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Has anybody seen this video on Youtube?  4 NEWFS!!!  A houseful of Newfs, and what a interesting house too.  And what's up with the music in the background??  I think this is from Europe, from the sound of the guys voice. The video is nothing special but the dogs are just so chill and remind me so much of Drake.  Essence of Newf.  Makes me want to get another Newf.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1GP5ZPnUeQ&search=Newfoundland%20dog

Since so many of us here love to take pics of our doggies, I thought this might be worth sharing.  The American Humane Association and Bush's Baked Beans are putting on their annual Photo contest and if you submit and win one of the catagories, you will recieve a prize package worth $5000!  No too bad for just submitting a photo.  Here's a link to the contest page, GOOD LUCK!

http://www.americanhumane.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ev_petsandpals

After waiting and waiting, VIP Fibers finally spun Drake's fur and it arrived in today's mail.  I'M SO STOKED!!!  So now I have the fur, next I'm sending it to my friend in Fresno who Crochets all the time.  Hopefully, she is going to create me a masterpiece to cherish forever, something to keep for when Drake makes his trip over the Rainbow Bridge. (I don't even want to think about that day)  I can't wait for my hat!  To be continued.....

I attached some photos of what they sent me, I love the little seal they put on the packaging and the personalized Drake tag on the yarn.  Good stuff!!!

Hey all, thought this would be worth sharing.  Poor Drakey got some nasty hot spots on his tail and we had to take him to the vet.  Long story short, his tail had to be shaved so the sores could heal and this was the result.  It looks kind of like a French Poodle tail, but I like to call it his "Lion tail" so he doesn't get a complex.  I swear he is embarrassed by it.  Everybody laughs when they see him, POOR BUDDY!!! We just hope it grows back quickly.  I added the last picture from our Tahoe trip last weekend for a more majestic look of his tail, I don't think the beautiful scenery helps much, he still looks funny.

During this month at work, whenever I get stressed out or bored, I look up at my BPO calendar and see Bear's big fuzzy mug staring right back at me.  Cheers me up every time.  He looks so mellow, wise and happy all at the same time.  He's got the 1/4 tongue hang going too, LOVE IT!!!  Yogi does that alot too.  Can't wait to see Bear again one day and give him a big hug, plus, he and Drake need to play again. 

I thought I'd let you all know that Drake is 4 years old today!!!    Tonight, he will get lots of love, yummy food and Frosty paws with candles.  It seems like yesterday that he was the size he was in the pictures below.  Now he is such a big, well behaved man.  We feel so lucky to be part of his life.  Happy birthday Buddy!

Last night, an acquaintance of ours brought a sweet little girl Newf over to our house.  It is a pretty sad story.  She came from what sounds like a total backyard breeder that was being very irresponsible and overbreeding her dogs.  I guess she had one 4 year old St. Bernard as well that had already had 4 litters.  Well this little girl Newf was the offspring of one of this "breeders" Newfs and they had to move and couldn't keep her.  She was given to a shelter and has been passed around several different foster families.  She had really bad cherry eyes and she finally got corrective surgery but I'm not sure one eye is completely corrected yet.  At 10 months old, she still hasn't had her heart and hips checked so I'm not sure of her status there.  She didn't really interact with Drake too much, but that's probably because she's so stressed out.  She is very sweet, but obviously a troubled dog.   Very needy and you can tell she wants someone who will give her the love she's never gotten.  It's like she knows exactly what's going on, probably because she been passed around so much.  She didn't even want to get in the car to leave our place, so sad.  We have thought about getting a rescue Newf and that's why we had our friend bring her to our house, but she is going to require more attention that we can give right now.  We're just being realistic and want to avoid a bad situation and this poor girl being passed over again.  Our friend is currently fostering her, but isn't sure she if she will keep her.  Can anybody help?  Please let me know because this dog really needs a loving family!!!  I have contacted the NCNC but I want to spread the word to as many people as possible.

I was driving to Napa with Drake yesterday and just as I was getting into town, I saw a woman walking a large, black dog down the street.  I thought, "That's gotta be a Newf", so I pulled over to say Hi.  I can't resist an opportunity to meet a Newf.  I pulled over onto the shoulder and rolled down the windows.  Drake stuck his big head out after he saw it was another Newf and the woman walked over to my car.  She suddenly said, "Hey I know you, aren't you Newf Lover on BPO?  And you must be Drake"   It turned out to be Locompmo, remember her?  She had that beautiful Newf, Dartagnan that unfortunately ate snail poison?  And she had the big girl Newf, Miss Otis?  She hasn't been on BPO for a while but I think she may come back soon. It was too cool to, just by chance, bump into someone who is a BPO-er.  She had a handsome Newf with her named Solomon who she is currently fostering and we had a nice conversation, right there on the side of the road.  I just thought I would share this with you all, it was a really cool, chance encounter and put a big smile on my face.  Locompmo, if you read this, let's stay in touch and do a Wine tasting tour of Napa with the boys this Summer.