My newfoundland pupyp Little bear,

[SteveSS]

I bought a female Newfoundland puppy in January of 2013. Little Bear. She is almost full grown this spring of 2014. She's about 125-130 pounds, Not bad, but the males go to 175. She looks like the dog in this commercial. His name is Bennie. Please watch.​

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPyHSHUK65k

Little bear jumps up on my bed at night and that's a pretty good leap. She can jump up into the seat of lifted 1972 ford 4x4 truck in one graceful move. Yesterday we went to the barn at the ranch where the Camaro SS and the 1971 Challenger are stored. We have a cool factory silver cover for the Camaro, it even says Camaro SS on the front. For the Challenger we have 3 quilts draped over it, one on the trunk, one on the roof and one on the hood. I guess the padded quilt on the hood looked enough like my bed at home, so Little Bear jumped straight up on the hood of the Challenger with paws and claws, and you guessed it, the size of an adolescent bear,. I was somewhat stunned by seeing this Ursa Minor on the hood of our most-prized automobile, but tried to remain calm and get her down it without claws touching paint and me not raising my voice and octave and several decibels. I think it worked. No scratches on a cursory exam.

Tonight we played fetch indoors since it was a little muddy outside I figured I had tired her out and she would calm down and sleep the rest of this Thursday night. I began planning my day for tomorrow. I put my paycheck for the bank and new tag registration stickers for the Hummer by the front door so I wouldn't forget them. Came down later and she had eaten both! Just enough left to prove I'm not lying when I have call accounting in Texas and send them little wet scraps of the check then go the DMV and try to explain why my dog found the vinyl stickers to be the tastiest bits and fully ingested them.

Whaddya gonna do? I love her.

 

[eagleone1983]

And my wife wants one of these dogs because they are "Gentle Giants" sheesh I guess only to people.

 

[HYRDGOON]

Let's see some pics of Little Bear!

Love the stories of her "snacks" too I know exactly where you're coming from on trying to explain things my dog has eaten

 

[SteveSS]

Last spring she ate a new pair of cowboy boots and a couple pairs of tennis shoes but she was teething She digs holes in the yard. I filled them at Halloween so the children wouldn't trip. This week the ground has thawed and she has dug out the holes again. Some stores in the area are dog friendly. Bass Pro Shops, Petsmart, Big R (a ranch store) I can hold her lease and stop her, it's when she changes directions and you aren't expecting it that she can pull you off your feet. I know the Gentle Giant talk. This is a 130lb bounding puppy She gets so excited when you throw a toy she leaps in the air. It surprises me to see a dog with big teeth right at eye level.

 

[roadrunnerman]

Those dogs are gentle giants and the bad thing is they don't know there own strength.

 

[1969CoronetR/T]

Cute puppy. I have to pick up after two Weimaraners, you will need a shovel.

 

[Budnicks]

Wow she sounds like a handful, for sure... I've had my Labs do some minor damage to a few things as puppies, they get disciplined & taught not to do those things again, from the get go... But they also aren't 130#+ behemoths either... If she's anything like that dog in the commercial, I'd invest some serious time in obedience training or something along those lines, there's no reason for a well trained animal to do that stuff, of any breed... You may already know this, but they tear stuff up when they are bored usually or they're just not stimulated enough, sometimes it's separation anxiety... Any breed not just that one, just when they're big breed it seems much, much worse.... Good luck, I'd like to see some photos of her, being a die hard dog person myself, especially some puppy photos...

 

[SteveSS]

Little Bear has been to obedience school. She did very well. They use positive reinforcement for desired outcomes and Little Bear is all about the treats. I think the car jump was a mistaken identity. She thought it was a bed. The check and registration I'm not sure about. The hole digging I'm going to have to learn about. The school said we have to work on "Loose lease wandering." That's when we stop in a store and she changes direction. She does the sit, stay, shake, lie down, and lease walking perfectly.

She LOVES people and other dogs. She is just so big she scares them when she comes bounding up. Here's a male.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOcBJekxlr8

 

[Budnicks]

that's funny "Is that a bear ??" doooooogh

 

[quicknick]

Congrats on the new addition to your family. Those dogs are awesome. We have a couple of "gentle giants" ourselves.

 

[HYRDGOON]

Some nice looking hounds there Quicknick! My (not-so-bright) niece got the (not-so) bright idea that she was going to breed her brindle Dane and make some money off the puppies.... well her Dane got knocked up younger than it should have (just over a year old) and had 5 pups... last I heard she's only been able to unload one and she lives my sister so there's an Aussie Shepherd, A 2 year old Dane and 4 - 6 month old Danes under one roof right now!

 

[Cranky]

Good looking dogs! My kanine days are pretty much over but we have a couple of prairie dogs and even tho they are only 2 lbs a piece, they do more than their fair share of chewing stuff up! Got to stay on top of them for sure when they are allowed to roam the house but at least they are cheap to feed lol

 

[conv67bdere]

My Gentle Giant . . . love these dogs ! ! !

Here's my rescued gentle giant . . .



sacked out in the backyard while I work on the Belvedere . . .

 

[HYRDGOON]

Here's my crazy pack! the product of a blended household I guess you could say! lol

 

[1969CoronetR/T]

My gray ghosts. The male is 100 pounds and the female is 85 pounds.

 

[SteveSS]

This is Little Bear a few months ago with my daughter Kylie. Little Bear is larger now. Okay I'm going to paraphrase Raising Arizona one of my favorite movies regarding Little Bear';

H.I.: She's a scandal in't she, she's a little outlaw. Ed McDonnough: Naw, she-she-she's a good girl.
H.I.: She ain't too good, you can tell by that twinkle in her eye.

 

[65 Plymouth Satellite 426]

You Guys Have Cute Dogs!

 

[SteveSS]

When people speak of Newfoundland Rescue Dogs they don't mean you are rescuing them, they are rescuing you. You can read the link.

http://www.doggiebuddy.com/incredible-helicopter-jumping-rescue-dogs/