**
 
5. Edmond, OK to Paul's Valley - 69 miles -1hr
3:50pm-4:50pm - **NEEDED**
 
6. Paul's Valley to Marietta, OK - 57 miles 1 hr
5:00pm-6:00pm - **NEEDED**
 
7. Marietta, OK to Frisco, TX - 72 miles
6:10pm - 7:15pm - FILLED by new owners Kristen Smith
 
Thank you in advance!
Donna Palen
Autumn Acres Animal Rescue
http://autumnacres.petfinder.org
www.newfieresc ue.org

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Behavior, Housebreaking, Obedience / Re: Help with down stay..please
« on: September 28, 2006, 05:25:36 pm »
Back when I first started to take obedience classes, the instructors suggested this way to reinforce certain exercises.  This will REALLY help with your down-stay problem.  When it's feeding time, ask him to do whatever exercise you want to work on ie: sit, stay, down, down-stay or even stand.  Start it out slow - for a minute at a time - when he performs the required exercise for 1 minute, he gets to eat.  Next time, try 2 minutes, etc.  If he doesn't do as asked, start over.  He WILL get the idea.  Also use whatever command you want to reinforce BEFORE letting him out the door for walks, potty time, etc.  This was suggested to us when we were working on the timing of the exercises for the obedience ring - really worked well.  I still use it.

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Newfoundland Discussions / Our Foster is here!
« on: August 15, 2006, 02:11:32 am »
 ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D

We're fostering a newf from the midwest - Onyx.  Picked her up from transport on Sunday in Dunkirk and drove home to the Albany area - what a loooong driving day that was!!!
Onyx is a sweetie!  Very social, needs some work on her leash training, very inquisitive, too!  Smudge (the 'mini-newf') and Moose have been fine with Onyx - as I knew they would be.  Hubby was more worried than I was on that score.
Due to a few accidents (and neither party knowing "the signal") we're crating her when we're not home or sleeping...oh, she seems to be a countersurfer, also.  I checked w/hubby and he's going to up her portion of kibble, so that could help.

She is especially enamoured with the 'special newfie bowl' in the front yard - namely the half-barrel pond we've got... that was her first stop when coming into the yard Sunday.  Yesterday she tried to go swimming in it!  TOOOO funny.  Will try to get some pics.  Although that could be a difficult task when the papparazzi is rolling on the ground in laughter.

Here's the link to her photobucket album:

http://s81.photobucket.com/albums/j213/migrandl/Onyx/


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Trying to get 2 newfie pups to their foster homes from Autumn Acres.  There are a couple of legs needing filling.  I'm getting one of them, and am planning on picking him/her up in Buffalo, NY.

Contact info is in the itinerary:

Please crosspost widely...

Transport for 2 Newf pups going from rescue to their approved foster home.

Run is set for August 12 & 13th and as a back up on August 19 & 20th.

Transport goes from Quincy, IL to Albany, NY & Ontario, Canada.
One foster mom will come over border to Niagara Falls to take to Canada and the other to Albany, NY.
 
All legs are flexible, so if you can do just a part of one leg, just let me know.

Responsible Rescue: Autumn Acres Animal Rescue
Rescue website: http://www.petfinderorg/shelters/KS87.html
Coordinator: Donna Palen
Emergency #'s i.e. Run: 816-776-3022 cell 928-458-0616
Coordinator email : dpalen@msn.com or donna@autumnacres.org

BREED: Newfoundlands
VET RECORDS:  Yes 
UTD ON SHOTS:  Yes
DEWORMED:  Yes
SPAYED/NEUTERED: YES!
TEMPERAMENT: Both are not leash trained, and are somewhat shy, but they love attention
CRATE: Optional (but not needed) 

Tentative schedule and itinerary:

