My Puppy, Tonks

A lot has changed since April, 2012. One of those changes is now I have my dream dog. This is Tonks, my 4 month old Newfoundland puppy. She is named after the Harry Potter character. For those of you interested in knowing more about the Newfoundland breed here is a link to follow Newfoundland Club of America. I traveled up to Redding California to get her and she is now a huge (literally and figuratively) part of my life. At 4 months old she is already 37 pounds and growing every day it seems. She runs like a grizzly bear cub and has the face of one, too, except all black (as clearly displayed by the pictures). Her favorite past times are playing with her toys, taking long naps, playing in her water bowl, and terrorizing my other dog Manchu (in photo above) and the two cats we have.  She is currently in puppy training classes, but sometimes I worry about whether or not I will be able to control her when she outweighs me (she is expected to be anywhere from 95-120lbs). She overall is a very smart and obedient and extremely loving dog, but around other animals and people all she wants to do is jump all over them. We are definitely working on controlling this. So far she hasn’t destroyed anything in the house and we hardly puppy-proofed it, so she isn’t destructive. The biggest task we have with her now is getting her to leave the other pets alone, and staying calm when guests come over. Sometimes she really tests my limits, but overall she is my big baby.