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Hi Jen! Just want to let you know that we love your blog!!! Our sweet Harriet passed away 2 years ago. She was almost 12 and she lived in the US, England, and Japan. She was 140 lbs of muscle and pure love. After a while we got Rosie. She is almost 2 years old now. We followed your advice and my husband built a dog grooming station!! We bought the eqine dog shampoo and the K9 III dog dryer!! Thank you soooooo much!!! Last Sunday we groomed her ourselves!! I need to work on my scissor skills but we are so excited to be able to do this ourselves. Rosie did awesome!! We love your blog and have learned so much, even as experienced Newfie people. Have a wonderful day. Thanks for everything!!! Jackie, John, and Rosie

Hi Jen! Your blog saved me and Khoa, my 1 year old goofy, sweet and adorable Newfie... who can also sometimes be an emotional terrorist :) Khoa was an impulse, I wanted a giant dog a year after I lost my beloved Bassett Hound Chilli. In hindsight, I should have done my research because I now know understand that giant breeds are different; however, with your help and lots of patience and love - on both ends - we are doing much better!! Khoa is a fast learner and she has warmed up my heart. She is slowly warming up my 12yr old Schnauzer's heart (Kika) and my two kitties as well. Our home is a little but crazy these days and the logistics around all my furry kids is a lot... however, nothing brings more but joy into my life than their unconditional love. Thanks again for all your tips and advice. Thank you!!! :)

Hi Jen, my name is Lorraine Marsala and I live with my husband on the East end of Long Island NY. We're a big Italian family, with 5 grandchildren and lots of friends and family. We also live with a beautiful 5 year old Newfie named Joey. He's truly the sweetest big boy and everybody loves him and he loves them right back! Joey is our second Newfie. Before Joey there was Benny who weighed in at 207 lbs. We were blessed to have him in our lives for 10 years. We thought we were getting older and should'nt get another dog, but after 1 year without hugging our beautiful Benny we realized what was missing in our lives.Joey was the best decision we ever made, and after 5 years he is 150 lbs and truly is the sweetest boy. I found your sight while I was looking for info about possibly having Joey neutered because he recently seemed very interested in female dogs. I was happy to hear that you did not neuter your boys . I never neutered Benny, but I never really saw him act as interested as Joey did recently. For the most part Joey is always with us at home, and our family members have male dogs so that seems to work out okay.I felt better about hearing your decision not to neuter, and followed up reading about other medical issues that neutering could bring on. Thanks for popping up on my computer screen just as I was looking for the right decision for Joey. Lorraine Marsala

Your blog has saved me. We rescued an adolescent male newfie this past year after our previous newf passed. Our new boy is a sweet and rowdy goofball and is going to be a great dog for us, but because his personality is the absolute opposite of our previous newf and because he came to us with some challenging medical issues, adolescence is tough. Your blog really helps me put things in perspective, gives me practical tips, and reminds me what will be on the other end of this once he reaches maturity. Thank you!

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