Southern Comfort Newfoundlands

07/24/2024

Every week, Ron Horn finds himself standing and greeting travelers at Denver International Airport's Jeppesen Terminal — with his furry friend by his side.

12/25/2023

Merry Christmas 🎁🎄

12/09/2023

We help animal shelters and rescues manage their pets, adoptions, fosters, pet history, medical records, and donations -- all in ONE place.

11/25/2023

Happy 6th Birthday 🥳🧁

10/31/2023

Happy Halloween 🎃👻

07/10/2023

I guess Summer ☀️was waiting on summertime to finish her CHAMPIONSHIP!

Thank you Judge John L Ronald for recognizing my girl for Winners Bitch on Friday at the Citrus County Kennel held at World Equestrian Center - Ocala

Pending AKC approval Summer is now

‼️ CH Southern Comfort Life is a Beach CGC TKN BN FDC BDD DD ‼️

07/05/2023

Happy 4th of July!

06/23/2023

Watch out more scammer pages trying to sell mixed Newfoundlands. 😡

05/11/2023

Average height for adult dogs is 28 inches, for adult bi***es, 26 inches. Approximate weight of adult dogs ranges from 130 to 150 pounds, adult bi***es from 100 to 120 pounds.

04/26/2023

Please beware this person is a fraud and posing as us to sell puppies on Facebook groups. Please be careful of scammers trying to scam you!

https://www.facebook.com/boris.owona.148?mibextid=LQQJ4d

04/26/2023

Someone is posing as me and selling puppies. It’s a scam.

04/03/2023

NEW TITLE ALERT 🎉🥳💙

We were so happy to hear the great news about Linda & Jessi today! Jessi earned her last two legs towards her Beginner obedience title. Not only did they pass but with a almost perfect score! one leg was a 196.5 and the other leg was a 198 out of 200. Little smarty pants! How great of a team are these two. Huge Congratulations Linda & Jessi 🥰👏🎉

02/06/2023

So proud of Linda, Jessi, and Timmy for earning their team draft dog title Saturday! And then on Sunday Linda and Jessi earned their DD1 🥳

10/12/2022

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07/23/2022

Bufo toad poison can prove fatal to dogs. Learn all about the toad, including how to identify it, and nad keep your pet safe from the amphibian.

06/19/2022

Happy belated 9th Birthday to the Daisy dukes litter yesterday 🖤 🥰 sadly Devlin & Moonshine are celebrating their first birthdays in heaven this year with their daddy 💔

05/17/2022

What a fun & successful week we had at the Newfoundland Nationals. Addie placed 3rd in the any other color class, and she earned her Beginner Novice Title! Then Summer placed 2nd in the amateur owner handler class! We are so proud of these girls! 🖤🎉🤎

04/26/2022

SO JUST HOW LONG DO YOUR PET’S SHOTS LAST?

Definitely longer than a year!

According to the top pet immunologist (aka vaccine expert) in the world, Dr. Ronald Schultz, Ph.D. – “ Annual revaccination provides no benefit and may increase the risk for adverse reactions.”

What the heck are adverse reactions (or side effects)?

Well according to the other rock star pet immunologist Dr. Jean Dodds:

“Side effects from dog vaccinations can occur anywhere from instantly up to several weeks or months later. Vaccines can even cause susceptibility to chronic diseases that appear much later in a dog’s life (Dodd, 2001).

Severe and fatal adverse reactions include:

•Susceptibility to infections.

•Neurological disorders and encephalitis.

•Aberrant behavior, including unprovoked aggression.

•Vaccines are linked to seizures. Distemper, parvovirus, rabies and, presumably, other vaccines have been linked with poly neuropathy, a nerve disease that involves inflammation of several nerves. (Dodds,2001)”

SO HOW LONG EXACTLY DOES YOUR PET’S VACCINE LAST?

According to the recommendations of the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA), (basically the dudes who set the standards for the vets): “Among healthy dogs, all commercially available [core] vaccines are expected to induce a sustained protective immune response lasting at least 5 yr. thereafter”

Here’s the breakdown of the core vaccines from Dr. Ronald Schultz:

Minimum Duration of Immunity for Canine Vaccines:

Distemper- 7 years by challenge
Parvovirus – 7 years by challenge
Adenovirus – 7 years by challenge
Canine rabies – 3 years by challenge

The moral of the story here, if you have no idea when your pet is due or has been vaccinated, then just run a titer test and this will confirm if you are due, rather than over-vaccinate your poor pet, setting the stage for future problems!

What’s a titer test?

A titer test (pronounced tight-errr) is a laboratory or in-house veterinary test measuring the existence and level of antibodies (necessary to fight off disease) in your pet’s blood. Basically, it’s a test that will tell you whether or not you actually need to vaccinate your pet.

It’s also super useful when making a decision about vaccinating a pet with an unknown vaccination history, or for determining if pets have received immunity from vaccination.

Vaccinating your pet is super important so don’t lose the overall message here: VACCINATE, JUST DON’T OVER-VACCINATE!

According to Dr. Dodds:

“Vaccines have achieved many important benefits for companion animals, and has saved more animals' lives than any other medical advance.”

Want more on titer testing? Check it out:

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Rodney Habib

"An educated, informed and well-researched community of pet owners can only put more pressure on the pet food industry to be better! When pet owners know better, they will only do better!"

04/17/2022

Happy Easter 🖤🐰💓🐣🤎

02/06/2022

So proud of Nicole and Summer today passing the BDD draft test they have been practicing for. They did it with no bumps and are moving up to try DD tomorrow. 🎉🎉🎉It’s Nicole’s first time ever entering a working event Love my girls so much thanks everyone who helped them to get this far it means a lot and is appreciated. 🥰♥️

12/25/2021

12/04/2021

The old school bland diet for pets with diarrhea or occasional digestive upset was ground beef and rice, but many veterinarians (including me) have changed their recommendations to 100% pumpkin puree in place of white rice (far less sugar and more beneficial fiber), and ground fat-free turkey in place of hamburger (which has much higher fat).

Have you upgraded your bland diet recipe for the animals in your household?

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10/29/2021

Years ago, a dog with bloat was given a 50-50 chance of surviving if he could walk into a vet hospital. Many were too weak and had to be carried in, and they often died. As of 2021, bloat still kills about 30 percent of the dogs it affects, even after extremely intensive treatment. It's a scourge. We've shared videos here before of what a dog that is bloating looks like (you can You Tube it), but we've not shared this chart before and perhaps some of you will find it helpful.

04/04/2021

Happy Easter from all of us 🐰