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Love and The Newfoundland dog 2/3/2013 12:26:24 PM
Newfies, as the Newfoundland dog is sometimes called, are a large breed of dog with a great temperament. This makes them a good choice for families with children. They are also referred to as the "nanny" dog. Their natural instinct, among others, is to protect and watch over children. That was a good lead-in wasn't it! Those words are something you may find in a lot of breed books and training books for Newfies. The authors that write such good descriptions are correct in their attempt to describe a wonderful breed.
When you choose your Newf puppy, you learn very quickly that the description above is what the little angel will grow into when properly trained. Are they a badly behaving puppy, you ask? No, not exactly, their just not perfect.
They grow fast, which is no problem, but their thinking process and their owners are two different things. The puppy is still a puppy when he is thirty inches tall and weighs one hundred and twenty pounds. As he does those puppy things, like all puppies do, your husband is yelling at you to let you know he is too big to do those things and why haven't you taught him better than this? As you pull the remote control out of your puppies mouth, wipe off the slime, and clean up the food he pulled off the kitchen counter, you hear your husband in the other room yelling at your sweet puppy to get his big drooling muzzle off his chest and please bring him a towel for the slobbery mess he has made on his nice clean shirt. That's when you remind him that he is just a puppy. Need I say more! I could go on and on.
Later, when your hubby settles down and looks into the big goofy puppies eyes and sees the heart that's as big as the dog itself, he whispers softly what a good dog he is. That's when you know your hubby truly loves you for choosing such a nice sweet puppy. He loves my Newfie puppy too. Because I love my hubby, I'll just wait a few more months before I tell him I want another puppy.
