That brown one in the first picture look like the king over the castle sat all upright and tall
I can't get over the size of them. I bet they take a bit of feeding don't they?????
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You really ought to consider ownership very carefully. I've not had a proper holiday in the 10 years I've had them. They take over your life and lifestyle. They're a people dog, they just love being with people. The coat can't be clipped in Summer so it's air con and you still feel bad because they're panting for cool air. They're an arctic breed and really not suited to our climate. The coat carries so much dust, leaves, weed seeds, general detritus, your house never looks clean and that's still after fortnightly visits to the groomer for baths, the coat is constantly shedding hair, very fine hair that gets everywhere, take the top off a boiled egg and there's a hair in it, in the butter, almost every mouthfull of food has the obligatory hair, it gets into everything, even the computer where the cooling fan pulls it in. Slobber you wouldn't believe and not only that, projectile slobber that can travel 20 feet at the shake of the head, TV screen, ceiling, dinner, walls and it's so viscous it can hang from the ceiling like a stalactite.stuartstaples wrote:They are magnificent Gerry. A wonderful breed and I would love to have one at some time.
The brown, Oscar weighs 75 Kgs, the Black, Benson was 97Kgs I won't go on about food bills, bad breeders, hearts, hips, elbows, cystinuria, skin conditions, arthritis, growing pains, diet, vet's bills, insurance premiums. You think a Skyline is expensive to run? Peanuts by comparison. Then you need the 2 seater people carrier, the caravan or tent, the wet and dry suits, the cart and all the paraphernalia, travelling the country to different swimming and carting tests and events. Trips to Southampton for hip & elbow x-rays, Cumbria for heart testing, King's Lynne for Chiropractic, no I won't go on. But worth every penny and minute for the enjoyment they've given me.
Handle every stressful situation like a dog. If you can't eat it or hump it, piss on it and walk away!
Wasn't us, I only have the brown one now. We used to belong to the East Anglia Newfy club and go round the Norfolk & Suffolk coast raising money for the local lifeboat stations by doing rescue demos. I didn't know but many of them aren't funded by the RNLI and have to raise their own funds to operate. We were in the club for about a year when my black one became too ill to travel.gtst lad wrote:Huge dogs.
Were you in Wroxham with them the other week as i saw a black and brown dog the same as the recently 8)
Handle every stressful situation like a dog. If you can't eat it or hump it, piss on it and walk away!
I think I heard about that but as usual, too late.murano3 wrote:Hugggeeee, they had a segment about them rescuing people on GMTV the other morning i'm sure.
They're instinctive water rescuers and can be a bit of a pain at the beach, as you can imagine.
Handle every stressful situation like a dog. If you can't eat it or hump it, piss on it and walk away!
So I guess that rules Gerry's house out for the BigPower barbeque then :lol:Gerry H wrote:The coat carries so much dust, leaves, weed seeds, general detritus, your house never looks clean and that's still after fortnightly visits to the groomer for baths, the coat is constantly shedding hair, very fine hair that gets everywhere, take the top off a boiled egg and there's a hair in it, in the butter, almost every mouthfull of food has the obligatory hair, it gets into everything, even the computer where the cooling fan pulls it in. Slobber you wouldn't believe and not only that, projectile slobber that can travel 20 feet at the shake of the head, TV screen, ceiling, dinner, walls and it's so viscous it can hang from the ceiling like a stalactite.
Great dogs - I think Tony Bell has one of these too :thumb:
If ever anyone visits, for the first time, I tell them that under no circumstance are they to wear anything but their old clothes and if you don't like dogs, don't bother visiting in the first place. Somehow we get very few visitors these daysdynamix wrote:So I guess that rules Gerry's house out for the BigPower barbeque then :lol:Gerry H wrote:The coat carries so much dust, leaves, weed seeds, general detritus, your house never looks clean and that's still after fortnightly visits to the groomer for baths, the coat is constantly shedding hair, very fine hair that gets everywhere, take the top off a boiled egg and there's a hair in it, in the butter, almost every mouthfull of food has the obligatory hair, it gets into everything, even the computer where the cooling fan pulls it in. Slobber you wouldn't believe and not only that, projectile slobber that can travel 20 feet at the shake of the head, TV screen, ceiling, dinner, walls and it's so viscous it can hang from the ceiling like a stalactite.
Who's Tony Bell? I'm sure he'd corroborate what I've written. Must be a great bloke if he has a Newfy and likes carsdynamix wrote:Great dogs - I think Tony Bell has one of these too :thumb:
Handle every stressful situation like a dog. If you can't eat it or hump it, piss on it and walk away!
