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Sunday, April 11, 2010
The Fortress Has A New Resident
There was no Rumination today because of the new arrival, freshly fetched from Amity Newfoundlands of Mahwah, New Jersey:
Please give a warm welcome to Rufus the Newfus!
UPDATE: Because you're just dying to know: Rufus was born on July 9, 2009, so he's about 9 months old. He's pure black and weighs about 140 lb. (We're praying he won't get too much bigger.) He comes from champion stock on both sides: Pouch Cove Newfoundlands, whose "Josh" won Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in 2004, provided his father "Caleb;" Amity Newfs' "Bella" was his mother. He drools copiously, wants to eat whatever you're eating, and is entirely too affectionate; the C.S.O. and I are going to have to do at least one load of laundry per day for the foreseeable future. He's one ribbon short of being a champion himself, and his breeders, Tom and Diane Broderick of Amity Newfs, will be helping us to show him until he's got it.
Yes, we're going to keep him intact for breeding purposes. (Know any lovelorn female Newfs from good families?)
Comments
Isn’t he beautiful! Now my beloved wants one..
Hi Rufus. Remember, start training ‘em early and they’ll throw sticks for you all day.Posted by KG on 04/11/2010 at 06:51 PMHow can something that big be so cute?
Posted by on 04/11/2010 at 07:23 PMOh, who’s an adorable puppeh!!?? Yes, that’s one adorable bit of trouble. Congrats!
Posted by Joan of Argghh! on 04/11/2010 at 07:47 PMawwwww So sweet!
I need a dog. /whine
Posted by Deb S. on 04/11/2010 at 08:37 PMHey, say “hello” for me!
What a magnificent new member of the family!
I hope you all enjoy each other.
MC
Posted by mostly cajun on 04/11/2010 at 08:53 PMDoes Rufus the Newfus like to drink screech?
I found it to be the “beverage of choice” of the real Newfies that I met when stationed there while in the army. All you have to do is teach him to say: “Gew hewm yoink” which is newfie for “go home yank”; to which the standard rejoinder was: “I’d like nothing better Newf”.
Posted by ΛΕΟΝΙΔΑΣ on 04/11/2010 at 09:24 PMadorbs.
Posted by Kate Dembinski on 04/12/2010 at 01:25 AMAlmost Twice as big as my Uber Lab, and “almost” as handsome. Great choice in a dog there Francis!!!
Posted by Wollf on 04/12/2010 at 02:24 PMHi Rufus
May your human feed you lots of good chewys, and take you for plenty of walks, but please don’t drag him as that gets very tiring rather quick
Posted by on 04/12/2010 at 03:32 PMAWWWWW! He is adorable!! Looks very cuddly.
Posted by Heather on 04/13/2010 at 03:45 PMExcellent choice! Newfoundlands are </i>beautiful</i> dogs and extremely affectionate companions. They are also very, very big. I hope the missus likes dogs.
Exercise. The bad news is they need lots of it. The good news is they need lots of it. I expect to see a picture of you next year where you’ll look at least 20 lbs lighter.
Do you like to swim? Rufus almost certainly will.
Congratulations on your new family member. You lucky dog you!
Posted by on 04/13/2010 at 11:53 PM
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