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Newfoundland Golden Connection

It was The Berry who found Murphy – I didn’t think I wanted a dog. But Murphy is doing his best to change that. He is sweet, gentle, affectionate, playful, beautiful – every good thing a dog should be.Did you know that Goldens come from a combination of Irish Setters, Tweed Water dogs, several other retrievers, and the now extinct (but similar to the Newfoundland) St. John’s water dog. Imagine – a mix of Newfoundland and Irish Setter – his previous owner, little 4 year old Lucas, picked out the perfect name for him.

And no wonder he has a personality to die for – he has Newfoundland genes!

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Project Manager Murphy

Here’s Murphy, fully enjoying himself while we watches over the construction of new beachfront that we are developing in his honor. We think he’ll enjoy himself even more once it’s ready!

Yesterday was the two-week anniversary of welcoming Murphy into our homes and introducing him to this oceanfront lifestyle. He is an amazing dog – patient, kind, and very lovable and gentle. I’ve never met a dog quite like him. He is great at meal times (his own and ours), he doesn’t run away (except when he sees the ocean), and he loves our guests to death. He’s the perfect cottage dog!

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Poor Murphy

It seems we’ll have to be a little more careful with Murphy – so far we’ve let him have too good a time (if you don’t believe us, read his blog post!). He loves the salt water (lucky for him our cottages are right on the beach!), and he runs in every chance he gets. We always wash him after, but his paws still got infected – he seemed to be in pain, so we brought him to the fabulous Baccalieu Trail Animal Hospital. What a spot – I wish we had people hospitals like it.

Turns out all the play put a strain on Murphy’s elbows, which are inflamed – nothing that a little nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicine shouldn’t cure. The more serious problem is a sore on his paw that caused the limping. We got some anti-bacterial cream to put on it a couple of times a day.

The good news – let him swim to his Heart’s Delight, as long as we rinse and dry him properly afterwards.

But poor paws not withstanding, we think he’s having a great time here at our cabins and we have more than fallen in love. He’s cute even if he is a little groggy!

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Tuesdays with Murphy

For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Murphy. I see my humans writing away on this computer every day so I thought I’d give them a break and try my paw at this blogging thing. Maybe if they like it, I’ll keep writing blogs from time to time.

I’m getting the hang of this place the humans call WWW. I love the water and there is lots of it around here. The humans keep talking about how great it is to be ‘ocean-front.’

And speaking of the humans, they’re coming along nicely. The Berry and Byrne are quite indulgent, throwing my stick into the water for hours on end. They think they are training me as I am training them – typical humans.

And there’s lots of sunshine to warm me after my forays into Trinity Bay – ah! Sweet panting!. But I pity The Berry and Byrne. They work like dogs while I play like humans.

I miss my former home with my former humans, who were so sweet and easy to train and love. I’m sorry they had to move but I am grateful they found this new home for me.

Well, I hope you enjoyed my first blog. Leave me some pets and scratches in the comments if you’d like me to come back next week!