Saturday, August 12th (or 19th as a back up date), 2006

1. Quincy, IL - Springfield, IL - 2 hrs -110 miles-  8am-10am  FILLED

2. Springfield - Bloomington, IL -  1 hour - 64 miles 10:15am- 11:15am   FILLED

3. Bloomington, IL to Joliet, IL, IN - 84 miles - 1 hr, 10 min. 11:30a-12:45pm  FILLED
   
4. Joliet, IL to  South Bend, IN - 78 miles 1 hour 5 min. - 12:55p-3:00pm (time zone change)  NEEDED

5.  South Bend, IN to I-69 Junction (exit 156), IN - 84 miles 1 hour 10 min.  3:15p - 4:25pm     NEEDED

6. I-69 to Toledo 'burb (Maumee?), OH - 75 miles 1 hour - 4:35pm-5:35pm
 
7. Toledo area to Cleveland, OH - 115 miles - 2 hours - 5:45pm - 7:45pm
 
Overnight in Cleveland area FILLED

Sunday, August 13th (or 20th), 2006

8. Cleveland, OH to Conneaut(just past Ashtabula), OH - 70 miles 1 hour    8:30am-9:30am    FILLED

9. Conneaut, OH to Dunkirk, NY - 64 miles 1 hour  9:40a-10:40a    FILLED

10. Dunkirk, NY to Buffalo, NY - 45 miles OR to Niagara Falls is 67 miles  10:50am-11:45am/12:10pm   FILLED

One gets off here in the Niagra Falls area.
 
11. Buffalo, NY to Rochester, NY- 78 miles - 1 hr, 10 min., 12:20pm-1:30pm
 
12. Rochester to Syracuse, NY- 90 miles - 1.5 hours 1:40pm-2:10pm
 
13. Syracuse to Oneida, NY - 84 miles - 1hr., 15 min. - 2:20pm-3:35pm
 
14. Oneida to Fultonville, NY - 80 miles - 1 hr 10 min. 3:45pm-4:55pm
 
15. Fultonville, NY to Saratoga Spgs via rte 50 - 42 miles- 1hr. 5:05pm-5:45pm
 
16. Saratoga Spgs to Queensbury - Foster home

Thank you all for your help!!!

Donna Palen

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I'm getting a foster pup and we're trying to fill a leg (or two, or three) to get 2 pups (one is going to Canada)from Autumn Acres to at least Buffalo, NY.  If anyone can help get the pups to their new foster homes it would be greatly appreciated.  Contact information is in the itinerary.

Please crosspost widely...

Transport for 2 Newf pups going from rescue to their approved foster home.

Run is set for August 12 & 13th and as a back up on August 19 & 20th.

Transport goes from Quincy, IL to Albany, NY & Ontario, Canada.
One foster mom will come over border to Niagara Falls to take to Canada and the other to Albany, NY.
 
All legs are flexible, so if you can do just a part of one leg, just let me know.

Responsible Rescue: Autumn Acres Animal Rescue
Rescue website: http://www.petfinderorg/shelters/KS87.html
Coordinator: Donna Palen
Emergency #'s i.e. Run: 816-776-3022 cell 928-458-0616
Coordinator email : dpalen@msn.com or donna@autumnacres.org

BREED: Newfoundlands
VET RECORDS:  Yes 
UTD ON SHOTS:  Yes
DEWORMED:  Yes
SPAYED/NEUTERED: YES!
TEMPERAMENT: Both are not leash trained, and are somewhat shy, but they love attention
CRATE: Optional (but not needed) 

Tentative schedule and itinerary:

Saturday, August 12th (or 19th as a back up date), 2006

1. Quincy, IL - Springfield, IL - 2 hrs -110 miles-  8am-10am  FILLED

2. Springfield - Bloomington, IL -  1 hour - 64 miles 10:15am- 11:15am   FILLED

3. Bloomington, IL to Joliet, IL, IN - 84 miles - 1 hr, 10 min. 11:30a-12:45pm  FILLED
   
4. Joliet, IL to  South Bend, IN - 78 miles 1 hour 5 min. - 12:55p-3:00pm (time zone change)  NEEDED

5.  South Bend, IN to I-69 Junction (exit 156), IN - 84 miles 1 hour 10 min.  3:15p - 4:25pm     NEEDED

6. I-69 to Toledo 'burb (Maumee?), OH - 75 miles 1 hour - 4:35pm-5:35pm
 
7. Toledo area to Cleveland, OH - 115 miles - 2 hours - 5:45pm - 7:45pm
 
Overnight in Cleveland area FILLED

Sunday, August 13th (or 20th), 2006

8. Cleveland, OH to Conneaut(just past Ashtabula), OH - 70 miles 1 hour    8:30am-9:30am    FILLED

9. Conneaut, OH to Dunkirk, NY - 64 miles 1 hour  9:40a-10:40a    FILLED

10. Dunkirk, NY to Buffalo, NY - 45 miles OR to Niagara Falls is 67 miles  10:50am-11:45am/12:10pm   FILLED

One gets off here in the Niagra Falls area.
 
