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Fairweathers Knockout with Brooklynbear Named Top Dog Of Ireland 2008

Matt — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:50:32 +0000

Mojo’s uncle (mother’s brother) was recently named the Top Dog Of Ireland for 2008. Here is his profile on uknewfoundlands.info. More pictures below.

Full sized pics are on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattsidesinger/archives/date-posted/2009/02/13/

A Pie Chart from My flickr DNA Page

Matt — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:04:09 +0000

The following is a pie chart that shows my most popular tags on flickr. I promise, Murphy is not my favorite, we have just had him the longest. Oh wait, I have “had” Katie the longest. Get your own pie chart at Big Huge Labs.

Dogs 101: Newfoundland

Matt — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:55:33 +0000

Check out this clip about Newfoundlands on Animal Planet’s web site that is from their series Dogs: 101. Beth Karger, a judge from one of Bella’s draft tests, makes an appearance with her family, including her 7 Newfies. All of the water work footage is from a Penn-Ohio Newfoundland Club water test, which we will be attending this year.

http://animal.discovery.com/videos/dogs-101-newfoundland.html (sorry, no embed)

OVBMDC – Please Contact Me Before Joining This Group

Matt — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:35:29 +0000

OVBMDC stands for the Ohio Valley Bernese Mountain Dog Club. My wife and I, who are very reasonable people, were recently kicked out of the club.

There is so much I could say, but I rather not publicly bash or humiliate anyone. Please talk to me first if you are considering joining this group.

The following links are related:

You might have found this post while searching for, “Bernese Mountain Dog Clubs near Columbus, OH.”

Introducing Mojo

Matt — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:25:16 +0000

Yesterday Katie and I drove to Chicago to get the newest addition to the pack from Kelli LePore of Honeylane Newfoundlands. Kelli is a great breeder that focuses on health above all else. It was great to spend half of the day with Kelli and her 5 children – we had such good time eating pizza at Gino’s East.

In the past few weeks we were wrestling with names such as Bigsby, Toby, and Sebe, but after meeting the ball of fur we have decided to name him “Mojo.” I forgot to mention that we also got to meet Mojo’s mom, Lucy. We especially like Lucy because of her attention and food motivation – her intensity would make her an awesome obedience dog. Mojo also has that same food drive and intensity that Lucy has and our Berner, Murphy, lacks (sorry about the zinger Murph).

Enough jabbering already, here are some pictures of the little dude. More pictures can be found on my flickr page.

Great New Ad: Beware of the Doghouse

Matt — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:45:37 +0000

I caught Katie watching this video this morning. Let’s hope she doesn’t get any ideas. Or better yet, maybe I should double check with “the board” that all my gift choices won’t land me in the doghouse.

bewareofthedoghouse.com (not as good as the commercial and down)
JC Penney: Beware of the Doghouse on CREATIVITY

Wanted: Names for Our Newfie

Matt — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:55:06 +0000

In March we will be getting our third dog, a black Newfoundland. This will be our second Newfoundland. Katie and I have thus far come up with two names on our own: Bigsby and Dr. Tobias Fünke (Toby). We haven’t settled on either, so if you have any in mind, we would love to hear them. I have tried to come up with some names on my own, like names of cities in Newfoundland or Canadian microbreweries, but have not had any success. Leave your ideas in the comments.