A review of my book ‘Life with my Newfoundlands’ in Newf Scene (The
newsletter of the Newfoundland Club) whilst being very fair bemoaned the fact
that we no longer had a Newf of our own and suggested that we could perhaps
find one to cuddle occasionally. As fate would have it a couple of days later
we found a Newf close by owned by some very pleasant people who we met in
unusual circumstances.
A parcel was delivered to our door while we were out, it was just left
leaning against the wall by the front door which we never use and cannot be
viewed from our usual exit point. However a neighbour phoned us up and told us
about it, true it was a large heavy parcel addressed to a building we didn’t
recognise. Fortunately there was the address and phone number of the sender on
the label so we contacted them and asked them to do something about it. Early
the next day we received a call from the person who was expecting the parcel
and he volunteered to collect it. He arrived within a few minutes and as he
thanked us; his eyes lit on our Newfoundland wall, “I’ve got a Newfoundland
dog” he said. The conversation then turned from parcels to Newfs and ended up
with an invitation to visit their dog.
Naturally we took up the invitation, we hadn’t had close contact
with Newfs since Hogan had died and that was some years ago. We had longed to
have contact with them but the opportunity had never arisen before, so now was
our chance. We arrived in their yard where several cars were parked but what we
noticed most was a large black head stuck through the cat flap. He was
obviously excited and we were afraid he would tear the door off its hinges so
we quickly went over and made a fuss of the head. In a few minutes the door
opened and a huge ball of black fur leapt out at us, if you know what a
Newfoundland’s greeting is like then you will know how it was on initial
contact. Loki calmed down after a little while and we all introduced ourselves.
He was just a year old and owned by two busy people, we got an
invitation to visit him or borrow him whenever we wanted, a gift from heaven,
at the moment we are discussing how best to use this wonderful chance. We
visited him again yesterday he was much calmer and much more demanding of
fusses and now have an open invitation to visit him any time we like. It’s
funny how a miss placed parcel can open up the world to you, our reviewer was
right we now have a Newf to cuddle.
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