Newfoundlands In The News

Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum Is Now Open After $3 Million Renovation

From: The Earth Times

Posted : Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:31:42 GMT
Author : Egan Maritime Institute

Celebrating rescues and heroism at sea, the Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum is now open following an extensive $3 million renovation. Drawing on its collection of over 5,000 objects -- including period surfboats, beach carts, vintage photographs, and more -- the museum features new exhibits and family-friendly programs appealing to all ages.

Marshall, a friendly Newfoundland dog who was rescued by life-savers at the island's Surfside Life-Saving Station in 1877, serves as the museum's mascot. His real-life tale of animal rescue unfolds through captivating displays designed for younger visitors. READ MORE

Learn More about the Nantucket Shipwreck and Lifesaving Museum

Learn More about the Wreck of the W.F.Marshall

Read Marshalls Story:

Coppull dog rescue group to pull people from lake

by Chris Lawrence for The Citizen, July 9, 2008

Fundraisers will be putting their lives in the paws of a dog at a charity rescue event next weekend.

Volunteers will be thrown into a lake near Bury, on Saturday, July 19, before being ‘rescued’ by Newfoundland dogs from the Coppull-run Lancashire Rescue Bears group.

The dogs, which can grow to more than a metre tall and weigh nearly 12 stone, have received specialist training since April.

During the charity rescue, they will swim out to the 'victims' before dragging them back to the safety of the shore at Elton Sailing Club. READ MORE

Family scratches out quality time by visiting patients

Residents enjoy seeing dogs come to Palm Cottages

By MICHELLE SALYER
For FLORIDA TODAY
Published February 26, 2008 11:28 am

ROCKLEDGE — For Glen Mall, having two active teenagers often meant the family was spread in different directions seven days a week.

Cassie, 16, and Kevin, 14, are enrolled in the academically rigorous International Baccalaureate program at Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High School and both are active in sports, so the Suntree family seldom had time together.

That changed after Mall learned about Vitas Paw Pals, a canine therapy program designed to bring comfort to hospice and elderly patients in nursing homes, assisted-living facilities and in their homes.

The Malls own two large dogs, a 125-pound Great Pyrenees named Duchess and a 155-pound Newfoundland named Bear, both gentle giants whom Mall thought would be perfect for the program. READ MORE

Hero Dogs: For Honour, Valour And Treats!

By Julia Reid
Updated:09:57, Thursday February 07, 2008

A hearing dog, a therapy dog and a dog that saved lives in the London July 7 attacks are among a range of canine achievers that have been honoured at a new doggy awards ceremony.

Events mark the season

Canines really know how to steal the show

By TIFFANY PAKKALA tiffany.pakkala@staugustine.com Posted: Sunday, December 2, 2007

Photographs taken at the 53rd Annual St. Augustine Christmas Parade Saturday, December 1, 2007. By DARON DEAN, daron.dean@staugustine.com

Spectators can always count on seeing dogs in the St. Augustine Christmas Parade.
There are poodles clad in Santa hats, golden retrievers wearing holiday bandanas, festive Chihuahuas, even greyhounds with reindeer antler headbands.
But parade organizer Linda Abbott gets calls every year from people hoping to see one specific breed: the Newfoundland dogs.

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Visiting team makes a big impact
by Nancy Kelly/Kings County Register

Aylesford resident Gloria Armstrong and her two Newfoundland dogs, Gracie and Brogan, were recently named the 2007 Therapy Dog Handler Team of the Year by the Nova Scotia/ P.E.I. District of St. John Ambulance. (READ MORE)

Gone, but not forgotten
Historical shipwrecked boat and survivor left little more than remnants of the past

