Hi Everyone, new to this site and just looking in to the newf part. I am the proud new owner of a rescue newf called Annabelle. She is such a darling. And she is the new companion of our Border CollieXGolden retriever Tessa My and Australian Kelpie Nugget. We had just recently lost our beloved Rescue Newf Zack and the Newf rescue people sent us a picture of Annabele, see attached. She looked soooo sad
And had been looking for a home for 3-4 months. So we drove the 600kms and picked her up. She was out of control and quite scared of my hubby, but with a lot of love and some "tough love" she has become such a doll. We took her to a trainer this weekend to test her for aggression, as she barks at all men. But he says she is just worried,very shy and not aggresive. Even when he pushed towards her and with his amazing one hour training session, made her a lot more confident and she was great with him and his male friend, whom he asked to approach her.He has shown us some methods and we are now going for weekly sessions. :)She will be socialized with people and dogs. She adores kids and is good with horses and dogs. Someone has been very hard on this dog. She is thin, weighing 39kgs, she will be about 50 when we have her up to weight. She is just the most cuddly dog. Just nuzzles in to you and she is lying on my feet right now.How can people do these things to dogs.
Tessa adores her, as she was missing her mate Zack so much. We still miss him so much. He had his third stroke and had to be put down. He is my atavar, in memory of a great friend.He also had a sad life before we took him in.
I love newfs and wil always be owned by a newf. Tessa looks like a mini newf. And Nugget is our work dog, now retired.I hope to learn from and enjoy this site
