Hi everybody,
I have been participating in the "I'm looking for a newf puppy" discussion. Well, after reading a lot of your posts on this board, I contacted my local Newfie breed club. They have been sooooo helpful. I've decided to look for a young adult, because I believe that that will be the best fit for my Golden Chase. I've put in an application with the club. I've already heard back from them. However, one of the members of the club suggested that I cantact a breeder that she knows occasionally places adults. Last night I e-mailed the breeder. To my surprise I was called today with a response. Yes he does have a 2 year old, gray, male, newf. The dog is 6 hours away, which is pretty close considering the location of most breeders in relation to myself. Here's all the info that I have. Of course I'm not going to give out the name of the breeder, but I need to see if the information I have rings true to other experienced newf owners.
The breeder has been in contact with the dog his whole life. In fact the dog has stayed with them when the owners have gone on vacation. The owners are "rich" as the breeder puts it, but are getting a divorce. He says " The dog is very smart, but not a dog to show." He doesn't have "great bone or a great head". (I'm going off of my notes so the details are sketchy.) He's not dog aggressive, which is very, very important to me. He's lived with yorkies and with other newfs. He's clear for hips, heart, and cysternia. (The breeder kind of laughed at me when I asked that. In my ignorance I didn't realize that dogs with thet particular urinary disease die when they are pups.) I forgot to ask if he was nuetered. Are there any other questions that y'all can think of? I feel like I'm forgetting something.
Also... the breeder is willing to part with the dog for $600.00. Does that sound reseanable to you guys??? I'm new to this. It seems to me that the breeder has had the dog for 1 day. I'll be able to go and get him fairly quickly if I decide he's the dog for me. The dog was already sold once. W ???hy should he bring such a high price??? I'm ignorant. The rescue newfs are $350.00. I KNOW that rescue doesn't make a penny off of those dogs. Many times they loose money on them. $600.00??? Please tell me what you think.