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‘Rowen’, Our 93 lbs ‘Newfie’ Celebrates Her 1st Birthday With Double Cheeseburgers From McDonald’s (Per The Custom).

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by Anura Guruge
on November 30, 2021

Click to ENLARGE. All set for the trip to ‘PetCo’ & “McDonald’s”.

Double cheeseburgers with NO mustard, ketchup, onions or salt. They like the green relish.

It is by now a very old, & dear, family tradition — that goes back at least 14 years, if not more. On their birthdays the dogs (not just the one whose birthday it is) gets, at a minimum, burgers from McDonald’s. I used to also get them ice cream cones — but Rowen’s birthday is in the winter.

Prior to this McDonald’s tradition it used to be a store bought, fairly large ice cream cake. That would get messy.

This was Rowen’s first birthday — though she did get to enjoy burgers at “Braxton’s” birthday in the Summer.

We also took her to PetCo to get her 1 lbs of FREE dog treats — for her birthday. So, she made out like a bandit.

The Wonders Of The World Through The Eyes Of A 10-Month Old, 110lb, Newfie.

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by Anura Guruge
on October 29, 2021

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I do NOT think I need to elaborate. The picture tells it all.

This is her beach. She has been there most days of her life since she was 10 weeks old. She takes it all in. She has a lot of gravitas. Very studious. Studies all in front of her. Just look at the picture.

Just in case you are wondering, that is ‘Halfmoon Lake‘ in Alton, N.H.

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‘Rowen’, Our 10-Month Old ‘Newfie’, Is Looking Forward To Her First Halloween.

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by Anura Guruge
on October 19, 2021

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This is my 15-year old daughter’s doing — & it is HER dog. She is carving a HUGE pumpkin & Rowen is watching her with great interest, though she has now realized she does not like the taste of raw pumpkin.

When she first sent me these two pictures I thought, for a second, given how artistic she is, that she had carved these two lenses. Then I realized that they were a pair of glasses she has had for yonks. Rowen, by & large, lets her do anything to her. So … What can I say, but enjoy. SMILE.

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Rescued (From The Road), Saved & Freed This Baby Sparrow This Morning.

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by Anura Guruge
on September 20, 2021

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Rowen, our 9-month Newfie was totally uninterested (which was good). Tied her to a nearby mailbox (of a friend). She did not impede.

Saw it on the road at the start of my morning amble. It was tiny. But, most days I miss little given that my eyes are always on the lookout for photographic opportunities. Could see that ‘she’ was in distress. Moving a bit but not making an attempt to fly. I was only 100 yards from home BUT couldn’t leave her in the middle of the road. 9-month old Newfie was totally uninterested (which was good). Tied her to a nearby mailbox (of a friend).

Called wife. Two folks walking their dogs saw that I was stopped & was up to something. They knew that that was atypical. They paused & then, luckily, decided to go back the way they had come. Then a BIG truck came rumbling by. I stepped in the middle of the road & motioned for them to go around me. They did. The bird was spared.

Wife came with a box lined with tissue paper. She took her home & I continued my amble with the Newfie. I gather that after about 1/2 hour in the house & sun the bird started getting more active & when left on our deck jumped out of box & FLEW AWAY.

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