tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58069477497076106432024-11-01T03:55:33.758-04:00The Big Dog Blog for people who love Newfoundlands, or Newfies as we call them. You may have a Newfie, be a lover of dogs, or think you may want to own a Newfoundland, follow my blog and find out how loving and wonderful a Newfie can be! On the other hand find out how saturated your house may become with slobber and fur! Meet Moose and Yogi, and join in on their day to day life. Enjoy a few laughs on living with Newfies!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806947749707610643.post-1836525630747068652011-11-19T16:38:00.000-05:002011-11-19T16:38:34.584-05:00

The first Saturday of December marks the annual St Augustine Florida Christmas Parade.   For many years now the Newfoundland Club of Florida makes a huge showing, and plays a major roll in this parade.  Newfs gather from all across the state to walk, ride, and pull carts in this parade.  As many as 50 Newfoundland Dogs can be seen, many in festive holiday attire walking in the

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There are many good books on Newfoundlad Dogs.  I will post a few of the books that I have and were recommended to me during my decision days (there really was no decision to be made for me, ha! ha!) of wanting to become a Newfie owner.  Each book adds a little bit of information, and of course those great pictures, one never tires of looking at Newfie pictures! The first

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We we never made it to the Christmas Parade, it was pouring the rain down where we live so we did not make the trip.  I did hear the weather did clear up in time for the parade and it was a success with lots of Newfies!   So sorry we missed such an awsome event, to see so many Newfoundlands of all ages gathered together at one time is a wonderful sight!    It

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My favorite Christmas Parade.   The St Augustine Christmas Parade is this coming weekend, always on the first Saturday of December in St Augustine Florida.   The parade is one of Florida's largest and always includes the Newfoundland Club of Florida Dog Club Newfies!   The best part of the parade by far.  What an awsome sight to see up to 50

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Having fun with my new designs. I always make special stamps for the holidays! make custom gifts at Zazzle

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make custom gifts at Zazzle

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Okay, so Yogi the Newf was in big trouble for eating a plate of raw hamburgers ready for grilling and some rice cakes all in a day or two!   He laid low for a couple of days after getting his feelings hurt from his scolding.  Poor guy.   He always apologizeds though, in his own special way.   He fnally crawled up in to bed with his daddy yesterday morning and

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FOR FUN NEWFOUNDLAND DOG SHIRTS, CLOTHING AND GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFTS VISIT MY STORE!

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It seems that our youngest Newfie, who is almost 3 years old has gone back to some very bad habits that he arrived at our house with.   He was a counter shopper....food his number one priority in life.  After becoming a part of our household at 13 months, he quickly ended his food shopping, which also include hair brushes, toilet paper, paper towels and any gadgets left on counters

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The following poem was writtin by the nineteenth-century English romantic poet, George Gordon, Lord Byron after the death of his beloved Newfoundland BOATSWAIN who was his constant companion and had been by his side since he was a young boy.  Upon the death of his Newf, Lord Byron vowed to one day be buried by his side upon his own death, which unfortunately did not

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Today the Newfie boys got to go the the Doggy Days Festival!   It was a little warmer than we would have liked, but it didn't seem to matter to Moose and Yogi.  They were very excited to visit with other dogs and take in all of those doggy smells!   The festival was very nice and was a big hit.   There were a lot of booths set up, some with rescue dog

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Finally we have some cool weather here in Florida.  Moose knows what this means.  Instead of his morning outing in the yard and then off to find a quiet place to sleep off the day, he follows us everywhere and gives us the stare down until we give in and take him somewhere.  Yogi hasn''t figured out this cool weather thing should mean we get more daytime outings, but I'm sure he

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The boys favorite place for evening walks is a nice little street that runs right off of the beach.  There are lots of shops and pubs, a nice sea breeze and we all get to met some very friendly and interesting people who visit the town from all over the world.  The local community doesn't need much of an excuse to host a festival, art walk, parade or any themed event.  

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Why is it that every once in a while I decide to walk around the house in bare feet?   I know better than to do that!   Even if the coast looks clear, I seem to step in a wet spot somewhere!   When it comes to Newfies, no matter what you try with the water bowl situation, the is no dry solution!  If anyone out there has anything that works, please let me know!&

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It is so good to be back home hugging my big furry boys!   Vacations are fun, however we sure do miss our Newfoundlands!  We were out of town for about 10 days and it is really hard to be away from them.  They are every bit as huggable as they look!  They were very happy to see us, not that they are not spoiled rotten by their God Parents while we

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Bath time for the boys.  I changed up this time and decided to bath one of them each day.   It is quite a chore.  Yesterday was Yogi's day, Moose stood by and watched.  It takes a good hour each dog, not including dry time.  Poor Moose, he looked so sad when I finished bathing Yogi yesterday and took them both back in to the house.  Yogi was feeling pretty good

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I went to the bank to trade in a bunch of one dollar bills that we had been saving all year.   Handed the nice teller my rubber banded stack of ones, she slowly lifted her hand back through the window and in it was a tangled mess of black Newfie hair!    I gave a quick appoligy and tried to explain that I owned two huge black furry dogs.   I don't think

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