BY ALISHA MORRISSEY
The Telegram

The person behind one of Newfoundland’s most famous shipwreck stories has passed away.
In 1919, a baby was wrapped in blankets and put into a mailbag to be sent ashore to safety from the shipwrecked SS Ethie. The story was told in newspapers, spread by word of mouth and written about in dozens of books, but until she died last week, few people knew much about Hilda Menchions (nee Batten).
Born Hilda Batten on June 22, 1918, Menchions was 18 months old when she was wrapped in blankets and packed into a mailbag to be sent down a line over open ocean by her mother.
According to an article by Mary Bridson, published in the Newfoundland Quarterly in 2003, the steamer SS Ethie, which was working for the Reid Company, was deliberately run aground while carrying cargo and passengers between Bonne Bay and Battle Harbour. READ MORE

Learn More About the Wreck of the Ethie

HOUND HAILED A HERO AFTER SURF DANGER WARNING

from "This Is Cornwall" & BBC News

photo-BBC News

As the sixth member of the Sennen Cove lifeguard team Bilbo patrols the beach wearing his vest with pride.But an impromptu canine act that saved a damsel from distress has hailed the huggable hound a hero and won him the respect of fellow lifeguards everywhere. (READ MORE)

Bilbo, a 14-stone Newfoundland, is now an integral part of the Penwith Lifeguards based at Sennen Cove. His quick-thinking stopped a tourist from entering the water when the currents were too dangerous. (READ MORE)

Going swimmies to the rescue... the dog with webbed feet who's a living lifebelt By LUKE SALKELD -Daily Mail

He doesn't have the looks of David Hasselhoff or Pamela Anderson.
But then again, they haven't got his webbed paws and astonishing strength.
This is Whizz the Newfoundland dog, pictured being trained to rescue those in trouble at sea. ( READ MORE)

Service dogs make life easier for humans with disabilities
By Bev Davis ...Register-Herald senior editor

Pam Park finds coping with rheumatoid arthritis often puts her in precarious situations.

“I have pain in my joints all the time, and I have bad knees. I tripped and fell behind the bed a few weeks ago. Without Lily, I don’t know how I would have gotten back on my feet,” she said.

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"Children find solace with therapy dog"
By Mary Engel Los Angeles Times

Children hug Archie, a Newfoundland therapy dog, at Casa Pacifica, a center for abused, neglected and emotionally disturbed kids, in Camarillo, Calif.

The toddlers spot him the instant he steps out of his office. They swarm him like bees, shouting his name:

"Archie! Archie! Archie!"

He drops to the ground, eye-level with 3-year-olds. They lean into him, hug him, climb on him.

At Casa Pacifica, a Ventura County, Calif., oasis for abused, neglected and emotionally disturbed children, patience and calm aren't just virtues; they're job requirements. Archie has worked at the campus in Camarillo, Calif., for two years, and he doesn't flinch when small hands pull his ears and fingers poke his nostrils (Read More)

Watch Archie's Segment on "The Today Show"

'Dog taught my son to walk'

Nov 17 2006
Exclusive by Hugo Daniel hugodaniel@croydonadvertiser.co.uk
THE mum of an autistic boy who has a special "E.T.-like bond" with his dog says the pet has taught her son to walk. Tracy Smith believes Stripy, a seven-year-old Newfoundland, has transformed her boy Ryan's life...(READ MORE) (Trinity Mirror)

Colorado Woman Says Dog Sniffed Out Her Cancer

Bilbo, the doggy-paddling lifeguard
By Richard Savill and Michael Fleet

A CANNY canine from Blackboys really has pulled her socks up when it comes to helping her unwell owner. (read more) (Seaford Today)

Weatherman Dave Price was at Mystic Seaport Thursday morning to visit a new exhibit called: Sea Dogs! Great Tails of the Sea. (read more) (CBS)

Tribute To An Old Seadog

Guard Dogs:

Newfoundlands' Lifesaving Past, Present

Maryann Mott for National Geographic News February 7, 2003

A Newfoundland named Barnabus rests during a disaster training seminar. The large, sturdy breed is known for its intelligence and gentle disposition—and centuries of service rescuing people from drowning.

Photograph copyright Nicki Gundersen

Canine lifeguards take to the beaches of Italy