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Originally Posted by krisk
you know how labs, sheperds, huskies etc are constantly shedding? the Newfies have a totally different coat. they "blow" their coat twice a year, theoretically the winter coat and the summer coat, but you can't set a calendar by it. once this "blow" is over, and you have done a really good bathe and groom, there is virtually no further shedding.
they do drool but not like hounds. the worse of the drooling is when working as obviously that is their sweat. when playing it can happen, and of course if you are eating a steak and they are not, you'll get drool.
they are smart smart SMART! my first Newfie, when my kids were little, had a vocabulary of several hundred words. some of the really important words; camping, car ride, scouts, search and rescue call and so on... we changed to German, and then eventually had to start spelling using different inflections. I noticed this pup doesn't have quite the vocab and wondered what was wrong, but then had the  moment. I live alone. so I try to talk to her more often.
any questions you have feel free to ask! I love eto talk about them!  |
Thats the way our Bernese does it as well, twice a year they more or less "explode" and we have wall to wall carpeting instead of hardwood floors
But it's a couple of weeks at a time, then during the rest of the year, there is no shedding to speak about really.