Just bought a dog - a Newfoundland x - any tips/advice?

Welshwoofs

ameliarate wrote: »

I really can't understand how anyone could bear to have a dog that slobbers. :eek: When they do that doggy shake and the slobber flies everywhere - ooooooh it is so gross.

You get used to it. My Neapolitan can spray slobber all the way up the wall to ceiling level when he shakes his head. I have fleeces on my sofas that get washed once a week because they get coated with slobber. I can guarantee that whatever I'm wearing will have slobber on it within the hour so if I'm dressing up I have to change last minute and make a mad dash before my lad can catch up with me to say 'goodbye' by snuffling me...and spreading slobber.

The best one was when he got the next door neighbour's kid in the face in great style. He'd been patting him, stepped back and my dog shook his head...the next thing I heard was an ear-splitting scream of "UUGGH!!! MUM!!", looked round and he had a massive glob of slobber on his forehead and busy making its way down his nose.

Neopolitan owners call it 'Neo nectar'...but we're a bit mad

This was quite a good day for slobber:

purple.sarah

Stephb1986 wrote: »

It's a pretty simple question isn't it?

I wasn't suggesting it I was just asking a simple question??

Here's a simple question: why would they breed a cross breed when there are so many dying in shelters?

Caroline_a

Oh slobber.... I'd never had a dog that slobbered until I got the Spinone. There's no dibble type slobber, but somehow for a not that large dog he can manage to slobber the ceilings. And always when he's been licking his mate Oakley who has black fur.... so black fluffy slobber on the ceiling. And I hate heights, the ceilings are huge and I'm 5'3... Wouldn't swap him though, unless I could get a slobber-free version!!