Spring 2012 Update

Taylor is pictured here helping Bob redo the fencing around our apple trees. The newfies have the tendency to watch the deer as opposed to chasing them away.

We were back in the show ring with Lincoln. He took Best of Winners at the Newfoundland Booster held at the Tyee show for a lovely win of 4 points. Lincoln then finished his championship at the Nanaimo show. He really did enjoy all the fluffing and buffing. We are back to Tracking and onto Rally. Jackie came into season but we decided not to breed her as the timing for the puppies really did not fit into our plans for the fall so hopefully next spring we will have more time for a litter of pups.

Winter 2012 Update

Lincoln has been enjoying his tracking sessions. We’ve been doing some circle tracks with Jackie and her nose is right on the ground.

Both Lincoln and Jackie have been to homework obedience nights at our kennel club. Jackie has the fastest “arounds” of all the newfies we’ve owned. She’s quick! Every afternoon we go for a walk out and about the property. Jackie is always leading the way but checks often to make sure that we are not far behind.

We’ve had a new addition to our family! Our first grandbaby arrived on Dec. 29 2011. Guess we’re going to have to get the cart out and start practicing. Toooo exciting.

Fall 2011 Update

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas with luck and happiness in the New Year.

Summer 2011 Update

Berrypoint’s Dani turned 10 years old in August. We get wonderful updates from her owner. Dani and her “mom” volunteer at their local library.





A few months ago I purchased a booster bath. We had used one at the Canadian nationals and I thought it was wonderful. Years ago Bob had set up a great outdoor bathing area for the dogs, but this device is so easy and so light to move around. Lincoln and Jackie both enjoy sitting or standing in this while being bathed. We continue to do our tracking. All of the kids have come home during the summer for a visit and all have been giving extra attention to the newfs…they love it.

Spring Update 2011

We have collected all of our saliva swabs for the cruciate study going on in England. Owners who had dogs related to ours kindly participated in the study as well.

It has been a very wet and cold spring but we were able to get out and lay a few tracks in our endeavor to master tracking. Lincoln received his OFA clearances for heart and patellas. We also submitted his swabs for the OFA DNA data bank.

Winter 2011 Update

We have been spending time with my parents over in Richmond. The newfies have been well cared for by my husband and friends. Renée and Mike came out to visit during the holiday season and spent many hours outside walking with the dogs.

Summer Update

Summer shows were put on hold as Bob and I went to Europe for a few weeks. My sister kindly looked after and spoiled the dogs. While we were in Amsterdam we visited Willem Wijnberg and his lovely wife along with their berner Dingo and newfie Jessie. Members of our BC Newf Club had been asked to submit headshot photos of their dogs as Willem had kindly offered to paint 4 of the photos of which were auctioned off at the Canadian Newfoundland Specialty held in Chilliwack of this year. The money was then donated towards canine cancer research. One of the photos he chose was of our dear Maxwell. Needless to add but I bid on the painting, had it framed and it is now hanging in our living room. We had a nice visit and I was able to thank Willem personally for the wonderful painting he did of my Maxwell. Willem showed us his studio and his subjects are all so realistic. It was an honour to have met Willem and our visit with him was one of the highlights of our trip.

There is a study going on in England in regards to Newfoundland dogs and cruciate ruptures. We have been busy collecting saliva swabs on our dogs. We hope there will be some findings as to the cause of this dreaded ailment that seems to be affecting so many of our wonderful breed. I guess we have been lucky in the sense that only one of the twelve dogs we have owned ever had a cruciate injury (we purchased him as a breeding male but never bred him and had him neutered). The study compares the DNA of dogs that have had cruciate injuries to the DNA of dogs who have not had any cruciate symptoms over the age of 5 years.

We wish you a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving.