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When Nokomis puts her kong in my lap, I know what she wants. She wants to play. When I am sitting at the dining room table and Ishkoodah puts her head on my thigh, I do not know exactly what she wants but I do know the two options: either she wants some love (most likely) or she is begging (only slightly less likely). Sometimes, however, I have no idea why my dogs do what they do. Why does Ishkoodah lift her head from my lap, look sweetly into my face, and belch? Why do dogs do such irrational things? I believe that somewhere in their ancestral past, the irrational behavior, or a related behavior, made sense.
Congratulations go out to Karen Steinrock. Her column in the October AKC Gazette "Making a Hit with the Media" won a coveted Arthur award from the Alliance of Purebrd Dog Writers. You can watch the news video she discusses in her column here. ->
New Program offers Free Issue of Newf Tide with AKC Registration
If you have registred a Newfoundland recently with the AKC, you will notice that your return paperwork contains a coupon for a free issue of Newf Tide. This project, designed by REACt, offers those people new to the breed a chance to see what the NCA does and to helps them make connections in the fancy.
NCA Board of Directors Elections - Voting Closed 2/1/10
Congratulations to Mary Lou Cuddy, Roger Frey, Maredith Reggie and Pam Rubio for being re-elected to the NCA Board of Directors, and to Donna Thibault and John Cornell, newly elected Directors. These Directors will begin their term of service at the conclusion of the 2010 Annual Meeting.