Page 122 - K9 News - Issue 14 - December 2020

It is frustrating that the year our 1st litter hit their
We have several more now old enough to
be tested this year as we want to continue to
monitor that what we are doing is working.
We decided in 2019 that we would like to take
the health of our dogs one step further and
started the process to seek out a cardiologist
who would perform an Echo doppler on a litter of
puppies we had bred. Early 2020 we managed
to pull this off and I believe we became the
1st breeders in the UK to make this part of our
breeding program. We feel this is a great step
going forward to give a truer picture of heart
health for the breed and peace of mind for us
and our puppy owners.
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prime that covid also hit making us unable to
show but we have been pragmatic about it and
it has given us the opportunity to focus on other
aspects of our dogs and breeding program. We
are currently filming a documentary for channel
4 which is a celebration of big dogs, which
we are all for and we are thrilled to have the
opportunity to show the general public what it is
like to live with these giant slobbery fur sheading
bears. I think it is Important for the public to see
what a “breed standard Newfoundland” looks
like and to raise awareness about the breed. We
want to raise this awareness but understand that
is a double edged sword because we also need
people to understand how much hard work goes
in to looking after a Newfoundland because they
are not an easy choice. After all, forewarned is
forewarned, and an educated owner is the best
kind of owner to have.
Emma Bone
Visit their website at:
www.newfanglednewfoundlands.com