11. Buffalo, NY to Rochester, NY- 78 miles - 1 hr, 10 min., 12:20pm-1:30pm
 
12. Rochester to Syracuse, NY- 90 miles - 1.5 hours 1:40pm-2:10pm
 
13. Syracuse to Oneida, NY - 84 miles - 1hr., 15 min. - 2:20pm-3:35pm
 
14. Oneida to Fultonville, NY - 80 miles - 1 hr 10 min. 3:45pm-4:55pm
 
15. Fultonville, NY to Saratoga Spgs via rte 50 - 42 miles- 1hr. 5:05pm-5:45pm
 
16. Saratoga Spgs to Queensbury - Foster home

Thank you all for your help!!!

Donna Palen

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Mixed Breed Discussion / Update on Smudge our rescue
« on: July 05, 2006, 11:39:49 pm »
Just a quick update on our Newf/Border Collie mix, Smudge (the artist formerly known as Cindy).  She's been with us for just over a month and what a treasure she is!! Moose (our soon to be 12 yo German Shepherd) gets along pretty well with her - actually, he mostly ignores her.  Smudge has been to my brother's (unc's house) to play with his puppy a few times - she's not too sure what this play thing is, but ok, mom's here so she guesses she'll go along with it.  LOL  Smudge is a sweetie - always, and I do mean ALWAYS - happy whenever someone comes home.  She has her new daddy wrapped right around her little paw - her first night here she got him to invite her onto the couch!  She loves to start the night sleeping with us, then she'll either go into Samantha's room or Billy's room.  We have discovered that she does NOT like thunder or hard rain.  I haven't been home when you can hear the fireworks from up in Lake George, so I don't know what her reaction to fireworks is.  She LOVES to ride!  Loves, loves, loves it.  She can be a bit of an escape artist - but my youngest, Billy who's 16, has been taking her for walks around the neighborhood so that has greatly reduced the escape attempts.  She's  a sweetie through and through.  I'm so glad we rescued her! I don't know her prior history, but she's living the life of Reilly now!



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My bad... the link should work now, I didn't realize that I had to make the album public for you guys to view it.

Smudge had her first vet visit today.  Doc walked in, took one look at her and said, well, you may have started out with a newf, but someone washed her in hot water and she shrunk!  :D  She's got a clean bill of health and right now is sleeping off her first walk around the neighborhood. 

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 ;D

I have to resize the pics I've taken so far, but if you want to see some pics of Smuge on her first day home, just click (or copy and past)the link....

http://s81.photobucket.com/albums/j213/migrandl/

Smudge has the size, snout and ears of a Border Collie, coat of a Newf (which is in desperate need of a brushing/bathing), so far she's very quiet (I'm sure that will change once she finally figures out that she's here to stay) and the very gentle mouth of a newfie... when giving her something she is oh so gentle, almost takes it with her lips!  She is just the sweetest thing!!!!


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Mixed Breed Discussion / WOOOT!! She's coming home Sunday!!!
« on: May 18, 2006, 10:54:38 pm »
;D ;D ;D  Finally got home from work about 11:40 Thursday and opened my emails to find that transport for Cindy/Smudge had been 99.9% completed... still one leg left to fill at that point.  Then logged onto another message board to find and offer to fill the last remaining leg of Cindy/Smudge's journey to her forever home!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO OT!  :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D

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Mixed Breed Pictures / Coming to her new forever home this weekend!
« on: May 18, 2006, 07:59:30 am »
This is our rescue currently named Cindy.  She's coming to her forever home this Sunday from Va.  She's supposed to be Newfie/Border Collie... we'll see when we pick her up! ;D


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Introduce Yourself to the Forum / Re: Howdy
« on: May 15, 2006, 11:21:33 pm »
Hi Jaime!
Thanks for the welcome!  I can't wait to see my new girl either LOL.  Hopefully all works in getting transport together and I'll be meeting her on Sunday.

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Introduce Yourself to the Forum / Re: Howdy
« on: May 15, 2006, 11:04:11 pm »
Hi Marissa!  Nice to meet you too.  Will 'introduce' everyone to my new dog as soon as we finally get her here to Upstate NY... right now she's in WV awaiting transport.  As soon as she arrives in her new forever home, I'll be posting pictures.  The pic I've put up currently is of my first Newf, Trouble who crossed the bridge at 13 years old... no, that's NOT a misprint.. 13 years old!!! 

Marilyn

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